Fido roaming: what Fido Roam costs in the US and abroad, and which plans include it

What does Fido roaming cost on 10 November 2026?

Fido sells roaming in two ways, both under the Fido Roam name. You either pay a daily rate on the days you use your phone abroad, or you buy a Travel Pass that covers a fixed run of days. In both cases you keep your number and use the data, talk and text from your Canadian plan; there is no separate roaming data bucket. Fido no longer uses the old Roam Like Home name on its roaming page, so if you are searching for that, Fido Roam is the product that replaced it.

Fido Roam Daily, when we read it:

United States

$16 a day

International

$18 a day, now also available on cruise ships

Fido says each daily charge runs until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on that calendar day. Its roaming page and Travel Pass FAQ do not say whether daily charges are capped within a bill, so assume they are not.

This is desk research from Fido's own pages. We have not bought or tested a Fido plan.

Fido travel plans: how much is each Travel Pass?

Fido lets you book a pass up to 60 days before you leave. These were the Fido travel plans listed on its roaming page on 10 November 2026, in Canadian dollars.

Fido also announced new Africa, Central and South America, and Oceania passes, and its Travel Pass FAQ lists Europe and Asia passes, but the roaming page did not show prices for those regional passes when we read it.

Some rules from the Travel Pass FAQ worth knowing before you buy:

• A pending pass can be cancelled in My Account at no charge. An activated pass is non-refundable, and you cannot change or cancel it on its start date.
• Passes cannot be backdated or renewed. You buy a new one starting the day after the old one ends.
• If you arrive before the pass starts, you pay the daily rate until it does.
• On cruise ships, data at the fastest speed is limited to 1GB per 24 hours, then slowed to up to 512 kbps.
• Calls and texts to other countries, even ones inside the pass, are billed as long distance unless your plan includes them.

To use Fido Roam you need it enabled on the account. Fido says you can text ROAM to 222 to confirm enrolment, then switch data roaming on; a welcome text arrives when you land.

Fido US roaming: which Fido plans include it?

One Fido plan includes the US and Mexico. On Fido's bring-your-own-phone page on 10 November 2026, the Canada-wide 5G and US-Mexico Roam plan was $55 a month for 60GB, after a $5 automatic payments credit (the price without it was $60). The catch is in the wording: US-Mexico roaming and unlimited calls between Canada, the US and Mexico are included for the first 12 months only. Fido does not say on that page what the plan costs to roam after month 12, so check before you rely on it for a second year.

Fido plans and Fido phone plans on 10 November 2026

These were the bring-your-own-phone Fido plans listed when we read the page. Prices include the $5 monthly credit for automatic payments with a Rogers Bank credit card or pre-authorised debit, except the Basic plan, which had no credit shown.

The 5G plans include unlimited Canada-wide talk and text, unlimited international texts and hotspot use. Fido's plans hub also advertised talk-and-text plans from $25 a month after the autopay discount, and a device setup charge of $40 may apply when you finance a phone. Fido's cheapest plan on that list, the 250MB Basic plan at $19, is not one for travellers: Fido says add-ons such as Fido Roam are not supported on it.

Does Fido have a prepaid SIM card?

Not any more. Fido's prepaid page says that as of 20 February 2025 Fido customers have to get prepaid service through chatr. Both brands belong to Rogers Communications, whose 2024 annual information form lists Rogers and Fido as its postpaid brands and chatr as its prepaid brand. Our chatr page covers the prepaid plans, and our Rogers guide covers the parent network.

Does Fido support eSIM?

Yes. Step 3 of Fido's bring-your-own-phone order flow is an eSIM compatibility check, and Fido's SIM help page says existing customers can switch a line to eSIM in the My Account app (Phone tab, then Change SIM); Android users are pointed to the My Account web portal instead. For new customers bringing their own phone, Fido's SIM page says it will send a SIM card with an online activation.

When is a travel eSIM cheaper than Fido roaming?

For short trips where you mainly need data, usually. Take a week in the United States. Fido Roam Daily would be $112 for seven days of use, and the US 7-day Travel Pass is $50. Our verified US eSIM prices, read on each seller's own site in August 2026 and quoted in US dollars, were:

Airalo

10GB over 7 days for $21.50

Saily

10GB over 30 days for $22.99

Nomad

10GB over 30 days for $25

For Mexico, Nomad listed 10GB over 30 days at $15.50 and Airalo 10GB over 7 days at $17 (checked 17 and 13 August 2026). Fido's cheapest pass that covers Mexico is $50 for three days.

The pass wins when you need your Fido number for calls and texts, or when your own plan has a large data allowance you want to keep using. For a month in the US, $80 for the 30-day pass is close to what a large eSIM costs, and you keep your number. If you add an eSIM, keep the Fido line on for calls but turn its data roaming off; our data roaming guide shows where the switch is, and the cheapest eSIM table ranks plans by price per gigabyte.

Which Fido option would we pick?

For a weekend across the border, the $25 three-day US pass is cheaper than two days on the daily rate. For a week or more in the US, the 14-day pass at $60 costs only $10 more than the 7-day pass. If you cross the border often, the $55 US-Mexico plan is worth it during its first 12 months. For trips outside North America, compare the International pass with a local eSIM before you go; Fido's $100 14-day pass is several times the price of a 10GB eSIM in most countries.