How to fax from your phone while travelling

Before you leave

• Set up your account and fax number at home, so you're not doing it on a hotel connection.
• Make sure you can get email on your phone while away, since every sign-in uses a one-time code sent to your email.
• Save a cover page template with your name and travel contact details.
• Scan documents you might need, like your passport photo page or insurance card, and keep them in a secure folder on your phone.
• Check your mobile plan's roaming rates or buy a local data plan if you'll rely on mobile data.

How international pages are counted

A page sent to Canada, the United States or the United Kingdom uses one page from your plan, wherever you're physically sending from. Sending to a country where fax delivery costs more uses more pages per page faxed, up to 55 for the most expensive destinations, such as China. If you're faxing a local office in the country you're visiting, check how many plan pages that destination uses before you send a long document.

Received faxes always count once per page, no matter where they came from.

A practical example: a three-page form faxed from Paris to an insurer in Toronto uses three pages, exactly as it would from home. The same form faxed to a hotel in a high-cost destination could use many times that. When in doubt, ask the recipient for a Canadian, US or UK fax number, or an email or upload alternative.

Time zones and scheduling

If you want a fax to arrive during the recipient's office hours, you can schedule it up to 90 days ahead and cancel any time before it goes out. That's handy when you're several time zones away and don't want to set an alarm. You'll find more mobile faxing tips on faxfromphone.ca.