Traveling With Pokemon Go Isn't As Fun As You Think

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If you’re a Pokemon Go player planning a trip, you’ll probably be hit with a little jolt of excitement upon realizing that your destination will offer all-new PokeStops to spin and Gyms to conquer. After all, you’re bound to be sick of taking back the Gym down the road from a couple people who probably just happen to work in that Pizza Hut.

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Pokemon Go even encourages this excitement. Regional exclusive Pokemon are the most obvious example, with each Gen having specific Pokemon that only spawn in one real-life geographic region In Generation 5, for example, three elemental monkey Pokemon were introduced: Pansage, Panpour, and Pansear. If you only play Pokemon Go at home, you won’t be able to catch all three. Pansear is found in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India, whereas Panpour is found in the Americas, and Pansage is in the Asia-Pacific region.

Unfortunately, your excitement that you may be able to catch a Tropius, Throh, or Sigilyph to fill out your Pokedex, or even just bring Pokemon home from far away to trade with friends, may be a little preemptive.

If you’re traveling within your own country and you’re an avid Pokemon Go player, you probably already have a phone plan that provides data anywhere you go. Any further than that and you’ll be hit with the word we all dread: roaming.

When you travel beyond your borders, most phone plans don’t support calling, texting, or, crucially, the data that you use to play Pokemon Go outside your home’s wifi connection. To keep using it as normal, you’d need to pay for ‘International Roaming.’ If you’ve ever looked into it for a vacation, you’ll know that the fees are pretty exorbitant.