Gay friendly hotel Dublin

mnlad

so looking at booking hotel for weekend in Dublin soon with boyfriend and since this all new to me, im kinda a bit paranoid going upto check in desk together and confirming that yes i did indeed book a double room:o. Was looking at a well known hotel part of a chain down on the quays in the IFSC without naming names;)

i_steal_sheep

mnlad wrote: »

so looking at booking hotel for weekend in Dublin soon with boyfriend and since this all new to me, im kinda a bit paranoid going upto check in desk together and confirming that yes i did indeed book a double room:o. Was looking at a well known hotel part of a chain down on the quays in the IFSC without naming names;)

The Mespill are cool out.. not a bother on them at all.

Annasopra

mnlad wrote: »

so looking at booking hotel for weekend in Dublin soon with boyfriend and since this all new to me, im kinda a bit paranoid going upto check in desk together and confirming that yes i did indeed book a double room:o. Was looking at a well known hotel part of a chain down on the quays in the IFSC without naming names;)

Should be fine.

mnlad

thanks for quick replys really appreciate it

floggg

Any hotel should be fine. They have to be by law, and i'm sure they've seen it all before.

Change the way you think about it - you have the law on your side, and if they give you any **** they can land themselves in trouble under the Equal Status Act and with terrible PR.

You are fully empowered in this situation, and at the first sign of any disrespect, pull them up on it and they will quickly change their tune.

Not that you will need to do any of that, as it's fine, but don't spend your time worrying about their smirks or reactions. Worry instead about ensuring you get the service you deserve and the fact that you are fully empowered to get just that.

L1011

I have never had trouble with any hotel in Europe in that situation - even when the UK didn't have laws protecting (pre-2008 I think).

As said above, PR would be atrocious even not counting the serious legal ramifications. Add to that that the hotel industry seems to have more gays working in it than most...

bikeman1

You should have no problem at all in any hotel, especially in Dublin. I have stayed with my boyfriend in loads of different hotels all over Ireland and Europe and we have never had any problem.

We have gone to check in before and the receptionist asked us to confirm that we want a double as opposed to a twin in case we made a mistake, but there was no problem whatsoever.

Also in southern Europe it often happens that twin rooms are really just a double and it is perfectly normal for two straight friends to sleep in the same bed with two separate duvets. It's happened to me with my straight friends a few times. So there is no issue as a couple to share a bed!

Don't worry and have a great weekend.

Mace Windu

I think hotel stuff in any country have seen it all, and then some more

My former boyfriend and I actually got a double room in Malaysia, where same-sex sex is illegal, instead of the twin room we had booked. Along with a welcoming and understanding smile.

And yes, we broke the law. Several times ))))))

mnlad

^^^ lol

Cheers guys for info i was just being over paranoid so, have hotel booked now and looking forward to the weekend;)

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Was just browsing around and saw this thread. I'm not gay, but is this subject really something gay people have to worry about or take into account when booking a hotel? :eek:

As far as I'm concerned, its nobody's business but your own who you're booking in to your double room with and if I was the concierge I wouldn't give a toss either.

And as has been said already, the legal ramifactions for the hotel would be extremely serious if they showed anything but indifference to two guys or girls checking into to a room together.

Annasopra

deccurley wrote: »

Was just browsing around and saw this thread. I'm not gay, but is this subject really something gay people have to worry about or take into account when booking a hotel? :eek:

As far as I'm concerned, its nobody's business but your own who you're booking in to your double room with and if I was the concierge I wouldn't give a toss either.

And as has been said already, the legal ramifactions for the hotel would be extremely serious if they showed anything but indifference to two guys or girls checking into to a room together.

It's not that much of a problem now because of the law and changing attitudes

Even still though hotels can somtimes embarass guests by making a big deal out of this.

A lesbian couple that I met recently faced fierce embarassment a few years ago when checking into a hotel.

They were queueing to check in. When they reached the top of the queue and tried to check in the conversation went like this (loudly from the receptionist and in front of a big queue)

Receptionist: There must be a mistake you've booked a double room, I'll change it to a twin

Couple: No we would like a double

Receptionist: What I don't understand - why would you want a double bed

Couple: Could we just have a double bed please? thats what we booked

Receptionist: But I still don't understand, there must be a man coming to meet you later on

Couple: No there isn't; could we just check in and have a double bed in the room please

Receptionist: Yes I'll check you in now.

mikemac1

There is nothing you can do that would shock a night porter, they've seen it all

Two quiet people checking in is the least of their problems

JH_raheny

problem is in your head, hotels don't care :-)
gotten few funny looks over the years checking in to a hotel with a man twice my age and asking for a double bed but never any problems

ongarboy

My partner and I have never had a problem in all the years booking hotel rooms in Ireland or elsewhere. Most hotels are frequently checking in gay couples so it's business as usual to them (particularly high turnover city centre or chain hotels who've seen it all). You have nothing to worry about.


