If you are in Albufeira, point your MEO remote control at the TV with the MEO box turned on. You can change the on screen language to English.  Use the menu to find the customer accounts section and there is the option to add or cancel subscriptions. That's how your guest did it the first place. You don't need to be the account holder as that information is embedded into the system.

Or you can go to the MEO shop in town or at Algarve Shopping with a copy of the bill.

If you cannot do either, you can set up an account on the MEO website and do it that way I think.

I am on MEO at home so will have a play. There is a parental control lock code which can be used to block access to certain channels but I have never used it.

The minimum subscription for sports channels is 30 days. I regularly cancel my film and football channels when I am away for a few weeks.

Mine is in English, I have put the Portuguese equivalents in brackets.

To change screen language (doesn't work for every menu option)

Definiçoes

Idioma do menu

use arrow key to select language button and save and OK.

Many of the channels are broadcast in English by the way.

Hope that helps.

"First question, can contract be cancelled online ?"

I doubt it. It took me 6 weeks to cancel a mobile hotspot I had with NOS which included me having to send very detailed information about who I was etc etc. As is typical here if you make a mistake all you get is a letter in the post saying that the information is incomplete. Then you have to ask them what is missing and so it went on. I am pretty sure MEO will be the same, you can only ask.

I used to have NOS satellite for internet and TV but (a) my dish wore out as the LNB was affected by salt air and (b) in very heavy rain signal was lost.  I am now on MEO broadband.

Get a vodafone hotspot/mifi think it is 25.90 a month no contract just start and cancel as you need it.

There are as many tariffs and offers as stars in the sky.

I picked up a flier the other day. It contains these offers via a broadband connection :

MEO M40 basic 49.99 a month unlimited internet with 150 TV channels with the MEO box rental included and 3 months of Premium channels free. 1 x mobile phone card with 500 minutes of calls, 500 texts and 500Mb of internet per month. Additional cards at €12,90 a month. Also gives limited roaming in other EU countries.

For an extra 7 Euros a month you get 50 more TV channels, each month 3500 minutes of calls and 3500 texts and 1Gb internet on your phone.

There is an even higher tariff, M40 GIGA,  which adds mobile TV and Video on demand and some other stuff.

Add 23% IVA to all those costs.

I am currently on M40 basic paying an extra €23,99 plus IVA a month for the Sports Channels and €12 a month for a mobile hotspot for use when travelling. My total bill per month including IVA is €99-ish.

On the last 2 occassions (2014 and 2016) that my contract ran out they wanted to put my package up from 44.99 to 54.99 - I pay for phone, internet & TV.

On both occassions I have phoned them and told them that I was not prepared to accept and increase & told them to come and remove all their equipment.

In both cases they immediately offered me another 2 years at 44.99.

My latest 2 year contract was due to expire last October but they haven't put it up this time.