Maya’s Global eSIM is the best eSIM for the Caribbean: one eSIM installed once, unlimited data with a daily high-speed allowance, and one flat price by trip length (3, 7, 14 or 30 days, from USD 9.99) that covers every island you visit. For a cruise, the Global + Cruise plan covers 20+ cruise lines, priced on its own.
Island hopping puts you in a new port almost every day, and a plan tied to one island leaves you hunting for Wi-Fi on the dock.
Maya’s one eSIM is the best fit for a Caribbean trip
Install it once, pick your days, pay once. Our Global Unlimited plan covers the Caribbean plus 165+ other countries, so there are no per-island plans or gigabyte packs to compare. Travelers who land, connect and go are the ones who write reviews about the connection working.
We sell four core plan types. Each gives unlimited global data across 165+ countries as a prepaid, time-based data pass. The price depends on how long you travel, starting at USD 9.99, and it doesn’t change with the island. One plan covers multi-country travel, so you never switch SIMs or change plans when a trip grows.
Ships are covered too. The Global + Cruise plan covers 20+ cruise lines and 165+ countries, including Royal Caribbean International.
One traveler who landed in Brazil described the easy part. In a November 2025 Trustpilot review of Maya, Yuen M. wrote: “The eSIM was easy to download and use. Clear simple instructions. The cost was also very reasonable and it was great to have access to internet as soon as we landed in Brazil”
Does a Caribbean eSIM work at sea on a cruise?
Yes, with a plan built for ships: our Global + Cruise plan covers 20+ cruise lines and is a separate purchase, priced on its own. The same eSIM stays on your phone, so the cruise is a plan you add to it, not a second setup.
Why does a land plan need help at sea? A cruise ship in open water is beyond the reach of any land cell tower, so the ship carries its own onboard cellular network (Cellular at Sea, 2026). That network reaches land through a satellite link, then a ground station and a core network, before it joins your carrier’s network (Cellular at Sea, 2026). A plan made only for land towers has nothing to hold on to out there.
Our cruise coverage runs on the same idea. Maya’s cruise eSIMs cover 20+ major cruise lines with unlimited data at sea, and you need the Global + Cruise plan for it. Cruise connectivity comes via satellite and maritime networks and depends on the vessel and route. Speeds at sea can differ from land.
The price is USD 10.00 per day. Our Unlimited eSIM plans, add-ons like Global Cruise Connectivity included, are made for individual travelers using data on the move.
Board with it installed. Sail with it on.
What happens after Maya’s daily high-speed allowance in the Caribbean?
Your data keeps running. Once you’ve used the daily high-speed allowance, you stay online at standard speed for the rest of the day.
Every plan includes that allowance, which we call the Daily Quota. It runs at up to 4G LTE or 5G where local networks offer it. It resets every 24 hours, and because you cross time zones, the reset usually doesn’t land at midnight. Unused allowance doesn’t carry over to the next day.
We don’t leave you guessing. By default we send data usage notifications when your eSIM is close to using all its available data. No speed is guaranteed once the allowance is used, since standard speed depends on local network conditions.
Say you’re scrolling maps at the beach and posting from a catamaran. That’s the use these plans are made for. Huge file transfers, torrents and using your phone as a router for other computers are not, and the acceptable use policy spells it out.
Use the allowance on the good stuff, then keep going.
Maya’s Caribbean eSIM plan starts at USD 9.99, priced by trip length
You pay USD 9.99 for 3 days, USD 19.99 for 7 days, USD 27.99 for 14 days or USD 49.99 for 30 days, and the price is the same on every island. The 3-day plan works out to USD 3.33 a day and the 14-day plan to USD 2.00 a day.
Here’s a hypothetical. Say you take a week-long trip with a stop on a different island most days. You buy the 7-day plan once for USD 19.99, which is USD 2.86 a day. The route doesn’t change the price, because we price by trip length and not by country or by the gigabyte.
The eSIM is installed once and stays on your phone permanently. For each trip you only buy a new plan, with no reinstalling. If you add a cruise, the Global + Cruise plan is priced at USD 10.00 per day, as covered above.
If you turn on Auto Top-Up, we give at least 30 days’ notice of any price increase.
Pick your days. Pay the price on the plan page.
Do you need a separate eSIM for each Caribbean island?
No. One Maya eSIM works across the islands and ports on your route, because the plan is global and not sold by country. The Caribbean is covered by our Global Unlimited plan, alongside 165+ other countries.
That matters here more than almost anywhere. The Caribbean is made up of more than 7,000 islands, reefs and cays (Silversea, 2025). Its islands include 13 sovereign countries (Silversea, 2025). It also includes 19 overseas departments, dependencies and territories (Silversea, 2025).
Look at what a single itinerary does with that. A Silversea island sampler runs Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Barts, St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Thomas (Silversea, 2025). Nine stops, one trip. You don’t shop for nine plans.
One plan covers multi-country travel, so you don’t switch SIMs or change plans when a trip adds a country. One eSIM and one purchase work across every listed country and cruise line, with no swapping.
What do a family, a cruiser and an island-hopper need from a Caribbean eSIM?
