How food trails work: passports, stamps and what you get

A food trail on Mosey is a route across several places. You get a passport in the app, collect a stamp at each stop and finish for a badge, and on some trails a voucher as well. Some trails are free to join and some have a ticket. This guide explains how it works from the first tap to the last stamp.

Picking a trail

Browse trails near you in the Mosey app. Each trail shows its stops, the route, the time you have to finish and whether it is free or ticketed, so you know what you are agreeing to before you commit. Cities with trails also have a page on the site, and the food trails feature page explains the idea.

Look at three things before you join.

• The stops. Check that you would genuinely eat at most of them.
• The time to finish. Each trail sets its own window, shown on the trail and on your passport.
• The order. Some trails can be done in any order and some go stop by stop. The trail tells you before you start.

Getting your passport

A free trail takes a tap. A ticketed trail asks you to pay in the app, and the price is shown before you buy. A ticket can cover a small group, who show it together at each stop, and you can also buy a trail as a gift for someone, who claims it in their own app.

Your passport lists every stop and keeps count of your stamps.

Collecting a stamp

At each stop, show your passport QR to the staff, or tap the Mosey tag there where a trail is self-guided. You need to be at the place to be stamped. If you have no signal, the app keeps a saved copy of your code that works for a short while, and it shows you until when.

Finishing

When every stop is stamped, you get a badge for completing the trail. On trails where a place has set one, you also get a voucher that goes straight into your vouchers in the app.

If your plans change

If you have not collected a stamp, you can leave a ticketed trail for a full refund within a day of buying it. If a trail is paused or has ended, you can leave it for a full refund too. Check the trail itself for its own terms.

Trails in practice

A trail suits an afternoon with a friend more than a solo lunch, because the point is to eat a little at each stop. If you want a self-guided route to read first, try a self-guided food trail through Kilkenny or a food trail in Cork. For a route with no stamps, see how food walks work.

After the trail, rate what you liked. Our guide to badges, streaks and your food year shows what the app keeps track of.

Planning your day on a trail

Read the whole trail before you set off and look at where the stops are in relation to each other. Check each stop's opening hours, because a stamp can only be collected while a place is open, and allow time between stops so you are not rushing a meal. Eat lightly at the early stops if the trail has several. If you are going with friends, agree who holds the passport and who shows the QR, so the stamps all land on the same device. If you fall behind, check the finish time on the passport before you decide what to skip.