Best value or nearly free.

Got thinking about this while answering another thread.

There are two categories.

(1)Couple and single people (2) family with children.

What is the best value holiday cheapest holiday you could come up with for either category.

for a couple or single, volunteer work in return for a free or nearly free ticket to festival along with free camping in the staff area

.https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/jul/15/how-to-work-for-your-festival-ticket.

or camping in the grounds of a hostels in Dingle Kerry that have camping the grounds for 10 euro.

http://rainbowhosteldingle.com/camping. for both the family and couples and single category.

alias no.9

Just check the details on the festival option up front, the free festival ticket in return for voluntary work is often done by refunding the cost after the event, you still have to buy the ticket up front. If you build your plans around this option, make sure you can obtain a ticket and afford the upfront costs.

alias no.9

alias no.9 wrote: »

Just check the details on the festival option up front, the free festival ticket in return for voluntary work is often done by refunding the cost after the event, you still have to buy the ticket up front. If you build your plans around this option, make sure you can obtain a ticket and afford the upfront costs.

The big festivals the deposit is almost the same price as the ticket but you do get it back its not the same for all festivals. They have to do that to stop people taking advantage.

andekwarhola

mariaalice wrote: »

or camping in the grounds of a hostels in Dingle Kerry that have camping the grounds for 10 euro.

The stuff of dream holidays.

ScumLord

The thing about working at a music concert or festival is that you'll pretty much miss everything, you'll often be put standing somewhere for the day and will be there hours before hand and hours afterwards, and it could well be back stage somewhere minding a rear gate. The best you'll be able to say about it is that your where there.

I did security work at slaine years ago and got put into the rolling stones tent, met/see them all but I was treated like help by most in the tent and there were more hours of standing outside toilets than being in their tent.

Camping is for the most part, a load of shyte. You have to buy a load of equipment to be comfortable and then mind all that crap while you're there and unless you're a camper that stuff will be used once and become junk you have to find space for.

I drove down to Spain last year and camped on the way down, got to see soe lovely countryside but the sleeping arrangement were horrid, got eaten alive, uncomfortable ground (my blow up materice sprung a leak on day two), eating was a pain in the hole. Going back it was hotels all the way.

andekwarhola

andekwarhola wrote: »

The stuff of dream holidays.

well if you don't have the money for the 'dream holiday' it is a holiday,and it just might be great fun I have had great holidays in a hostel but I do understand that for some unless its five star luxury all the way its not a holiday. Far better to stay at home and cure the dark.

ScumLord

ScumLord wrote: »

The thing about working at a music concert or festival is that you'll pretty much miss everything, you'll often be put standing somewhere for the day and will be there hours before hand and hours afterwards, and it could well be back stage somewhere minding a rear gate. The best you'll be able to say about it is that your where there.

I did security work at slaine years ago and got put into the rolling stones tent, met/see them all but I was treated like help by most in the tent and there were more hours of standing outside toilets than being in their tent.

Camping is for the most part, a load of shyte. You have to buy a load of equipment to be comfortable and then mind all that crap while you're there and unless you're a camper that stuff will be used once and become junk you have to find space for.

I drove down to Spain last year and camped on the way down, got to see soe lovely countryside but the sleeping arrangement were horrid, got eaten alive, uncomfortable ground (my blow up materice sprung a leak on day two), eating was a pain in the hole. Going back it was hotels all the way.

There was a thread about camping before and the general consensus was that those who has been taking camping as a holiday when there were children has been subjected to torture of some sort.

I know time have changed and know of couples of 18/19 going to four star hotels for a weekend. That would really have been the stuff of fantasy when I was that age.

ScumLord

mariaalice wrote: »

There was a thread about camping before and the general consensus was that those who has been taking camping as a holiday when there were children has been subjected to torture of some sort.

For kids I'd say it has some novelty and they'll enjoy it once or twice. For adults it's a bit torturous though. The campsites we stayed at were really nice, the first one in France was at the foot of a giant castle, and had a babbling brook beside us, idyllic. it was in a town so we could walk in and have a look around. At night time that babbling brook drove me mad though, we couldn't get the BBQ started either so we went hungry.

The second campsite was in the middle of a vineyard in southern france, again, idyllic, got the BBQ working, but the hippies running the campsite had a thing about using water so the shower was like standing under a broken tap. Both times, eaten alive by insects.

The next campsite was in the middle of spain, it was like a hell on earth, the campsite was nice but jammed with spaniards that stayed up all night. The ground was as hard as rock so the tent barely went up, again, eaten alive by insects.

On the way back I used booking.com and it seemed like the tourist season was over so we got top class hotels and B&Bs for great prices, saw some lovely cities, stayed in a brand new farmhouse apartment near the D-day beaches, there's deals out there, especially if you're not restricted to public transport.