travel eSIM: advertised vs checkout total (2026-08-21)

Compare eSIM treats “best travel esim” as a checkout audit in travel eSIM on 2026-08-21: advertised price versus the charged USD total for Airalo, Holafly, and Nomad. Focus of this URL: travel eSIM.

What Airalo, Holafly, and Nomad must show

Airalo passes only with a visible USD total. Holafly passes only if travel eSIM is measurable. Nomad is the control: if its cart did not move, do not claim the category moved.

Fails that kill travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21

• Signing annual from the hero of Airalo
• Ignoring tax on Holafly
• Skipping travel eSIM because Nomad looked cheap
• Closing before a timestamped cart print

Go / no-go 2026-08-21

Go annual only if the USD cart matches the ad for “best travel esim”. Otherwise travel-esim-pick stays monthly until travel eSIM and cancel are visible.

Advertised price versus the 2026-08-21 cart

Open Airalo and save the public number for “best travel esim” before any coupon field. Then open checkout and write the $ total, tax, and renewal line. A landing screenshot without the cart is not a receipt.

Open Holafly and save the public number for “best travel esim” before any coupon field. Then open checkout and write the $ total, tax, and renewal line. A landing screenshot without the cart is not a receipt.

Open Nomad and save the public number for “best travel esim” before any coupon field. Then open checkout and write the $ total, tax, and renewal line. A landing screenshot without the cart is not a receipt.

Hidden line items that inflate travel eSIM

On Airalo run top-up: confirm top-up price outside the trial. If the 2026-08-21 cart exceeds the ad by more than 10%, freeze annual. travel eSIM is the only reason this page exists.

On Holafly run airport coverage: test data on landing. If the 2026-08-21 cart exceeds the ad by more than 10%, freeze annual. travel eSIM is the only reason this page exists.

On Nomad run hotspot: enable tethering and measure 10 minutes. If the 2026-08-21 cart exceeds the ad by more than 10%, freeze annual. travel eSIM is the only reason this page exists.

Twenty-minute receipt duel

A technical founder in Mobile timed 23 minutes from hero to pay on Airalo. Clock 23h local. If support chat is required to see the total, Compare eSIM treats Airalo as incomplete for 2026-08-21.

A technical founder in Mobile timed 23 minutes from hero to pay on Holafly. Clock 23h local. If support chat is required to see the total, Compare eSIM treats Holafly as incomplete for 2026-08-21.

A technical founder in Mobile timed 23 minutes from hero to pay on Nomad. Clock 23h local. If support chat is required to see the total, Compare eSIM treats Nomad as incomplete for 2026-08-21.

Checkout sheet for travel-esim-pick — 2026-08-21

Field	Airalo	Holafly	Nomad
Ad price USD
Cart total $
Tax/fee line
Renewal sentence
Coupon required?
Go annual?

Lab exclusive to travel-esim-pick (2026-08-21)

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 in Mobile: a technical founder at Compare eSIM measured travel eSIM in USD ($) on a 23h clock. The query “best travel esim” does not replace this lab.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 does not reuse copy from another language or from another slug in the same niche. This page answers only travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 step 1 at 23:10: on Airalo, airport coverage — test data on landing. File the screenshot next to travel eSIM.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 step 2 at 23:11: on Holafly, hotspot — enable tethering and measure 10 minutes. File the screenshot next to travel eSIM.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 step 3 at 23:12: on Nomad, top-up — confirm top-up price outside the trial. File the screenshot next to travel eSIM.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 till rule: the charged USD total counts; the homepage number does not. Airalo vs Holafly vs Nomad at the same local time in Mobile.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 exit: if cancel, export, or travel eSIM fail this lab, Compare eSIM stays monthly on 2026-08-21 even if “best travel esim” is rising.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x0 Airalo top-up travel eSIM Mobile 23 $.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x1 Holafly airport coverage travel eSIM Mobile 24 $.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x2 Nomad hotspot travel eSIM Mobile 25 $.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x3 Airalo top-up travel eSIM Mobile 26 $.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x4 Holafly airport coverage travel eSIM Mobile 27 $.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x5 Nomad hotspot travel eSIM Mobile 28 $.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x6 Airalo top-up travel eSIM Mobile 29 $.

travel-esim-pick-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x7 Holafly airport coverage travel eSIM Mobile 30 $.