Leaving Cert Holiday

Wardy92

I know its kinda late to organise one but about 20 of us decided to do it this week. Where is every1 else goin? we want a place with other leaving certs . Please include the cost thats probably the most important thing for us Ha ha ha

Doyler92

Most of the people in my school are going Zakynthos.

Me and my mates still haven't booked or decided. Pretty much in the same boat as you.

We are looking for the cheapest place going once it has a club and stuff.

If anyone has idea's let me know.

DancingQueen:)

I'm organising mine this week aswel. Not sure where we're going but i think it could be somewhere in the Canaries Hoping it all comes together soon though.

Doyler92

Are you thinknig about Playa Des Ingles?

OnTheBalls

Leaving Cert holidays are **** to be honest. The resorts tend to be full of underage teeny boppers who think they know everything. All very childish. You'd be better off heading somewhere with 2 or 3 mates. What we did was go to Germany. We went to Berlin. Tonnes to do. Loads of clubs museums beer and most importantly women!

ithoughtitwasap

Las Americas, Tenerife! :D

Myself and a friend went last year around March, with his family, and it was such good craic, we decided we had to go back! Dirt cheap and safe-ish! Loads of cheap drink and all the rest!

theowen

I hate holidays with the focus being getting drunk. I'm trying to get a few pep's together for a back packing holiday. Rather spend 2 months in 10 different countries than 2 weeks on one beach!

ithoughtitwasap

theowen wrote: »

I hate holidays with the focus being getting drunk. I'm trying to get a few pep's together for a back packing holiday. Rather spend 2 months in 10 different countries than 2 weeks on one beach!

I can see where you're coming from and last year I would have agreed! :P

Take a look at the Santiago De Compostella, if you haven't already, the pilgrimage is on this year, I think around July 25th. You can apply for a Compostella passport, basically means you can stay in hostels along the way for 3 - 7 Euro per night, and you get a stamp in each one. If you've done over 100km on foot, or over 250km by bicycle, your name gets read out at mass in the last town on the date of the Compostella. Or so I remember!

It's some of the best scenery in Europe, and you'll meet a rake of people. Of course, you don't necessarily have to go for the religious side of it, but that's when most people will be going. Walkers have priority over cyclists in the hostels also. I think the furthest away you can start is in Switzerland, but you'd have to begin before the Leaving Cert starts in that case! :P

theowen

ithoughtitwasap wrote: »

I can see where you're coming from and last year I would have agreed! :P

Take a look at the Santiago De Compostella, if you haven't already, the pilgrimage is on this year, I think around July 25th. You can apply for a Compostella passport, basically means you can stay in hostels along the way for 3 - 7 Euro per night, and you get a stamp in each one. If you've done over 100km on foot, or over 250km by bicycle, your name gets read out at mass in the last town on the date of the Compostella. Or so I remember!

It's some of the best scenery in Europe, and you'll meet a rake of people. Of course, you don't necessarily have to go for the religious side of it, but that's when most people will be going. Walkers have priority over cyclists in the hostels also. I think the furthest away you can start is in Switzerland, but you'd have to begin before the Leaving Cert starts in that case! :P

Wow:p I might just have a problem convincing people to go on that. I'm thinking of an inbetween. Some beer, woman, scenery perhaps. Inter-railing's on the list thus far. Seems pretty awesome!

ithoughtitwasap

theowen wrote: »

Wow:p I might just have a problem convincing people to go on that. I'm thinking of an inbetween. Some beer, woman, scenery perhaps. Inter-railing's on the list thus far. Seems pretty awesome!

Yeah, that was my problem too, I was dead set on doing that last year, but then I looked at it realistically. I was planning on starting in Bilbao, the middle of North Spain, worked out I'd have to walk about 30km a day. And then I realised just how unfit i am! :cool:

So now it's Karaoke in bad pubs and falling down/up stairs. Again. I can live with that.

Interrailing would be damn cool!

TEMPLAR KNIGHT

santa ponsa best place ever!

whysoserious?

we booked our holiday friday to go to playa de las Americas in tenerife! cheap beer, crapy hotel, but i cant wait, a trip across Europe would be sweet but i dont know, could get messy and expensive! theres 14 of us going to tenerife this year instead, from what i heard off the lads who did there leaving last year, its gonna be sweet! except one of them got deported for beating up a fella who tryed to mug him! spent most of his holiday in a spanish cell with just bread and water!

highlydebased

Nothing planned, we're all broke so we might get as far as Dublin, London if we're lucky!!

poisonated

I went to Ayia napa last year.That was great craic!I'm not sure if people in your year are going there this year though.

