How much would you spend on a night out?

The Sweeper · 26-07-2002 10:57am #1

Right, this may be something of a nosey question but I don't really mean it to be.

I went out with someone for quite a while (4 yrs) and he used to sponge off me for nights out. He never paid his own way, and after a while I got used to it. So used to it in fact, that in the last eight months I literally cannot BELIEVE how cheap it is to go out!!!!

If I'm out for a night (as in pub, cheap food, club, home) I will spend:

Around a fiver getting to my destination, the price of forty ciggies, the price of my booze for the night, another fiver on some sloppy disastrous burger thing, then nightclub entrance fee, not that much to drink in the nightclub and then a taxi home. All in all, a night out now costs me about £40 STG (me being on the mainland) and used to cost me about €60 in Dublin (ciggies and taxis and beer being vastly different in price between the two venues).

Considering a night out used to clear me out of a hundred and twenty quid (oirish) or thereabouts, I think this new setup is cheap as chips and as a result I'm probably spending far too much time on the tiles at the moment!!

So what would y'all spend when yer on a night on the lock then?

(And how many of you are subsidising more than one person's thirst when you're out?)

eth0_ · 26-07-2002 11:09am

Originally posted by Minesajackdaniels
(me being on the mainland)

Who's mainland is that then? :-D

Dustaz · 26-07-2002 11:11am

somewheee around the 60 mark usually, altho i usually have money left ofver to buy the emergency 3rd pack of silk cuts on the way home. Mind you i usually drink local so theres not much taxi costs in that and i dont pay entrance fees that often to the places i booze late in.

me being on the mainland

*Troll shields holding steady at 90% effiency*

Rabies · 26-07-2002 11:13am

about €70 will do me for a night out at the weekend. that is if i can crash in a mates house that night. if not then i have to add another €15 to get a taxi home :mad:

if i go out during the week its only for a couple of pints and a few games of pool so its a cheap night. if i drive then its even cheaper due to the lack of alcohol.

Shinji · 26-07-2002 11:14am

Is that "how much do you plan to spend" or "how much do you actually end up spending"?

(I generally plan to spend 40-50 quid. And end up spending up to 200 quid. Hey, lets buy bottles of champagne, get taxis to stupid places, go to ridiculously expensive nightclubs and purchase class A drugs. Alcohol is BAD.)

stevoslice · 26-07-2002 11:19am

about €10 on a few pints in the local b4 i go.
Bout €10 on the bus, that'll take me home as well.
Another €10 on pints in a pub in town.
€6-€10 for entry to the club.
Rounds of V & RB, to the tune of a lot.
Drinks for the ladies.
Food after, another 4 to 8 euro, depends on how drunk in am.

just under € 80 usually

The Sweeper · 26-07-2002 11:24am

Originally posted by Shinji
Is that "how much do you plan to spend" or "how much do you actually end up spending"?

(I generally plan to spend 40-50 quid. And end up spending up to 200 quid. Hey, lets buy bottles of champagne, get taxis to stupid places, go to ridiculously expensive nightclubs and purchase class A drugs. Alcohol is BAD.)

Spoken like a true journalist-type rotten bástard who still owes me a tenner.

(But if you'd like to let me come out with you and you can buy me champagne and bring me to ridiculously expensive nightclubs and purchase class A drugs that I can share in, that's ok too.)

Hellrazer · 26-07-2002 11:27am

Taxi from celbridge to city centre €25.00 (buses are crap out here)If I make the bus then deduct €22.00
60 smokes €15.48
Entry to Fibbers €14.00 for two
Drink-loads of it for 2 again bout €60.00
Abrakebabra at 3.30am €10.00
Nitelink €14.00

So I suppose €140-160 for two.
Not bad.

Thanx 4 The Fish · 26-07-2002 11:28am

Depends on what time the match is on, if we have a morning game then we all go to the pub straight afterwards and would spend anywhere up to €200 an evening game would finish about 9:30 and I might get away with a couple of quid under a ton.

Derek_S · 26-07-2002 11:42am

normally about 80

Samba · 26-07-2002 12:34pm

Crazy talk

seamus · 26-07-2002 12:46pm

Depends. Shoulder of Vodka in work beforehand (if I'm in work) will only set me back a tenner (including the coke and soakage). After that it'll only take around €25 worth of alcimihal to get me where I want to be. If I go into town sober, I'm extremely liable to spend €50-€60.

If I do a silly one and get plastered, I'll have spent €80-€100.

Ahh nightlinks...no taxis costs...yummmm

OLDYELLAR · 26-07-2002 1:04pm

depends on the mood , usually round 40 though

Venom · 26-07-2002 1:09pm

Bout €10 on the bus, that'll take me home as well

How the Fu<k do you spend that much on a bus? Seems a fairly heafty price tbh.

As for the original post Id spend about €50-80 ish on a night out.

Also Shinji can I to come to partake in the chamers and grade A drugs please

po0k · 26-07-2002 1:14pm

about 40-70 depending on the night.
€100 for a big birthday thingy (a few of my mates had their 18ths the day before the Leaving Cert Results - well on it)

Samba · 26-07-2002 1:20pm

The amount of money that people spend on a night out over here is MAD,

What happens if there is a slump in the economy?

Perhaps you might lose your job

then how are you going to support 200 Euro a night out benders?

