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Keeping In Touch With Loved Ones In Foreign Countries
By Jim Headley
Keeping in touch with loved ones in foreign countries can be quite the challenge. If you have a family member or friend who works internationally then you already know how difficult it can be to get a hold of them when they are traveling. The problems that come with calling someone who works overseas are many.
If you have never had the need to make an international telephone call then you have not had to experience looking up country codes, city codes, etc. to make a simple telephone call. Then there is the issue of trying to deal with the international telephone operators who may speak very poor broken English and can be quite hard to understand.
In addition to the problems listed above with making international telephone calls, you have to consider the time zone differences of when it is appropriate to call your loved one who is working in a foreign country. You certainly do not want to call while he or she is in an important business meeting.
Many people turn to email to keep in touch with their loved ones who are working in a foreign country because it seems on the surface to be easier than trying to call them. Emails work well some of the time, but not all of the time. Consider that some of these foreign countries have less than reliable networks for your loved one to be able to get online. Add to the reliability issue that so much can be lost in translation of the written word versus the spoken word. If you have ever had the misfortune of misreading an email then you already know what I am referring to. Another problem with using emails as a communication tool is that you do not get to hear the voice of your loved one and do not get to tell him or her how much you miss them. Your children do not get the opportunity to hear mom or dads voice over the telephone and to know that they will be home soon.
Telephone calls have always had a more personal touch than emails and for this reason many people prefer making the phone call over writing an email when communicating an important message. Yet another problem with emails is you are not always able to make the immediate communication when you need to, you are forced to wait until you loved one who is in a foreign country gets around to reading the email.
With our shrinking world it is becoming more and more common for people to have a need to travel overseas for their job. One way to keep in touch with your loved ones without the expense and hassle of traditional international telephone calls is to use international telephone calling cards. International telephone calling cards offer many advantages that you may not be aware of.
One advantage of using an international telephone calling card is the cost. An international telephone calling card allows you to call a foreign country for only pennies a minute. Using an international telephone calling card means that you can hear the voice of your loved ones while not paying an outrageous amount of money to do so. International calling cards also save you the hassle of dealing with the operators from other countries who you may have difficulty understanding.
One company that offers international telephone calling cards at an inexpensive cost is Send Global. Send Global offers these international calling cards that you can easily reload with additional minutes. You can add additional minutes by simply contacting their customer support services. Send Global also allows you to try out their international telephone calling cards before you ever pay a single dime. Send Global is so sure that you will be satisfied with their product that they let you try it before you buy it so that you can see how easy it is to use.
If you have a loved one who travels overseas frequently for work then you need to look into the international telephone calling cards so that you can keep in touch the way that you want to. Using the international telephone calling cards are easy to use and make calling internationally an affordable reality.
About the Author
Jim Headley, (jheadley@telecents.com) VP of New Business Development, Telecents Communications Inc.
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