Hotel WiFi can hand your bank logins to a stranger three tables away. Your own broadband provider is legally required to log everywhere you go for a year. Surfshark shuts both doors — for less than the price of a coffee a month.
Most hotel and airport WiFi sends data unencrypted. A cheap device broadcasting a fake "Airport_Free_WiFi" signal can quietly sit between you and your banking app — capturing logins and card numbers without you noticing anything wrong until you're already home.
UK identity fraud victims take an average of 7 months just to realise it's happened, and longer still to fully resolve it — hours on the phone to banks, replacing documents, and disputing charges. Doing that from a foreign hotel room is a different problem entirely to doing it from your own sofa.
Under the UK's Investigatory Powers Act, your internet provider can be required to keep a record of every site and service you connect to for up to 12 months, timestamped and tied to your account. A VPN encrypts that traffic and hides your IP address, so what gets logged is a Surfshark server — not your evening.
I use Surfshark every single day living in Thailand — mainly so I can still watch the shows I'd normally watch back home. It's also come with me to Benidorm and across Poland, connecting to hotel and café WiFi without a second thought.
It's not a "nice to have" for me anymore. It's the same category as locking your front door — you don't think about it until the day you didn't do it.
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Get protected — from £2.09/mo| Surfshark | NordVPN | ExpressVPN | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devices at once | Unlimited | 10 | 8 |
| From (long-term plan) | £2.09/mo | £2.99/mo | £3.49/mo |
| No-logs audit | Deloitte, 2x | Deloitte | Yes (audited) |
| Money-back window | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days |
Prices correct as of 5 September 2026 · always double-check current deals on each provider's own site before buying, as VPN pricing changes frequently.
You may notice a small dip, but on Surfshark's WireGuard protocol most people don't notice it at all for browsing, streaming, or video calls.
Yes, in the UK and in the vast majority of places you're likely to travel — including the whole of Europe, the US, and popular destinations like Thailand. A small number of countries, including China, Russia and the UAE, restrict or ban VPN use, so it's worth a quick check if you're heading somewhere less common.
Yes. Surfshark has apps for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, and unlimited devices means everything can run at once under one account — no juggling required.
You're covered by Surfshark's 30-day money-back guarantee. Cancel within that window for a full refund, no questions asked.
From £2.09/month on the 2-year plan · unlimited devices · 30-day money-back guarantee
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