Help! Daughter and BF booked for *cheap* trip to Dublin!

ahall41116

Hi.

Our 21yr old daughter has just announced her and BF have booked ryanair flights to Dublin, early Sept, for a 6 day break.

We (wife and I) both who are familiar with dublin and Ireland (eurozone in general) are concerned at the costs involved.

Daughter has a budget of £200-250 each for accomodation (although we have no idea where this is coming from, as she's borrowing from the £2-coin fund for petrol atm), plus spends.

a quick search on booking.com puts accomodation @ at least €450, plus transport from airport to town and back again, not to mention food, (drinks not too much of an issue as BF doesnt drink) and things to do.

i need help in finding accomodation (with 2 single beds ) plus some idea of costs of airport transfers.

i cant see them looking at anything other than hostel/backpakers - does YHA operate in Ireland?

any help would be greatfully received.

Ash

marywooyeah

haha I don't think they'll be wanting 2 single beds! could they look into renting a flat or something? might be cheaper than paying a per night rate.

ahall41116

marywooyeah wrote: »

haha I don't think they'll be wanting 2 single beds! could they look into renting a flat or something? might be cheaper than paying a per night rate.

if we have anything to do with it, ther'll be 2 single beds!! lol

flat for 6 days for €450? any ideas?

Ash

zagfles

ahall41116 wrote: »

Hi.

Our 21yr old daughter has just announced her and BF have booked ryanair flights to Dublin, early Sept, for a 6 day break.

We (wife and I) both who are familiar with dublin and Ireland (eurozone in general) are concerned at the costs involved.

Daughter has a budget of £200-250 each for accomodation (although we have no idea where this is coming from, as she's borrowing from the £2-coin fund for petrol atm), plus spends.

a quick search on booking.com puts accomodation @ at least €450, plus transport from airport to town and back again, not to mention food, (drinks not too much of an issue as BF doesnt drink) and things to do.

i need help in finding accomodation (with 2 single beds ) plus some idea of costs of airport transfers.

i cant see them looking at anything other than hostel/backpakers - does YHA operate in Ireland?

any help would be greatfully received.

Ash

They have a £200-250 budget each for accomodation? Should be easily enough then. Most hotels will do twin rooms instead of double at the same price if that's what they really want.

As I remember a bus into town from the airport was fairly cheap, a few EUR.

bagand96

Transfers are cheap and easy. There are two major buses that operate Dublin Airport to the city centre:

http://www.aircoach.ie/ tickets can be bought online €12 return.

http://www.dublinbus.ie/Your-Journey1/Timetables/Airport-Services/ These are double decker green buses, an express service into Dublin €10 return. Tickets bought from ticket machines just outside arrivals.

Both of these stop right outside the terminal and take about 20 minutes.

I'd reccomend Travelsupermarket.com, hotelscombined.com and trivago.co.uk for hotel price comparisons. Plenty of Youth hostels in Dublin come up on the Trivago search. You say £200-250 each for hotel, I imagine you'd have a choice of a couple of budget hotels for £400 quid. Even cheaper if you go Hostel.

McKneff

ahall41116 wrote: »

if we have anything to do with it, ther'll be 2 single beds!! lol

flat for 6 days for €450? any ideas?

Ash

Give over, do you honestly think that 2 single beds will make any difference.

What planet are you on:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

marywooyeah

McKneff wrote: »

Give over, do you honestly think that 2 single beds will make any difference.

What planet are you on:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

we just used to push them together!

ahall41116

McKneff wrote: »

Give over, do you honestly think that 2 single beds will make any difference.

What planet are you on:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

i know, i know, we have to hope!
:A

ahall41116

zagfles wrote: »

They have a £200-250 budget each for accomodation? Should be easily enough then. Most hotels will do twin rooms instead of double at the same price if that's what they really want.

As I remember a bus into town from the airport was fairly cheap, a few EUR.

any thoughts on cheap things to do, once they've got over the novilty of *not* having single beds? guinness is expensive, and they'll not have a car.

Alikay

There are plenty of hostels and cheap guesthouses available through places like www.hostelbookers.com or www.hostelworld.com, buses from the airport into the city and fast food places like Supermacs, McD's etc. Walking around sightseeing is free - there are some lovely parks, architecture and a free literary walking tour which they can do. They can keep costs down by buying bread rolls and a couple of slices of ham for lunch along with a can of pop. At 21 they'll meet up with loads of other young budget travellers seeing the sights, and save the nice boutique hotel on Temple Bar for a few years time when they can afford and appreciate it

Sambucus_Nigra

ahall41116 wrote: »

any thoughts on cheap things to do, once they've got over the novilty of *not* having single beds? guinness is expensive, and they'll not have a car.

Push the beds together and get a takeout probably....