I travel a lot for work — like three countries a month sometimes — and I need a wallet that works offline when I'm on a plane, updates quickly when I land, and doesn't lock me out because of "regional restrictions." I've tried at least six mobile wallets, and jaxx liberty wallet
jaxx.cc/ has been the most reliable for my specific chaos. Here's what I do: I keep about $3,000 split between BTC, LTC, and DASH on my phone's Jaxx. Before a flight, I open the app once to refresh the blockchain data (it works as an SPV wallet, so it syncs headers, not the full chain — takes maybe ten seconds). On the plane with no internet, I can still see my balances and even prepare transactions (they'll broadcast when I reconnect). When I land in a new country, I connect to airport WiFi, and within seconds Jaxx broadcasts any pending sends. I've used this in Vietnam, Turkey, Brazil, and all across Europe — never once got a "service not available in your region" message because there's no central server to block you. That's the beauty of a real non-custodial wallet. The downsides? The exchange inside the app sometimes doesn't work in certain countries because the partner (now through ChangeNOW after Shapeshift left) has its own restrictions. But for sending and receiving? Flawless. Also, no fiat on-ramp, so you still need an exchange to buy crypto initially. But for a traveling freelancer who gets paid in crypto and pays vendors in crypto, Jaxx Liberty has saved me so many headaches. Just keep your seed phrase in two separate locations — I use a laminated card in my suitcase and another in my parents' house.