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Travel roaming with FollowNet: SIMs, hotels, and Smart Connect

How to prepare before you fly, what to expect on foreign carriers, and when Premium locations matter.

FollowNet November 8, 2025 6 min read

Travel roaming with FollowNet: SIMs, hotels, and Smart Connect

Install before you leave

Download FollowNet, sign in with email code, and verify Connect works on home Wi‑Fi. Airport networks are a bad place to discover App Store or login friction. Save a working protocol preference or leave Smart Connect on for unknown carriers.

Your device
Encrypted tunnelWi‑Fi or carrier: sees only encrypted data
FollowNet server
Websitesees the server address

Hotels and captive portals

Complete the hotel portal first, then connect VPN. Auto-connect on Wi‑Fi Only shines here. If WireGuard stalls on the property network, Smart Connect may move you to AmneziaWG, IKEv2, or Hysteria2 — watch the active protocol in the app.

Roaming data and Free limits

VPN adds overhead; roaming charges come from your carrier, not FollowNet. On Free, weekly caps still apply abroad — Premium removes the cap when you rely on VPN all day across cities. Speed Test on Wi‑Fi vs LTE tells you which path is worth using.

Travel roaming with FollowNet: SIMs, hotels, and Smart Connect

Laws and expectations

FollowNet is a conventional VPN with global exits, not a guarantee of access everywhere. Local rules and network policies vary; you are responsible for complying. Use travel VPN for privacy and stability — not as a promise of unrestricted content.

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