Moving abroad often means leaving a lot of things behind. We knew this when we decided to quit our jobs in the states and head to Asia. We were fine with having to only bring a few select clothing items and we could live with our favorite American snacks being hard to find. What we just couldn’t accept though was giving up our US phone numbers!
For most of us, our phone number feels as important to us as our Social Security Number. But when you’re moving out of the country, it really doesn’t make sense to keep paying a phone bill for the sake of keeping your number.
Luckily, we were able to find a creative solution that allowed us to keep our phone numbers and keep in touch with friends and family without having to ask them to download another app for their phone. We may have had to leave behind Trader Joe’s and Chick-fil-a but our phone numbers were able to come with us thanks to Google Voice!