Can I share a travel eSIM connection as a hotspot?
Yes. Tethering works on RapideSIM plans. Turn your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot and share the connection with a laptop, a tablet, or another traveller's phone.
How to turn it on
- iPhone — Settings › Personal Hotspot › Allow Others to Join.
- Android — Settings › Network & internet › Hotspot & tethering › Wi-Fi hotspot.
On a dual-SIM phone, make sure the eSIM is the line selected for cellular data before you share. Otherwise the hotspot happily forwards your home line's roaming data instead, which is the expensive version of the same gesture.
Shared data is your data
Everything the connected devices consume comes off your plan, exactly as if you had used it on your own phone. A laptop is the thing to watch: system updates and cloud sync are content to spend several gigabytes in the background without anyone asking. Pause automatic updates before you connect one.
Sharing on an unlimited plan
Tethered traffic counts toward the daily full-speed allowance like any other use. Once that allowance is reached, the whole connection — including the hotspot — continues at reduced speed for the rest of the day. See how unlimited data works for the exact figures.
One practical warning
Hotspot drains a battery quickly, especially with several devices attached. If you are sharing a connection through an afternoon of navigation, keep the phone on a power bank.