A family needs the same setup on every phone and nothing to manage. A cruiser needs coverage that continues at sea. An island-hopper needs no new plan per island. Here is what to check for each.
For a family, check how much work setup is before you buy. It should happen once, at home, on Wi-Fi. Here’s what a one-star Trustpilot review of aloSIM from August 13, 2026 reads: “No Russian manuals available. I purchased aloSIM for my family while they were traveling, but none of them could set up the eSIM. As an experienced Windows and Android user, I could have probably figured it out by trial and error, but my family couldn’t. It’s way too complicated with English-only instructions. Plus, after my payment successfully processed, the app still asked me to buy the plan again. # update since you are planning to add Russian instructions, I’ll give aloSIM another try. My family is heading to Turkey at the end of August, and if everything goes well, I’ll update my review to 5 stars.”
For a cruiser, check that the plan names the ship. Ours does: the Global + Cruise plan covers 20+ cruise lines, bought on its own. For an island-hopper, check that a new island doesn’t mean a new purchase. It doesn’t with us. Our Global plan keeps working as the route grows.
Which travel eSIM fits your Caribbean trip, by what each company publishes
Each company below publishes how it sells plans and how it allows data. We sell one global eSIM at a flat price by trip length. Airalo, Holafly, Saily and GigSky all sell per country or per region, and Holafly and GigSky list cruise plans in their own words.
| Travel eSIM | How plans are sold | Unlimited plan allowance, as published |
|---|---|---|
| Maya Mobile | One Global eSIM for 165+ countries, unlimited data at a flat price by trip length: USD 9.99 for 3 days, USD 19.99 for 7 days, USD 27.99 for 14 days, USD 49.99 for 30 days | A daily high-speed data allowance (the Daily Quota) at up to 4G LTE or 5G where local networks offer it, reset every 24 hours; unlimited data at standard speed once the Daily Quota is used |
| Airalo | Per country, per region, or one global plan; priced in USD | Our unlimited data packages don’t have a fixed total data cap. However, to keep the network running fairly for everyone, when you use more than 3GB in a day, we’ll slow down (or “throttle”) your internet speed to 1 Mbps for the rest of that day. |
| Holafly | Per country, per region (Europe, Latin America, Cruise plans), and unlimited monthly/annual global plans | Unlimited data means there is no fixed limit on the amount of data you can use. However, some network operators may temporarily reduce your speed after a certain amount of high-speed data usage, as explained above. |
| Saily | Per country and per region, plus one global plan; by the gigabyte, unlimited, or both | The Unlimited plan gives you 5 GB per day at full 4G/5G speed, then keeps you online at 1 Mbps for the rest of the day — fast enough for navigation, messaging, and standard browsing. |
| GigSky | Per country, per region, and cruise plans; by day, unlimited data with 3.5GB daily high-speed allowance | Get up to 3.5GB/day at our fastest speeds: Video calls, uploads, streaming and more. |
In the table, the rival rows quote or summarize what each company states about its own plans, and the Maya Mobile row describes our plans.
Read the middle column first. With a catalog, you choose between countries, regions and gigabytes before you’ve left home. With us, you choose a number of days.
Why Maya keeps your Caribbean trip on one eSIM
We’re a switch, not a store. We sell one global travel eSIM with unlimited data across 165+ countries, priced flat by trip length from USD 9.99. You install it once and it stays on your phone. Each trip needs a plan, and the next trip is a new plan and nothing else.
Each plan is bought once and stops when its days run out, unless you turn on Auto Top-Up. When you need more days, you buy another plan from the app.
Roaming is covered too. Our eSIM data plans are meant to replace your local carrier’s roaming plan.
That’s the Caribbean, ports and ship, on one eSIM. Landing day gets simpler.
FAQ
Does Maya’s plan renew on its own?
No. Each plan is bought once and stops when its days run out. Auto Top-Up is opt-in and off by default. If you turn it on, the plan renews automatically when it expires, and you can turn it off at any time.
Does the eSIM stay on my phone after the Caribbean trip?
Yes. The eSIM stays on your device after the plan expires, ready for the next trip, and we recommend you keep it installed. Next trip, you buy a new plan and nothing else, with no reinstalling.
Can my phone use a Caribbean travel eSIM?
Yes, if it supports eSIM and is carrier-unlocked. Maya Mobile’s 2025 compatibility page says your device must be unlocked and free of any carrier restrictions, and Galaxy “FE” models are not compatible. Most phones bought outright or after a contract are already unlocked (Maya, 2025). On an iPhone, check Settings, then General, then About, and look for “No SIM restrictions” under Carrier Lock. The compatibility checker is at maya.net/esim-compatible-devices.
Will the same eSIM work on a layover outside the Caribbean?
Yes. The Global plan supports 165+ countries, and one plan covers multi-country travel, so you don’t change plans or switch SIMs when you add a country. Coverage in any one country can vary for reasons outside our control, so it isn’t guaranteed.
Maya is one global travel eSIM with unlimited data in 165+ countries, installed once and priced flat by trip length, with 20+ cruise lines on the Global + Cruise plan.
