{"id":514,"date":"2017-12-14T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/?p=514"},"modified":"2026-04-03T04:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:28:01","slug":"traveling_abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/traveling_abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling Abroad? Here&#8217;s Why You Should Park Your Number With Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Planning to travel abroad but don&#8217;t want to pay the heavy international costs with your cell phone provider? Want your number to be available for you upon your return? Easy.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no reason to keep your expensive cell phone service while abroad.<\/p>\n<p>By parking your number with NumberBarn, you are giving it a place to rest while you&#8217;re out traveling. You&#8217;ll still be able to receive SMS messages, too.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the breakdown of everything you&#8217;ll need to do before you leave on your trip:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/basket?step=lnp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Initiate your phone number transfer to NumberBarn<\/a> prior to leaving. <em>We can only port the number if it is active so do not cancel it before you port it to us.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Number porting can take anywhere from 3-10 business days to complete, so keep that in mind when transferring over.<\/li>\n<li>If any issues arise during the porting process, we&#8217;ll send you an email.<\/li>\n<li>When your number received an approval date, we&#8217;ll email you. This is the expected date of arrival for your number to your account. Don&#8217;t cancel it with your provider until that date!<\/li>\n<li>As soon as your number completes transfers over to NumberBarn, we will send a notification to the email address on file in your account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Great! Now, you can contact your cell phone provider and cancel your service. Your number is safe with us in the barn while you&#8217;re out enjoying the world.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a question for you &#8211; do you have any room in your suitcase for me?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\">NumberBarn<\/a>, we take phone numbers very seriously. But, we also like to have a little fun. 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