Wardy92

whysoserious? wrote: »

we booked our holiday friday to go to playa de las Americas in tenerife! cheap beer, crapy hotel, but i cant wait, a trip across Europe would be sweet but i dont know, could get messy and expensive! theres 14 of us going to tenerife this year instead, from what i heard off the lads who did there leaving last year, its gonna be sweet! except one of them got deported for beating up a fella who tryed to mug him! spent most of his holiday in a spanish cell with just bread and water!

How much is it costing you?

cork*girl

feck all money to be honest.. we had it all planned that we would go to a few different cities.. we had looked at Paris, Berlin or Amsterdam and London.. get an interrailing ticket for €159 and pay extra for accommadation.. but it was coming to some crazy amount of money.!? so we are looking at a plan B.. maybe just 1city. although interrailing is cheap way of getting around to different cities.. anyone have suggestions on good cities to go to? cheap aswell!!

Amsterdam is looking like an option! cant see my parents being too impressed about me going there though!:pac:

laura93

I'm not sure if I am since I got to go on a holiday with my friends last summer :P
But hopefully, we'll end up going somewhere

RexMundi

cork*girl wrote: »

feck all money to be honest.. we had it all planned that we would go to a few different cities.. we had looked at Paris, Berlin or Amsterdam and London.. get an interrailing ticket for €159 and pay extra for accommadation.. but it was coming to some crazy amount of money.!? so we are looking at a plan B.. maybe just 1city. although interrailing is cheap way of getting around to different cities.. anyone have suggestions on good cities to go to? cheap aswell!!

Amsterdam is looking like an option! cant see my parents being too impressed about me going there though!:pac:

Well I was a proud advocate of interrailing to Zagreb, however my friends weren't exactly impressed...

Looks like Costa del Sol for me...

callaway92

London

yo!its_yoyo

cork*girl wrote: »

feck all money to be honest.. we had it all planned that we would go to a few different cities.. we had looked at Paris, Berlin or Amsterdam and London.. get an interrailing ticket for €159 and pay extra for accommadation.. but it was coming to some crazy amount of money.!? so we are looking at a plan B.. maybe just 1city. although interrailing is cheap way of getting around to different cities.. anyone have suggestions on good cities to go to? cheap aswell!!

Amsterdam is looking like an option! cant see my parents being too impressed about me going there though!:pac:

Why not go to prague? Its very cheap and very good.

randylonghorn

DancingQueen:) wrote: »

I'm organising mine this week aswel. Not sure where we're going but i think it could be somewhere in the Canaries Hoping it all comes together soon though.

Doyler92 wrote: »

Are you thinknig about Playa Del Ingles?

Don't tbh ... not with that age group.

je suis awesome

love to spend like a j1 summer in europe, like in london, paris, berlin, amsterdam or malaga

LovexxLife

Well im hoping after da leavin to go 4 a long weekend with my older sis maybe Edinburgh or Munich....Then later in the summer be heading with the folks to Achill Island=)

whysoserious?

well the flights are with Aer Lingus and costing about 251 each and the accommodation is around 50 for the week at Laguna Park 2.... i reckon that's a pretty good deal...

domrush

Ibiza

almostnever

I'd rather do what I did last year: sit at home and whinge about how crap the Summer turned out to be.

Nah,just don't have the money for one.

Lawliet

almostnever wrote: »

Nah,just don't have the money for one.

Same, probably the closest I'll get to a leaving cert holiday will be playing babysitter to my five and eight-year-old cousins in Scotland. Par-tay!

almostnever

Lawliet wrote: »

Same, probably the closest I'll get to a leaving cert holiday will be playing babysitter to my five and eight-year-old cousins in Scotland. Par-tay!

I want to check out the university I might be going to for a few years in Paris, never gonna get the money to though.
I don't drink though,so the traditional Leaving Cert holiday would be wasted on me.
Is anyone going to Oxegen as their "holiday"?

cork*girl

we were discussing it today and came to the conclusion that we cant afford our interrailing trip..:( So Oxegen it is and possibly a few days in London for shopping. which suits me perfect. Really starting to look foward to this Summer!

Plans so far!:

>FINISHED!!! ARGHHH *HAPPY DANCE* on the 24th
> My 19th on the 26th of June
>GET A JOB
>Oxegen 2k10 bahh
>London in August
>Results
>Debs
>Collegeeee

Professional Griefer

almostnever wrote: »

I want to check out the university I might be going to for a few years in Paris, never gonna get the money to though.
I don't drink though,so the traditional Leaving Cert holiday would be wasted on me.
Is anyone going to Oxegen as their "holiday"?

