Every four years, something strange happens. People who haven’t given soccer a second thought since the last World Cup suddenly care very much about it, and I’m one of them. I spend most of my time arguing about build orders in strategy games or grinding ranked matches, but the moment the tournament kicks off, I’m glued to a screen watching eleven guys kick a ball around for 90 minutes and somehow caring a lot about the result.
This summer is different though. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is on home turf, spread across the USA, Canada, and Mexico, and for the first time in a long time the question isn’t “where do I find a stream” but “how do I get to the stadium.” A lot of people are genuinely going. Friends from Europe, South America, Asia, all booking flights and making the trip. And the first thing any of them asks when they land is how they get data without their carrier charging them like it’s 2009.
The answer this summer is Saily. Our friends over at Gizmodo negotiated an exclusive deal that gets you 35% off the Saily North America plan with the coupon code GIZMODO at checkout. That plan runs on a single eSIM across the USA, Canada, and Mexico, which is exactly what you need if you’re following games across multiple cities. Full details on Gizmodo’s exclusive deal page.
For everything else Saily sells, the same GIZMODO coupon code gives you 15% off year-round. That covers country plans, regional plans, cruise plans, and global plans. Since June 2026, plans are available in USD, EUR, and GBP, so European fans making the trip no longer have to deal with currency conversion on top of everything else. It’s the best Saily coupon code you can get in 2026, and it comes from the same people who spend all day reviewing gadgets for a living.
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Saily added a US phone number add-on in June 2026, $0.84 a month and sold separately from your eSIM plan. It gives you a dedicated +1 number usable from anywhere in the world, handy for two-factor authentication and US-only services without handing out your real number to every booking platform on the trip.
Also new in June 2026: Saily launched dedicated cruise plans now covering more than 200 ships from Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian, MSC, Disney Cruise Line, and others. Most eSIM providers go dark the moment a ship sails past 12 nautical miles from the coast. Saily is the first to cover maritime networks properly, and the GIZMODO coupon code knocks 15% off those plans too.
A note on VPNs
Some fans want to watch matches that simply aren’t on local streaming services back home. It’s a common headache for international travelers, and a VPN that changes your apparent location is the standard fix. Worth sorting out before the tournament gets going.
NordVPN is the obvious place to start if you’re already in the Saily ecosystem, given that NordVPN and Saily are both owned by Nord Security. ExpressVPN just became the first VPN provider to land an official FIFA partnership, so they’re pushing hard this summer too. Either way, that’s a separate purchase from your eSIM but worth having lined up before the group stage kicks off.
Either option gets the job done. The eSIM and the VPN together solve both problems, and both are cheaper to sort out before you land than after.
