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Wifitakeaway
Wifitakeaway is a portable wifi hotspot for travelers that provides fast and reliable Internet while you travel, connecting you to your destination, your friends and family and helping you get work done while you’re on the go.
At 2:30 am we received a call from a bar owner in Badalona (a city just north of Barcelona) who told us that a “Chinese” couple wanted to speak to us; we were puzzled. When he put me through, I was shocked to learn that our Airbnb guests from Korea were left stranded by a taxi driver and they didn’t know where they were! With no data plan to use their smartphone — and in a country with a completely different alphabet — they felt unsafe and lost. What they needed was a reliable way to connect to the web immediately upon arriving, without having to desperately search for a place with wifi.
Wifitakeaway was born out of this overwhelming need for an affordable and easy to use solution that travelers can use to stay connected while discovering cities all over Europe.
Our COO Vivianne and I have hosted more than 500 guests in our home and we know firsthand that people feel safer, have more fun and enjoy a better travel experience when they have uninterrupted Internet access, without having to wander around from café to café, only to feel forced to use unreliable, unsecured and slow Internet connections.
Expats and students have been rapidly booking our service as well. Looking for a soft-landing when coming to Spain, they find themselves extremely frustrated when they discover that Spanish IDs are usually required to install Internet at home, as well as create a Spanish bank account. Moreover, they hate the idea of having to be locked into a contract for 12 months with an operator they know nothing about.
Wifitakeway completely eliminates this infuriating and time consuming process; our customers call our plug-and-play, pay-as-you-go wifi hotspot a lifesaver! They just order it online and if they’re in Barcelona they receive the device same-day and 48 hour delivery if they’re in the rest of Spain. And since the device can host up to 10 simultaneous connections, it is fantastic for families and friends too! Our 24/7 customer service in English and no-questions-asked replacement policy in case of malfunction are a relief when traveling abroad.
No more worrying about whether WhatsApp or Google Maps will stop working whether you are in Barcelona, Badalona or Budapest! And when you are ready to go home, just send back the device or drop it off in Barcelona.
We envision a future where travelers enjoy more freedom and safety than ever, an experience where cities become a playground to discover, share and have fun, seamlessly connected and happy. Stay tuned as we have some super-exciting developments that we’ll be announcing at the 2019 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
For more information, visit Wifitakeaway’s website wifitakeaway.es.