1 StayingInTouch

How To Stay In Touch With A Family
Member Who’s Abroad

By East End Taste Editors - November 19, 2021
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ometimes it’s hard to stay in contact with folks who are living far away. Receiving emails,
texts, and phone calls is handy, but they’re not always the most reliable way. This post
contains some tips to help you contact your loved ones on the other side of the world in a
more personal and reliable manner.
Importance Of Staying In Touch With
Family
The importance of staying in touch with the family has grown as people spread
out more in the 21st century. Keeping relationships strong and healthy is
essential, especially as you age.
Technology has provided many ways for us to stay connected. Therefore, it
should be no surprise that we interact with our families more than ever before.
Technology has created a way for us to stay connected to our loved ones and
friends on a global scale and also caused a shift in how we view family
relationships.
Staying in touch is even more vital when a family member moves to another
country due to the distance. Therefore, it is essential to contact whenever
possible to ensure that familial bonds remain strong. Although it can be a
challenge to maintain contact, there are some things you can do to make it
routine:
Set up a routine: It can be tricky to juggle your daily life with the constant
need to remain in contact. Nevertheless, if you establish a routine, such
as every weekend, you can ensure that you will find time to call.
Understand time differences: It is likely that if your loved ones have moved
to another country, they will be in a different time zone. As such, you
must always contact only during reasonable hours and try to time it to
benefit all parties.
Make it straightforward: The more accessible the method of communication,
the more likely it will be that you will call each other.
Technology
Buy Them A Sim Card That Allows Roaming

Data roaming is a form of data transfer that allows mobile device users to
transmit and receive data while traveling outside their home country. Data
roaming is generally used for personal and business use. You can use it for
regular usages, such as surfing the web and checking email. Or, you can use it
to send and receive calls and messages. Roaming rates vary depending on the
service provider’s network conditions at the time of transmission. Data roaming
rates are usually cheaper than international phone calls because internet data
transfer is less expensive than phone calls.
For example, If you are in the UK and your family member is in a European
country, you might utilize the roaming features enabled in some carrier
networks. In this way, you can still contact your family when you’re not within
the Wi-Fi range and essentially reach out to them whenever you’d like without
incurring additional charges.
For the UK, you can opt for carriers part of more extensive networks like Voxi.
You can also use a Voxi promo code to reduce the cost further. Other countries
will have similar options. However, the key is to look for carriers that offer
favourable roaming fees. This ensures that you give the sim card to your family
before they leave on their adventure.
Apple FaceTime
FaceTime is an application that allows people to connect via video chat (and
audio) over their devices’ Wi-Fi or cellular data network. The application uses
your device’s camera and microphone to facilitate the connection. The
microphone can sometimes be used for voice calling over your phone’s cellular
network but can also be used for video calling between nearby devices.
In the past, this option used to be limited to iOS users. Still, with a recent
software update, anyone wanting to set up a Facetime call can send a unique
link to the person on the other end so that everyone can communicate with
each other.
WhatsApp
Everyone in the world has used WhatsApp at some point in their lives,
and for a good reason. It is convenient, encrypted end to end, and
allows you to message, call, and even video call numerous people at
once. You can also set up groups, which makes it even more
functional. If you want to stay in touch with family abroad, you can
set up a family group to update everyone on what is happening.
Facebook Messenger
In many ways, Messenger is similar On the other hand, you will need a
to WhatsApp; they’re owned by the phone number and register it to a
same company, after all! However, device to use WhatsApp.
some key differences could make Furthermore, Messenger keeps all of
Messenger far more convenient than your data on Facebook’s servers,
the other option. For instance, most meaning that you can gain instant
people will already have a Facebook access to it., whereas WhatsApp
account. For those who do, setting messages are stored on your phone.
up Messenger is a breeze. You If you forget to backup your
simply log in to the app and messages, you risk losing everything
message anyone else on Facebook, if you change phones.
which still seems to be everyone on
Earth.
Zoom
This entry might seem somewhat peculiar, considering it is generally considered
a business application. Still, Zoom is a fantastic way to set up group video chats
with the whole family. The codec they use to compress and serve the video is
so advanced that you can use it even with slower connections.
Zoom’s free plan limits one-on-one meetings to 30 minutes and group meetings
with three or more participants to 40 minutes. Although this might not seem
like enough time, you can always begin a new session immediately after your
30 or 40 minutes are up.
Facebook
Staying in touch doesn’t only mean messaging and calling each other; it can
also mean sharing your experiences. As alluded to earlier, almost everyone in
the West uses Facebook, even grandma, and grandpa, making it an ideal choice
to keep everyone updated with what is happening in your life. You can also
view your family’s posts and comment on them as an indirect form of
communication.
In the digital age, it’s easier than ever to stay in touch with family members
abroad. You can use traditional methods like phone calls or opt for more
modern alternatives like WhatsApp and Zoom (Editors, 2021).
Bibliography
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