Forwarding phone and texts from iPhone without a SIM card

pizzanapolitana wrote:

I am planning on going abroad and when I'm there I will be purchasing a SIM card in another country. I have an iPhone 7 and I use verizon in the US.

My issue is that I would like to be able to listen to voice mail messages and receive text messages (via email would be fine) from my US SIM card.

Questions:

- If I remove my US SIM card, does it still record voicemails and therefore I can call my US number and listen to them?

- How can I forward text messages to an email address without my US SIM card in my phone? Will I need to get some old phone in the US and leave my SIM in there, plugged in, and therefore I can do this?

(Note I don't just want to use my US SIM abroad due to cost).

Thanks in advance.

These are questions that you need to ask Verizon, these are all their features.