SMS API for Turks and Caicos Islands: bulk SMS to +1 numbers

The Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, is known for its tourism industry and capital Cockburn Town. Software products sending SMS include travel agencies, resorts, and car rental services. Messages are triggered by booking confirmations, flight updates, or excursion reminders. Developers choose SMS because it reaches tourists and locals alike, even on basic phones and roaming devices.

Turks and Caicos Islands

Calling code +1

Per SMS segment
$0.02207
Messages for $100
4,531
Local language
English
Encoding
GSM-7

What a bulk SMS send to the Turks and Caicos Islands costs

Every message is priced at $0.02207 per segment to the Turks and Caicos Islands. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.02207$0.04414
1,000$22.07$44.14
10,000$220.70$441.40
100,000$2,207.00$4,414.00

Number format in Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos Islands uses the North American Numbering Plan: +1, a three-digit area code and a seven-digit number, such as +1 649 231 1234. The API reads the area code (649 here) to price the number as the Turks and Caicos Islands rather than the United States, so keep the full eleven digits in your list.

Alphabet and segments

English text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to the Turks and Caicos Islands holds 160 characters and each part of a longer text 153. Watch for curly quotes and emoji copied from other tools: one of them moves the whole text to Unicode at 70 characters per segment, and POST /v1/estimates shows the encoding before you send.

Time zone and timing

The Turks and Caicos Islands changes its clocks: Grand Turk is on UTC-5 in January and UTC-4 in July. 09:00 in Grand Turk is 14:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example -05:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.

Send to Turks and Caicos Islands with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (TC) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.

For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.

curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+16492311234", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to the Turks and Caicos Islands

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Booking confirmations

Resorts in Providenciales send SMS confirmations to guests with check-in details and resort amenities.

Flight updates

Airlines notify passengers in Cockburn Town about flight delays or gate changes via SMS.

Car rentals

Car rental services in Grace Bay confirm bookings and provide vehicle pickup locations via SMS.

SMS to Turks and Caicos Islands: questions

More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to the Turks and Caicos Islands?

Each message segment to the Turks and Caicos Islands costs $0.02207. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $22.07 and 10,000 cost $220.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to the Turks and Caicos Islands does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 4,531 one-segment messages to the Turks and Caicos Islands at $0.02207 each. The first top-up adds a bonus on top, which raises that number. The balance is shared by every country, so the same top-up also pays for messages anywhere else on the list.

How do I write Turks and Caicos Islands numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +1 649 231 1234 becomes "+16492311234" in the to field. The API also accepts spaces, dashes and a 00 prefix and cleans them, and numbers that cannot be read are listed in set_aside instead of being charged.

How can SMS reach tourists effectively?

SMS is ideal for tourists who may not have local SIM cards or internet access. Messages should be clear and concise.

Are there seasonal peaks in SMS traffic?

Yes, SMS traffic peaks during the winter tourist season when visitors flock to the islands for holidays.

Start sending to The Turks and Caicos Islands

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to the Turks and Caicos Islands at $0.02207 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Turks and Caicos Islands: Bulk SMS to +1 From $0.02207 | BulkSMSAPI