Depends, been last 2 years and a third year isn't a nice thought right now:p. I'll go if Deadmau5/Pendulum play. Would love to see em again. Would be a horrible ''holiday'' if I'm to be honest though.

pfannkuchen

Interrailing - Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, Stockholm, Tallinn, Helsinki and St. Petersburg
I'm going for almost 3 weeks and it's working out to be pretty reasonable for 7 different cities!

aimerlans

Crete :):)

gill91

probably just end up goin somewhere in ireland...cant afford goin away.. galway or cork maybe?

knwaca

Copenhagen, staying in a mates apartment for July, then its off to Edinburgh for what will probaly work out to be most of August...Can. Not. Wait!!

DancingQueen:)

We're thinking of going to Salou or Costa de Sol but don't know when we're actually going to book it because everyones so stressed about the mocks I might be going New York too

theowen

pfannkuchen wrote: »

Interrailing - Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, Stockholm, Tallinn, Helsinki and St. Petersburg
I'm going for almost 3 weeks and it's working out to be pretty reasonable for 7 different cities!

How much is that setting you back?

Wardy92

Thanks for all the ideas got a great deal 325 for 7 days in ibiza. Staying in the comfort inn a not too terrible hotel. 20 of us goin cant wait!!:D

Keogg

It's strange, I was really looking foward to a holiday after the LC somewhere, but now we're all going to Oxegen cause we're seriously poor and I can't wait, it's going to be f*cking brilliant:D
So excited, I went last year with only one of my mates but this time theres about 10 of us going together, and nearly half my year are going as well, so we're bound to bump into them there.

Really its a good idea I think, especially if you don't have enough money for a holiday:)

Flecktarn

Hey just wondering how much is an Inter-Rail ticket? Because I really don't wanna go on a "sun" holiday with the lads, would much prefer European cities(ie. the women)!:)

Daragh101

Wardy92 wrote: »

Thanks for all the ideas got a great deal 325 for 7 days in ibiza. Staying in the comfort inn a not too terrible hotel. 20 of us goin cant wait!!:D

what does that include?

dublingurl***

OnTheBalls wrote: »

Leaving Cert holidays are **** to be honest. The resorts tend to be full of underage teeny boppers who think they know everything. All very childish. You'd be better off heading somewhere with 2 or 3 mates. What we did was go to Germany. We went to Berlin. Tonnes to do. Loads of clubs museums beer and most importantly women!

who wud wanna c a museum on their leaving cert holidaay??

zakynthos... i stayed in kalamacki.. quiet ... but laganas is only 5 mins down the road and 7 euro in a taxi..!! thats deadly place..loads a bars and clubs.. and cheap drinks..!!

ceratta beach hotel in kilamcki.. i couldnt say a bad word about it except they wer kind of strict on noise..!!

randylonghorn

dublingurl*** wrote: »

who wud wanna c a museum on their leaving cert holidaay??

Hi dublingurl, welcome to Boards.

Just a heads-up, txtspit doesn't tend to go down well on this site.


Actually, Laganas or close by would strike me as a good venue for a post-LC holiday, certainly if you're talking the big gang / party until dawn every night type holiday.

It's quite compact; cheap; tends to get a fairly young crowd ...

zam

pfannkuchen wrote: »

Interrailing - Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, Stockholm, Tallinn, Helsinki and St. Petersburg
I'm going for almost 3 weeks and it's working out to be pretty reasonable for 7 different cities!

This is good, sounds like an expensive one though...

Doyler92

A group of about 40 from my school are going Caretta Beach aswell. But me and 1 of the other lads had the sense to think they will get kicked out so we booked in Laganos.

pfannkuchen

theowen wrote: »

How much is that setting you back?

€1000 for the 3 weeks

Wardy92

Daragh101 wrote: »

what does that include?

Flights and accom we got it cheap with a travel agent cos there was so much of us.
Bringing about another 500 gonna live off bread and beer :P

Tinytot91

Benalmadena in spain..29/6 to 6/7! Got flights for 250 each and Accom for 7 ppl at 660 so bout 95 each! Pretty decent..My friend waited for ryan air flights and she got them for 150...snake

danielle1

heading to santa ponsa at end of july cant wait

DancingQueen:)

I'm off to Salou at the end of June and New York some time in July. Salou's all booked and i'm excited

unknown13

I am off to London sometime during the summer but I haven't got the dates clarified but I am not bothered spending a large amount of money on a holiday where the sole emphasis is to drink

ya-ba-da-ba-doo

Two words, Santa Ponsa.