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Full Year?! Good to know, and perhaps at this point, a burner phone is the best choice for overseas travel.

Or a second Google account. Just have a USA account you can switch to. I'm heading to Canada next month and hiring a car so I should get on that now

Edit: Just tried and you can't do that, all accounts are in the same country and you even need a payment method for the new country!

Yeah! But I was also thinking of all the hassles with SIM/eSIM, and having a second phone just to travel seemed smoother.

I've had to do this before too. Having to create a fresh Google account when visiting another country using a domestic IP address. This because changing billing country in certain platforms means losing purchases or personaliation.

I've chosen a constrained name pool for my hosts and devices, and when I add new ones, I choose the same name but in a different language.

I can just see it now, I go on an international trip and make a trail of Google Accounts for myself, all named the same, but in the local language. Heehee, can't wait!

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