Once we had to get a B+B on spec in a small village in Mayo and the woman of the house kept apologising that she only had one double room left when we asked were there any vacancies (we told her we didn't mind but she kept apologising right up to when we checked out the next morning! ).

Saruman

Can't speak from experience but I do some IT work in the Morgan hotel from time to time and I have seen a lot of gay couples come and go quite openly so I imagine they are cool with it.

DubArk

I have stayed in hundreds of hotels in Dublin and elsewhere with my partner and never has anyone raised as much as an eyebrow!!

kingofslaves

Has anyone had any problems checking into a hotel as a tgirl ? Thinking about spending a weekend or the odd night and going out dressed with a guy, would they care or make a point of saying hang on you're not th eperson who checked in when go to collect key on return after going out.

Speak Now

kingofslaves wrote: »

Has anyone had any problems checking into a hotel as a tgirl ? Thinking about spending a weekend or the odd night and going out dressed with a guy, would they care or make a point of saying hang on you're not th eperson who checked in when go to collect key on return after going out.

Put your key in your hand bag

outtait

In a city as big as Dublin, I imagine it'll be fine although I was travelling in New Zealand last year and two (straight male) friends of mine rang the Great Western Hotel in Wellington to book a room for them and they only had doubles, so the male receptionist on the phone refused to let them make the booking.

ongarboy

outtait wrote: »

In a city as big as Dublin, I imagine it'll be fine although I was travelling in New Zealand last year and two (straight male) friends of mine rang the Great Western Hotel in Wellington to book a room for them and they only had doubles, so the male receptionist on the phone refused to let them make the booking.

If the receptionist is not the manager, I'm sure that manager would be very annoyed that the receptionist was turning away legitimate business like that! If he was the manager, then such hotels deserve to go out of business. If I was in your friends shoes, I would have demanded a specific reason from management so that TripAdvisor would be getting a good write up of the "experience"!

Vojera

mango salsa wrote: »

A lesbian couple that I met recently faced fierce embarassment a few years ago when checking into a hotel.

They were queueing to check in. When they reached the top of the queue and tried to check in the conversation went like this (loudly from the receptionist and in front of a big queue)

Receptionist: There must be a mistake you've booked a double room, I'll change it to a twin

Couple: No we would like a double

Receptionist: What I don't understand - why would you want a double bed

Couple: Could we just have a double bed please? thats what we booked

Receptionist: But I still don't understand, there must be a man coming to meet you later on

Couple: No there isn't; could we just check in and have a double bed in the room please

Receptionist: Yes I'll check you in now.

Had almost the exact same problem when checking in at a hotel for a wedding a few years ago. I was attending as my gf's "friend" (her close family knew about us but her extended family didn't), and the receptionist gave us keys to a twin room (when we had booked a double). We assumed it was a mistake and when we went back down to get the room changed, the woman behind the desk, in her loudest voice and with a right sneer, said "Sure why would you want a double bed, you're two girls?". Cue explaining to a complete stranger that we were a couple in front of members of my partner's family who didn't know about us. We subsequently complained but don't know if anything ever came of it.

Saying that, of all the hotels we've stayed in, that was the only time we ever had a problem. Most hotels couldn't care less who you stay with or what goes on so long as they get paid.

surenow

Vojera wrote: »

Had almost the exact same problem when checking in at a hotel for a wedding a few years ago. I was attending as my gf's "friend" (her close family knew about us but her extended family didn't), and the receptionist gave us keys to a twin room (when we had booked a double). We assumed it was a mistake and when we went back down to get the room changed, the woman behind the desk, in her loudest voice and with a right sneer, said "Sure why would you want a double bed, you're two girls?". Cue explaining to a complete stranger that we were a couple in front of members of my partner's family who didn't know about us. We subsequently complained but don't know if anything ever came of it.

Saying that, of all the hotels we've stayed in, that was the only time we ever had a problem. Most hotels couldn't care less who you stay with or what goes on so long as they get paid.

I had a similar experience in a hotel in Leitrim. I could feel my face burning with embarrassment but my bf explained it clearly and said we will check in somewhere else if there is a problem. We got a free bottle of prosecco delivered to the room then by the manager. It had never raised an eyebrow in any large town or city hotel we checked into before then.

L1011

There's a few hotels that popped up around the country recently being run by people who haven't got a bloody clue rather than proper hoteliers - suspect this might be what some people are running in to.

A long standing or city hotel will not only have seen EVERYTHING before but know not to question it.