because we use extensivelly our mobile phones worldwide, and because we look very bad when we find out how much we paid for calling or beeing called from abroad i decided to opt for a cheap and effective solution:
buy a very basic mobile phone in the destination country ( $29 in the USA) and a prepaid sim card ( 450 minutes for $50). How cool this is to call your next hotel from this fancy and cheap tool.
you'll get a local number and save hundreds of your favorite Euros or USD.
i bought mine from Houston T mobile shop. great service ! it took me 15 minutes , thats all folks!!
expect more good prsactices soon.