TUI now using Ryanair instead of TUI aircraft

scudzilla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602100#Comment_123602100

Ive parked in both, we're 2 adults and 2 kids

I'd go with the car park thats 6min walk away, with the bus you'd have to get all kids and luggage on and off the bus, grab a trolley (plenty of them) and go for the short walk

grayzer75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602100#Comment_123602100

Main stay car park if you book early and get a good price - you literally walk out the front door to your car. Long stay / Park & Fly car parks are 5 mins away (drop the family at the terminal with the luggage, go park the car and walk over - it's quicker than lugging everything onto a bus for such a short hop). There's also options with Cosmo and McCauslands across the road but you need to leave your car keys with them which I never liked the thought of.

I always try to book the main stay for handiness but you have plenty of options.

Calahonda52

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123599932#Comment_123599932

50 by 4 = 400, great

witchgirl26

On the free child places - Irish TUI has always been bad for this. We looked at it for this year (back in Jan) & most didn't have the free child places or they were gone. Whereas the UK site still had some. I don't think it's just down to the airline but down to the deals done. Technically TUI Ireland and UK are 2 different companies so would potentially have to negotiate with the airlines, hotels etc separately. As TUI Ireland is naturally smaller, they're not going to get as good deals.

tom1ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123604076#Comment_123604076

so the deal I was looking at had a free child place and the total price for the holiday was approx 4k with flights leaving at 06:30.

When TUI pulled the TUI planes (wether run by air Netherlands or not) the cost rose to 4500 and if you wanted the 06:30 flight that brought it up to 4900.

The TUI flights were replaced with Ryanair flights.

When I phoned up to query this I was told TUI won’t be doing anymore free child places from rep Ireland as they’ve pulled all the TUI planes and are concentrating elsewhere.

witchgirl26

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123604145#Comment_123604145

Ok - just saying that I saw a huge difference in the number of free child places in the 2 weeks I was looking in January. Priced up a couple of options one weekend that had free places but when I went back the following week, free child places were gone & the price had risen. Now to be fair, a €900 increase that includes the free child place going and a change in airline doesn't seem too bad when. Some of the ones I looked at, the free child place alone would cost that.