About Ports & Bars

Ports & Bars publishes ship-specific guides to staying connected on a cruise: which countries your ports are in, what works at sea and what each option costs.

How we work

We research published sources, such as cruise line pages, carrier price pages and eSIM providers' coverage lists, and link each one with the date we checked it. We haven't personally tested every plan or sailed every itinerary, and each guide says so. Research and drafting are AI-assisted. Every fact links to a source, and estimates are labeled as estimates.

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Corrections

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