The Warm Weather Itch Is Real — Here's How to Stay Connected Wherever It Takes You
May 2026 | The Dufresnes
You know the feeling. The temperature starts climbing, the days get longer, and something shifts. Suddenly you're looking at flights you have no business looking at. You're googling campsites three provinces over. You're texting your friends "what if we just... went somewhere."
The warm weather itch is real. And it doesn't care about your schedule, your budget, or how much PTO you have left.
We've been chasing that feeling professionally for 9 years now — across Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and beyond. And the one thing we've learned is that the trips that scratch it best are rarely the perfectly planned ones. They're the spontaneous long weekends, the "let's just drive" decisions, the international detours that start with one Google search and end with a stamp in your passport.
What those trips all have in common: you need your phone working. Not hotel WiFi. Not "I'll find a café." Actually working — maps, messages, bookings, calls — from the moment you leave your driveway.
That's where Holafly comes in.
Use code THEDUFRESNES to save up to 32% on your plan.
May Is When the Itch Hits Hardest
There's something about May specifically. Winter is definitively over. Summer isn't quite here yet. You're in this in-between moment where travel feels both urgent and possible — like if you don't book something now, the whole season will slip by.
For Canadians and Americans, May means the first real camping weekends of the year. Cross-border road trips into the US or Mexico. Flight deals to Europe before peak summer prices kick in. For Australians, it's the start of the dry season — the perfect window for Southeast Asia before the July crowds arrive.
And for the growing number of people who work remotely — May is often the month they finally act on the "I could work from anywhere" realization that's been sitting in the back of their head since January.
Whatever version of the itch you're feeling, here's how to make sure connectivity isn't the thing that holds you back.
The Spontaneous Weekend Cross-Border Trip
You decide Friday afternoon you're driving to the US for the weekend. Or across into Mexico. Or up to a national park that happens to be just over the Canadian border.
This is exactly where roaming charges from your home carrier become genuinely painful. A few days of "international day passes" at $10–15 USD per day adds up fast — and most of them cap your data anyway.
A Holafly eSIM for the US, Canada, or Mexico costs a fraction of that, gives you unlimited data, and takes five minutes to set up. Buy it on your phone on the way to the car, install it when you stop for gas, and you're connected before you hit the border.
With Always On — Holafly's newest feature — you even get 1GB of automatic monthly backup data included with every eSIM at no extra charge. Spontaneous trip, zero connectivity stress.
The Camping Trip That Takes You Off the Grid (Almost)
Here's the thing about camping in 2026: going "off the grid" is a choice, not a necessity. Most campgrounds — even remote ones — have some cellular coverage. And having data available when you need it matters more on a camping trip than almost anywhere else.
Trail maps. Weather updates. Finding the closest town with supplies when you forgot the camp stove fuel. Emergency contacts. That one campfire recipe you saw on Instagram and now can't remember.
A Holafly eSIM keeps you connected at the level you choose — use it when you need it, ignore it when you don't. And if you're camping across a border, one eSIM handles both countries automatically on regional plans.
The "I Work Remotely, Why Am I Still Here" Trip
May is the month remote workers start doing the math. If I can work from my apartment, I can work from a beach town in Mexico. Or a guesthouse in Bali. Or a café in Lisbon. The math always checks out. The thing that holds people back is usually logistics — visas, accommodation, and yes, connectivity.
Holafly Plans solve the connectivity piece completely. One subscription, 160+ countries, unlimited data wherever you are. Monthly billing so you're not locked in. Cancel when you come home — or don't, because by then you probably won't want to.
Holafly Plans pricing with code THEDUFRESNES:
- Monthly: $64.90 → $58.41/month with 10% off
- Annual: → $546.26/year ($45.52/month) with 32% total off
For anyone working and traveling simultaneously, the annual plan pays for itself within the first couple of months compared to buying individual country eSIMs.
The Summer Europe Trip You've Been Planning Since February
Flights are booked. Hotels are shortlisted. You've got a tab open with the Amalfi Coast ferry schedule that you check every few days for no reason.
May is when Europe trips go from "planned" to "actually happening." And it's when you should be sorting your connectivity — before you're standing at baggage claim in Rome trying to find airport WiFi to figure out how to get to your hotel.
The Holafly Europe eSIM covers 40+ countries — France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Germany, Croatia, and beyond — all on one unlimited data plan. Cross as many borders as your itinerary includes, your eSIM switches automatically at each one.
Use code THEDUFRESNES for 5% off a traditional Europe eSIM, or 10–32% off if you're going on Holafly Plans.
The Family Summer Trip
Traveling with kids in May and June — before the full July price surge — is one of the smartest moves a family can make. Cheaper flights, shorter queues at major attractions, and kids who haven't yet fully lost their summer energy.
We've been traveling as a family of four for 9 years, and the logistics of keeping a family connected on the road are real. You need navigation running constantly. You need to be reachable. You need the kids to be able to message when they wander off in a market somewhere.
Holafly's hotspot feature means one eSIM can share data with multiple devices — useful for families where not everyone needs their own plan. For heavier individual users, each person getting their own is the cleaner option — and with THEDUFRESNES code, the per-device cost stays reasonable.
The Last-Minute Decision (Our Favourite Kind)
Some of the best trips we've ever taken started with a conversation that went roughly like: "What if we just... went to [place] this weekend?"
No six-week planning window. No spreadsheet of options. Just a decision made on a Tuesday that turns into a trip by Friday.
For last-minute travel, Holafly is genuinely ideal. You can buy an eSIM, receive it by email, and have it installed on your phone within minutes — all before you've even packed a bag. No waiting for a physical SIM card to ship. No airport queue at a phone store.
That's the kind of friction-free travel setup that makes spontaneous decisions actually happen instead of staying as "what ifs."
How to Get Set Up Before the Itch Takes Over
For a specific trip (one country or region):
- Go to holafly.sjv.io/6yWy0q
- Select your destination and trip length
- Apply code THEDUFRESNES for 5% off
- Install the eSIM at home on WiFi before you leave
- Land. Switch on Holafly. You're connected.
For frequent or ongoing travel:
- Go to esim.holafly.com/plans
- Choose monthly or annual Plans
- Apply code THEDUFRESNES — 10% off monthly, 32% total off annual
- One eSIM, everywhere, all year
The Warm Weather Itch Deserves a Real Answer
We're not going to tell you to ignore it. We've been living proof for 9 years that acting on the itch — actually booking the trip, actually going — is almost always worth it.
What we will say is: sort your connectivity before you go. It's five minutes of setup that removes one of the most common friction points of international travel. After that, the only thing standing between you and wherever the warm weather is pulling you is the decision to go.
Use code THEDUFRESNES at checkout:
- 5% off traditional eSIM plans
- 10% off monthly Holafly Plans
- 32% total off annual Holafly Plans
We are Official Holafly Ambassadors and have used their eSIM continuously since May 2022. All opinions are our own. Code THEDUFRESNES gives you a genuine discount.