How to buy a tour
It’s easy to buy our tours, though you will need a credit card or PayPal account, and it only takes a minute. Simply choose the tour you want, and click on the “Add to Cart” button. You can see your “shopping cart” on the right-hand side of the webpage. When you’re ready, click on “Go to check out”, and you will be taken to the payment page, where you can pay with a credit card or PayPal account.
How to download a tour
When you buy one of our audio guides, we send you a confirmation e-mail with the download links for the tours. You must enter your e-mail address correctly on the order form, so that we can send you the download link. If you did not receive the confirmation e-mail, contact us on feedback@ingeniousireland.ie
We recommend you download the tour when you buy it, or as soon as you can — you can then take the tour whenever you want. To give you time to download the tour to your own computer, each download link (see below) is valid for three days and for a small number of download attempts. Note, your download link will expire after the three days. Simply click on the link in the confirmation e-mail, to begin downloading your tour.
You can download our free tours direct from the tour page.
Each tour is compressed into a ‘Zipped folder’, to make it easier and faster for you to download. The folder includes all the audio files, any notes and user guides (PDFs). Simply save the zipped tour where it will be easy to find on your computer – perhaps in a folder for podcasts, or with your music?
How to open a zipped folder
It is simple to ‘unzip’ or ‘extract’ the files to use them. Usually, when you click to open the zipped folder, your computer will ask if you want to extract all the files –just say Yes! How to unzip a folder. Then, copy the unzipped audio files to your MP3 player or phone, and you’re ready to explore!
How to use an audio tour
- Remember to print the leaflet, so that you have a paper copy of any maps and notes. But don’t worry if you forgot to print it – you can still follow the podcast tour without it. How to print a PDF file.
- Copy the unzipped files to your player or phone.
- Then press play, and start exploring!
You may find it useful to listen to some of the tour before you arrive, so that you are familiar with the content and terrain.
How to unzip a folder
A Zip folder is simply a way to send large files more quickly and conveniently. The zipped version often looks like this:
With most modern computers, you just click on the zip folder and it will automatically ‘unzip’. Choose or create a folder where you want to store the unzipped files.
In some systems, you need to right-click on the zip folder, and then click on “extract all”.
What if your computer does not have the necessary software?
There are a number of free tools that you can download and install to do this for you. Popular versions include:
NOTE: You are responsible for any software you download and install on your computer, and Ingenious Ireland/Ingenious Guides Limited assumes no responsibility for any error or problem that may arise
