The short answer
A Rogers International Travel Pass lets your own plan work in Mexico for a flat price: C$45 for 3 days, C$75 for 7, C$100 for 14 or C$120 for 30. I read both price lists and I would buy Ringo Light for a Mexican holiday, $42.99 for 2 weeks or $57.99 for 30 days, with unlimited data at full speed. Rogers wins where Canadians feel it most: your own number, calls and texts, nothing to install, and one bill.
Unlimited data at full speed for 7 days at $16.99, 2 weeks at $42.99 or 30 days at $57.99, one payment, nothing renews. Even Rogers' 7-day pass costs more than Ringo Light's 7 days, and more than its whole fortnight.
The pass runs on your own plan, so calls and texts keep working on your own number, there is no eSIM to install, and the charge lands on the Rogers bill you already pay. A phone with no eSIM slot works too. Ringo Light is data only.
Prices read on 1 November 2026: Rogers, Ringo Light, European Central Bank on their own sites or listings, Ringo Light from its catalogue. All in US dollars unless stated. Treat every number as a snapshot.
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The prices, charted
US dollars, 1 November 2026. Rogers' C$100 for the 14-day pass is converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026, C$1 = $0.716. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 2 weeks.
Rogers' 30-day pass is C$120, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026, C$1 = $0.716. Ringo Light is one payment for 30 days.
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Rogers Travel Pass vs Ringo Light in one paragraph
For data in Mexico, Ringo Light costs less than every Rogers pass that covers a normal holiday. Two weeks is $42.99 against C$100 (about $72), and a month is $57.99 against C$120 (about $86). Rogers wins on convenience, and that is a real win: calls and texts work on your own number, nothing needs installing, the cost sits on the bill you already pay, and a phone with no eSIM slot works. For a week at an all-inclusive with no fuss I would take the pass without a second thought. For two weeks or a month, or for a laptop on the hotspot, my pick is Ringo Light.
Price: the same trip at each
Rogers' roaming page prices the International Travel Pass at C$45 for 3 days, C$75 for 7, C$100 for 14 and C$120 for 30, and its pass FAQ names Mexico among the destinations, both read 1 November 2026. Those are flat prices, not daily ones. I converted the Canadian prices at the European Central Bank reference rate of 30 October 2026, C$1 = $0.716.
I read Ringo Light's catalogue in US dollars, and the checkout shows the amount in the buyer's currency before paying. Mexico has three trips, $16.99 for 7 days, $42.99 for 2 weeks and $57.99 for 30 days, one payment. The gap is $29.01 on two weeks and $28.01 on a month. I would only choose a pass for a short stay: a 3-day Rogers pass is C$45 (about $32), and Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan for Mexico.
Data and speed at each
Rogers says its travel passes have no separate usage bucket and draw on the data, talk and text included in your plan. I read that as: the allowance abroad is whatever your Canadian plan gives you at home: a plan with 20 GB has 20 GB in Mexico, and a plan with a small allowance has a small one. The page states no roaming speed. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole trip. Fair use policy, see Terms.
Calls, texts and your own number
This is the row I would hand to Rogers outright. With the pass your phone behaves as it does in Toronto or Calgary: the same number rings, texts arrive as usual, and codes sent to your Canadian number keep reaching you. Rogers adds that calls and texts to other countries, even ones on the pass list, carry long distance charges. Ringo Light is data only. Calls go over apps that use data, and your own SIM stays in the phone for calls, with your number staying on your own SIM next to it.
Setup and billing
I would plan a little for the pass, but there is no installing. You buy it in MyRogers or the app, up to 60 days ahead, and set its start date before you travel; the charge appears on the next bill after that date, and an activated pass is not refundable. Ringo Light arrives by email after you pay and installs in one scan of the QR code. Do it at home on Wi-Fi before the flight and switch the eSIM on for data when you land in Cancun or Mexico City. The phone must support eSIM; the pass has no such requirement.
What Ringo Light is, and what it is not
I write for Ringo, so weigh that. Ringo Light is its data eSIM, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere. For Mexico it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 7 days at $16.99, 2 weeks at $42.99 and 30 days at $57.99. One payment, nothing renews.
What it is not: it has no phone number, so it does not replace your Rogers service for calls and texts, and it needs a phone with an eSIM slot. Rogers is simpler and keeps everything on one bill, and I say so plainly; Ringo Light is the lower price for the same time in Mexico.
The comparison of the travel eSIM brands for Mexico is at /blog/best-esim-for-mexico. The card to buy Ringo Light is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Which to pick
- ✓Ringo Light, for two weeks or more. $42.99 for 2 weeks or $57.99 for 30 days, unlimited data at full speed, against a flat C$100 or C$120 for the Rogers pass.
- ✓Rogers pass, for a short stay with zero setup. A 3-day pass is C$45, nothing to install, calls and texts on your own number.
- ✓Rogers pass, if your phone has no eSIM slot. It works on the plan already in the phone.
- ✓Both, for a long trip with a work line. Ringo Light for data, your own SIM for the calls and texts your number needs.
Pick by trip
A Rogers 7-day pass is C$75 (about $54), more than Ringo Light's 7 days at $16.99 and more than its full two weeks at $42.99.
Ringo Light, 2 weeks, $42.99. The Rogers 14-day pass is C$100 (about $72).
Ringo Light, 30 days, $57.99, unlimited at full speed for the laptop. The 30-day Rogers pass is C$120 (about $86).
Rogers pass, or Ringo Light for data with your own SIM left in the phone for calls.
Rogers pass. Ringo Light needs an eSIM-capable phone.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Rogers, Ringo Light, European Central Bank, Ringo Light
We priced Rogers and Ringo Light for Mexico on 1 November 2026, all on the same day, in US dollars. Each rival's price comes from its own website where it showed dollars, otherwise from an esimdb.com listing, and every source and its date is listed below. Ringo Light's prices come from the catalogue our checkout charges.
We compare the trips people actually book: a week, two weeks and a month of unlimited data, and a 10 GB bucket. We read each brand's fair use and speed rules and quote them as the brands state them. We did not run speed tests, so this page makes no speed claims for any brand.
Ringo Light is our own product. We put it in the table on the same terms as everyone else, and where a rival is the better buy the page says so.
Left out: Other eSIM brands. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad and Ubigi sell Mexico too and are priced in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-mexico. This page answers one question, a Rogers pass or Ringo Light. Left out: A Ringo Light 3-day plan. The Mexico catalogue lists 7 days, 2 weeks and 30 days, with no 3 day plan, so there is no long weekend comparison here. Left out: Rogers pay-per-use. Rogers' page mentions a pay-per-use rate without giving an amount for Mexico, so this page prices the Travel Pass only.
- Rogers: www.rogers.com/mobility/roam-like-home, International Travel Pass prices of C$45, C$75, C$100 and C$120, and the pass FAQ at rogers.com/mobility/roaming/faqs-about-travel-pass naming Mexico, the no-separate-bucket line and the billing terms, read 1 November 2026
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/mexico, the catalogue the checkout charges, read the same day
- European Central Bank: www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml, euro reference rates of 30 October 2026, the latest published on 1 November 2026, used for the dollar figures (C$1 = $0.716)
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 1 November 2026.
Written and priced by the Ringo team. Prices change often; if you spot one that has moved, tell us through the contact page and we will update the table.
