Never Used Skype Number Before - Help!

I am going on my honeymoon to Virgin Islands. Can my elderly mother in the US call my US Skype Number from her landline to reach me in case of an emergency or do I need to set up a Virgin Island Skype number?
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IPGTennis wrote:
Can my elderly mother in the US call my US Skype Number from her landline to reach me in case of an emergency?
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Yes she can. Your US Skype Number travels with you anywhere. Your location is irrelevant as long as your computer or device has a high speed internet connection.
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Simymo wrote:
Hi, I live in Canada and set up a Skype Number locates in HongKong to make my friends call me more easily. But soon I found that I could not identify who is the caller when someone is calling my Skype Number.
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