The short answer
Thailand has been on Vodafone's EasyTravel list since 22 July 2026, so a German contract works there for €7.99 (about $9) a day, charged only on the days you use the phone, or €21.99 (about $25) for a week. Ringo Light covers the trip once instead: 7 days at $6.99, 2 weeks at $22.99 or 30 days at $32.99, unlimited data at full speed. I would buy Ringo Light for the data. Vodafone offers what a contract does best, your own number, calls and texts, and your home data volume with nothing to install.
The Thailand trip is paid once, $22.99 for two weeks or $32.99 for thirty, unlimited data at full speed from Bangkok to the islands. Vodafone bills €7.99 for each day you use the phone, or €21.99 for each week, and that adds up fast on a long trip.
On Vodafone your German number rings in Chiang Mai as it does in Cologne, with up to 500 minutes and 500 texts a day, and the data volume of your home tariff comes along. The pass starts on its own and sits on the Vodafone bill you already pay; a phone with no eSIM slot works too. Ringo Light does data and nothing else, and I want that clear before you buy.
Prices read on 31 October 2026: Vodafone, 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, 31 October 2026. Vodafone is two EasyTravel Woche passes at €21.99 (€43.98), cheaper than 14 separate days at €7.99. The euro prices turn into dollars at the ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026, the latest published, 1 euro = $1.1172, rounded to the nearest dollar. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 2 weeks.
Vodafone's pages show no monthly pass for Thailand, so 30 days is four EasyTravel Woche passes plus two Tag days (€103.94), at the ECB rate of 30 October 2026, 1 euro = $1.1172. Ringo Light is one payment for 30 days.
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Vodafone EasyTravel vs Ringo Light in one paragraph
I read both price lists. For a trip of a few weeks, Ringo Light costs about half of EasyTravel for two weeks and under a third for a month: $22.99 against about $49, and $32.99 against about $116. Vodafone has honest strengths: your own number, calls and texts that work as at home, your home data volume, and no eSIM slot or setup. For a long weekend in Bangkok I would take a Tag or two. For a fortnight of islands and trains, or a month, my pick is Ringo Light.
Price: the same trip at each
I read Vodafone's EasyTravel page on 31 October 2026. It lists Thailand, and its article says it was added on 22 July 2026. EasyTravel Tag is €7.99 (about $9) and is charged only on the days you call, text or use data there, by German time. EasyTravel Woche is €21.99 (about $25) for seven days. Two weeks as two Woche passes is €43.98 (about $49), and a month as four Woche passes and two Tag days is €103.94 (about $116). No monthly pass is shown for Thailand beyond WorldTravel, €4.99 a month (about $6) for 2 GB on a 12-month term, €59.88 (about $67) in all.
Vodafone's euro prices turn into dollars at the ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026, the latest published, 1 euro = $1.1172. Ringo Light is priced in US dollars, and the checkout shows the amount in euros before you pay. I compare the trips at $22.99 for 2 weeks and $32.99 for 30 days, each paid once. By my reading the gap is $26.01 for two weeks and $83.01 for a month.
Data and speed at each
EasyTravel brings the data volume of your German tariff: Vodafone's page gives 135 GB a month for Vodafone Mobil XL and 107 GB for the Young XL tariffs, and says unlimited tariffs do not get unlimited data abroad. The page names no speed. I think that is plenty for maps, messages and photos on a beach, and a laptop on the hotspot all month is where a tariff volume can matter. 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 Vodafone wins outright, and I say so plainly. EasyTravel includes up to 500 minutes and 500 texts a day, to Germany or within Thailand, on your own number, so banking codes sent by text to your German number keep arriving. Ringo Light is data only. Calls go over apps that use data, and your number stays on your own SIM next to it.
Setup and billing
A Vodafone contract is required. Tag starts by itself when the phone calls, texts or uses data in Thailand, and ends at midnight German time or when you re-enter Germany. Woche is booked a day ahead in MeinVodafone or by sending Easy7 to 70127. Ringo Light arrives by email after you pay and installs in one scan of the QR code. I would install it at home on Wi-Fi before the flight and switch the eSIM on for data when you land at Suvarnabhumi. The phone must support eSIM; EasyTravel has no such requirement.
What Ringo Light is, and what it is not
Ringo Light is the data eSIM from Ringo, the company I write for. It is sold to fund the full Ringo, the single plan that works worldwide. For Thailand it has three trips, 7 days at $6.99, 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $32.99, all unlimited data at full speed, paid once with no renewals.
It has no phone number, so it cannot take over your Vodafone line for calls and texts, and the phone must take an eSIM. Vodafone is simpler and keeps everything on one bill. Ringo Light is the lower price for the same weeks in Thailand, and that is the trade I weigh.
The wider comparison of travel eSIM brands for Thailand is at /blog/best-esim-for-thailand. The card to buy Ringo Light is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Which to pick
- ✓Ringo Light, for a fortnight or a month. My pick: $22.99 or $32.99 once, unlimited at full speed, against €21.99 for each week of EasyTravel.
- ✓EasyTravel Tag, for a day or two. Nothing to install, your own number, €7.99 per day used. I would skip the eSIM here.
- ✓EasyTravel, if your phone has no eSIM slot. The pass rides on the contract the handset already has.
- ✓Both, for a long stay. Ringo Light for the data, your own SIM for the calls you need.
Pick by trip
I would take an EasyTravel Tag or two: €7.99 a day, your own number. A single Woche, €21.99, about $25, already costs more than Ringo Light for two weeks at $22.99.
I would buy Ringo Light, $22.99, unlimited at full speed for the maps. Two Woche passes come to €43.98, about $49.
I would buy Ringo Light, $32.99, with the laptop on a tether. Vodafone would run to €103.94, about $116.
An EasyTravel Tag is the easy answer: one €7.99 day and your own number.
Stay on EasyTravel, or pair Ringo Light with your own SIM.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Vodafone, Ringo Light, European Central Bank, Ringo Light
We priced Vodafone and Ringo Light for Thailand on 31 October 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 Thailand too and sit in the wider table at /blog/best-esim-for-thailand. This page sets only Vodafone against Ringo Light. Left out: Flat Flex and the older ReisePakete. Vodafone's pages do not confirm the Flat Flex monthly option for Thailand, so it is left out, and the ReisePaket passes are replaced by EasyTravel there. The two addresses first given for the Vodafone roaming pages returned not found on the day, so the figures come from the EasyTravel and WorldTravel pages under vodafone.de/de/mobilfunk/ausland-und-roaming.
- Vodafone: www.vodafone.de/de/mobilfunk/ausland-und-roaming/easytravel, EasyTravel page, read 31 October 2026: Tag €7.99, Woche €21.99, 500 minutes and 500 texts a day, home data volume, Thailand in the country list, and the Vodafone article on the 22 July 2026 addition; the WorldTravel page at vodafone.de/de/mobilfunk/ausland-und-roaming/worldtravel for €4.99 a month and the 12-month term. The addresses vodafone.de/privat/hilfe-support/roaming.html and vodafone.de/privat/mobilfunk/roaming.html returned not found on the same day
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/thailand, 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 31 October 2026, used for the dollar figures (1 euro = $1.1172)
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 31 October 2026.
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