Summer holiday season is in full swing, and if you're anything like me, sun and beach are an integral part of the perfect holiday. Earlier this month I found the sun and beach on a sailing trip around Sicily and the Aeolian Islands (it's a hard life, I know). I brought my 3 Skypephone with me and was very pleasantly surprised when I turned on my phone in Italy and was reminded of 3 Like Home. It's a 3 feature that lets you have your standard 3 rate whenever you're on a 3 network, including data access, without any roaming fees.

So whenever I had 3 Italy service (which was most of the time, a surprise considering how much we were on a boat in the middle of nowhere in the Mediterranean), I could make Skype calls, regular calls and check my email on the phone without worrying about extra fees. It was great to be able to stay in touch so easily.

The 3 networks that support 3 Like Home are 3Austria, 3Italy, 3Sweden, 3Denmark, 3Australia, 3Hong Kong, 3Ireland, and 3UK. If you live in one 3 country and are traveling to another, think about picking up a 3 Skypephone--it'll almost certainly save you some money calling home and calling friends and family on Skype.