Hotel Upgrades, Car Hacks and Free Luggage Storage

Passports Please!

Chelsea Dickenson

Leisure, Travel, Places & Travel, Food & Drink, Tourism, Alcohol, Society & Culture

5 • 700 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ever wanted to know the perfect way to ask a hotel for a free upgrade but never quite known how? Well, Chelsea and James have you covered with their foolproof template! Also up for discussion: clever hacks for storing luggage on your last day of holiday, and a listener’s holiday nightmare on a cruise ship.

Have a holiday hack of your own or a travel nightmare you need to get off your chest? We’d love to hear from you! Email us at hello@passportsplease.com or if you’re the really adventurous type you can even send as an actual postcard! You can find all the info you need at www.passportspleasepod.com

Download the SAILY app AND use our code PASSPORTS at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Passports Please has teamed up with Saley and this is so great because I am always on the lookout for ways of using my phone abroad without getting stung with massive fees all the time.
0:11.5	And the answer is use an E-Sim, use Saly.
0:15.1	Now James, can you take us through this please? How does an E-Sim actually work?
0:19.2	Yeah, it's like the physical SIM card in your phone, but instead it's digital.
0:24.0	Digital.
0:24.8	So you don't need to go to a shop and buy one.
0:26.6	You can just go to Sayley's website, find out what data plan works best for your trip, buy it, and then activate it on your phone.
0:33.8	Yeah, I have to say, it was so useful when we were in Thailand recently. I went for 20
0:38.9	gigabytes. I went for 10, but you're on your phone loads more than me. Look, I had work to do
0:43.9	very important work and having an e-sim just makes everything simpler. You don't have those worries
0:49.6	about getting scams that you do when you buy a physical sim and we saved so much money.
0:55.0	Also, do you know how it can be even more useful?
0:58.0	How?
0:58.7	When you're planning on visiting more than one country on your next trip,
1:02.8	you can save even more money on e-sims by travelling on the same global or regional plan.
1:08.3	And it says here that Saley has affordable
1:10.9	ESIM plans in over 190 countries
1:14.9	and it's got additional security features
1:16.5	that help you protect your privacy.
1:18.7	Yeah, honestly, if you haven't tried an E-SIM before
1:20.9	then give it a go on your next trip.
1:23.3	They help you stay connected
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chelsea Dickenson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Chelsea Dickenson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.