Calling friends and family
Important days and holidays are when we miss friends and family most. But with the Ratebuster phone service there's no excuse for not keeping in touch! With low, low call charges all day, every day you can cheap call Australia at Christmas time. Or cheap call India at Diwali. In fact cheap international calls are a great reason to stay in touch all year round.
But if you ever need extra reasons to make full use of cheap calls from Ratebuster, our calendar of religious festivals and cultural events for 2011 might help. It shows the dates of all the major religious festivals for Christians, Muslims, Hindus and Jews and some popular non-religious events too. All of which are times when you might feel you want to make a cheap international call to get in touch with friends and family.
Religious Festivals and Events 2011
| Holidays for Buddhism for 2011 include: |
| Feb-15 |
Parinirvana (Mahayana |
| Holidays for Christianity for 2011 include: |
| Jan-06 |
Epiphany |
| Jan-07 |
Orthodox Christmas |
| Feb-02 |
Candlemas |
| Mar-01 |
St. David's Day |
| Mar-17 |
St. Patrick's Day |
| Apr-23 |
St. George's Day |
| Aug-06 |
The Transfiguration |
| Aug-15 |
Assumption Day |
| Nov-01 |
All Saints` Day |
| Nov-02 |
All Souls` Day |
| Nov-30 |
St. Andrew's Day |
| Dec-08 |
Immaculate Conception |
| Dec-24 |
Christmas Eve |
| Dec-25 |
Christmas Day |
| Holidays for Hinduism for 2011 include: |
| Jan-14 |
Pongal / Makar Sankranti |
| Holidays for Sikhism for 2011 include: |
| January-13-0000 to January-14-0000 |
Maghi |
| Mar-14 |
Sikh New Year |
| Mar-21 |
Hola Mohalla |
| Apr-13 |
Baisakhi |
| April-13-0000 to April-14-0000 |
Vaisakhi |
| Sep-01 |
First Parkash (Nanakshahi) |
| Sep-07 |
First Parkash (Bikarami) |
| Nov-04 |
Bandi Chhor Divas |
| Nov-06 |
Installation of Holy Scriptures as Guru Granth Sahib Ji |
| Nov-08 |
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji |
| Nov-21 |
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (Nanakshahi) |
| Dec-08 |
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (Bikarami) |
* These are provisional dates and are dependant on sighting the new moon.
When you have friends, family or colleagues spread around the world it isn't always easy to keep in touch. That's why we invented Ratebuster - the low-call hero who champions cheap international call charges - so you can afford to phone abroad whenever you want to.
We've done away with peak and off-peak charges so there's never a bad time to call. Instead you can enjoy cheap, flat rates all day, every day.
Make the most of cheap international calls
It's easy to make cheap calls with Ratebuster. You can make low-cost international calls - instantly - from a landline, mobile or payphone. All you need to do is use the appropriate Ratebuster access number for the country you want to call - then you can start making cheap international calls anywhere in the world and bust those big phone bills!
Once you have the access number, using Ratebuster couldn't be simpler:
- Dial the access number for the country you want to cheap call
- Follow the voice prompt and dial the international number you want to call, including the country code
- Press the hash key so we can connect you quickly
- That's it - you're connected!
Check out our cheap call rates above - just select the country you'd like to call.
You can make international calls from as little as 1p a minute to some destinations - so whether you're calling just to say hello, or you want to share a special event like New Year or Ramadan, you can afford to keep in touch with family and friends wherever they are in the world.