Plan · 01
Unlimited
for 1 day · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$7.66
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Apple · 2020
Compatible
Install your Ireland eSIM
on iPhone 12.
Yes — iPhone 12 supports eSIM in Ireland. Dual SIM with eSIM + nano-SIM. First iPhones with 5G. travel.to routes you to Vodafone Ireland, Three Ireland, Eir automatically — you don't pick the carrier, your phone does.
Compatibility check
What checks out before payment.
eSIM supported
iPhone 12 (2020) ships with eSIM hardware.
Carrier coverage
3 partner carriers in Ireland · auto-handoff between them.
Speed band
90 – 160 Mbps urban · 34 ms RTT.
Install · IOS
6 steps from QR to online.
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01
Open Settings on your iPhone
Tap the Settings app (gray gear icon) from your home screen or App Library.
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02
Go to Cellular (or Mobile Data)
Scroll to Cellular. On some regions iOS labels this Mobile Data instead.
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03
Tap Add eSIM
Choose Add eSIM (older iOS calls this Add Cellular Plan).
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04
Choose Use QR Code
Tap Use QR Code, then open the eSIM email from travel.to on another device and scan the QR.
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05
Label the line travel.to
When iOS asks for a label, pick travel.to so you can tell it apart from your home SIM.
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06
Confirm and finish
Confirm the default line settings. Your phone will activate the eSIM on landing — you don't need to do anything else until you reach your destination.
Once installed, the eSIM is dormant until iPhone 12 reaches a partner carrier's network in Ireland — typically the moment you land. No manual switch, no carrier app.
Ireland network
What to expect on iPhone 12 in Ireland.
- Carriers
- Vodafone Ireland · Three Ireland · Eir
- Network
- 90 – 160 Mbps urban · 34 ms RTT
- Time zone
- UTC · UTC+1 summer
- Roaming alt cost
- $12 – 22/GB on default home-carrier roaming — travel.to is an order of magnitude cheaper.
Plans for Ireland
Pick a plan and we'll email your QR.
Plan · 02
Unlimited
for 3 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$18.14
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 03
Unlimited
for 5 days · 30 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$25.20
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Our pick
Plan · 04
Unlimited
for 7 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$39.02
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 05
Unlimited
for 10 days · unlimited at full speed
$42
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 06
Unlimited
for 15 days · unlimited at full speed
$56.70
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 07
Unlimited
for 30 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$151.35
USD
For when the trip becomes the month, and the month becomes the work.
iPhone 12 in Ireland
Common questions.
Yes. iPhone 12 ships with eSIM hardware, and travel.to routes it onto Vodafone Ireland, Three Ireland, and Eir in Ireland. The line activates the moment you land — install takes under two minutes and is fully refundable if it fails to activate.
Yes. iPhone 12 supports dual SIM worldwide, so your home SIM stays in the tray and travel.to installs alongside it as a second line. No swapping, no removing your primary number.
On iPhone 12 open Settings → Cellular → Add eSIM, choose Use QR Code, and scan the QR from your travel.to email. That is 6 taps from QR to online. iOS labels the path "Mobile Data" in some regions.
Under two minutes. The QR arrives by email seconds after payment; 6 taps later the profile is installed on iPhone 12. It stays dormant until you reach a partner network in Ireland (UTC · UTC+1 summer) — usually the instant you land, before you have changed your clock.
In Ireland we route on Vodafone Ireland, Three Ireland, and Eir. iPhone 12 hands off automatically to whichever has the strongest signal where you are — you do not pick the carrier, the phone does.
90 – 160 Mbps urban · 34 ms RTT. iPhone 12 negotiates the fastest band the local network offers, so in covered areas you get the same speeds a native SIM would pull on the same carrier.
Default home-carrier roaming in Ireland runs about $12 – 22 per GB. A travel.to plan for Ireland sits an order of magnitude below that, and you never get a surprise bill — you pay once, up front, for the data you chose.
No need. The airport SIM kiosks in Ireland keep limited hours (Dublin DUB T1/T2 · 05:30 – 22:30) and you would queue at them with the rest of your flight. Install the travel.to eSIM on iPhone 12 before you board and you walk straight past them, already online.
Three carriers per region · auto-failover below signal threshold iPhone 12 falls back automatically — you never have to switch networks by hand.
Yes. Top-ups reuse the Ireland eSIM profile already on iPhone 12 — no new QR scan, no second install. Same line, fresh data, added from your Ireland order page in one tap.
Full refund if the Ireland eSIM fails to activate on iPhone 12. Half refund if it activates but underperforms on Vodafone Ireland, Three Ireland, and Eir (and if you used under 500 MB, you get the full amount). One click from your dashboard — no email thread.
iPhone 12 follows the standard iOS eSIM flow with no model-specific gotchas. If anything looks different in your region, the QR email includes a direct support link.
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