Those of you who do this, do you not think that the money might be better spent?

Perhaps on securing some sort of future in the country you wish to reside in?

Personally i am sick to death of going in to town and blowing all my money on Sh!te and then wakin up the next morning with nothing to show for it but a damaged liver and a sore head.

Dont get me wrong i enjoy a good night out as much as the next person.

But I know so many people whos idea of a good time is get fuct up, how self destructive is that?

Fun does not neccesarily mean drink, i feel that so many young people in ireland cannot see around this.

Ive gone and spent 200 Euro in a night, but i didnt feel one bit proud.

Borzoi · 26-07-2002 1:28pm

Originally posted by eth0_

Who's mainland is that then? :-D

He must mean France;)

But on the topic:

Quiet pints local €30
Quit pints town €65
Bender (late start) €120
Bender (early start) more!

Depressing really. These yoyos go no distance:(

Shinji · 26-07-2002 1:38pm

then how are you going to support 200 Euro a night out benders?

200 Euro? That's £200 sterling to you, young man!

And how will I support such nights out? I probably won't, if the economy crashes or the sky falls in tomorrow. In the meanwhile I'm going to enjoy myself. I'll deal with tomorrow when it comes.

Gordon · 26-07-2002 1:42pm

Walk into town
Pints all night, not many smokes

€40 for a good night.

Tend to frequent wine bars occasionaly - €20 for a bottle of wine so a night of that = €60

No-one to subsidise but my inflated ego and attempts of humour, although a friend is coming over next month and I will be paying for her for a week. Will find out then...

SheroN · 26-07-2002 1:43pm

when im in college....very cheap night outs....six dutch before i go anywhere...probably spend 30 euro odd....now that im workin.....could be 80 euro.....an all day session though easily well over the hundred...i stop counting.

Venom · 26-07-2002 1:48pm

Jesus Sher I never knew those half pints of shady of yours cost you so much

Dustaz · 26-07-2002 1:49pm

Originally posted by Gordon

Tend to frequent wine bars occasionaly - €20 for a bottle of wine so a night of that = €60

How marvellous, is the airkissing free?:)

deco · 26-07-2002 1:52pm

€20 tops I'm a scabby bastard....

Shinji · 26-07-2002 1:53pm

How marvellous, is the airkissing free?

Hah, says the ponce who works in TV and spent the morning on IRC dissecting his favourite television ads and complaining bitterly about the execution of some of the concepts....

The Sweeper · 26-07-2002 2:00pm

"ooo! reverse dolly shot!! somebody hold up some card, if I don't do a white balance test right now I'll just die!!!!!"

phoenix2181 · 26-07-2002 2:03pm

roughly how much i have in my wallet usually €100-€120, it really kills me I have to spend that much, god it was only a few yers ago i good go out with 25-40 quids & get plastered, the price of drink in this country crazy & €10-15 a pop to get into a club is mad

Venom · 26-07-2002 2:03pm

So it would be a bit like all the flak you use to give the whole computer game magazine industry before you got into the profession then would it Rob

And the arse-I mean airkissing allways flows freely in those kinda places Dusty

Samba · 26-07-2002 2:04pm

Originally posted by Shinji

200 Euro? That's £200 sterling to you, young man!

And how will I support such nights out? I probably won't, if the economy crashes or the sky falls in tomorrow. In the meanwhile I'm going to enjoy myself. I'll deal with tomorrow when it comes.

Well i wouldn't count on the sky doin that any time soon

, but i suppose what you've said sums up the attitude of many young Irish people.

Grand every now and again we all want to have fun, just others have different ideas of what fun is i supppose

And by class A's, i truely hope you are not reffering to a very cheap and disgusting drug which is very popular

In fact, i know your not

Gordon · 26-07-2002 2:06pm

hah!

I like to click my fingers and pretend I'm special too! And I go around saying things like "Jeeves, what what, Jeeves be a good lad and get me a packet of pipe tobacco, I do hope they have the 'rough shag' variety it chaffs my tonsils you see, what what? Oh and where is my smoking jacket hi hi?"

The Sweeper · 26-07-2002 2:06pm

Originally posted by Venom
So it would be a bit like all the flak you use to give the whole computer game magazine industry before you got into the profession then would it Rob

And the arse-I mean airkissing allways flows freely in these places Dusty

Yeah Yeah Johnners why don't you tell us all how much you spend in a night drinking nothing but vodka and coke (one coke to two vodkas of course) you
BIG GIRLS BLOUSE!!!!!!!

TacT · 26-07-2002 2:11pm

Night out in Dublin = depends how much I brought with me

Kali · 26-07-2002 2:11pm

60-80.. usually about the 65 mark including taxis/nitelinks whatever... and the fact that i usually buy more rounds than anyone else.

Venom · 26-07-2002 2:32pm

Thats rich Gemma considering youve been escorted down from the top of a phone box with a jumper wrapped around your head by 2 cops

po0k · 26-07-2002 2:33pm

swish khunt

Hellrazer · 26-07-2002 2:39pm

Have to agree with shinji there.Ill spend it while I have it.Cant bring it with me.And if the economy slumps Ill get pi$$ed from the off-licence before I go out like I used to do when I was younger and had a lot less disposable income.
I used to feel like that I was pi$$ing it up against a wall but now I love going out and getting locked especially now that our daughter will go and stay with granny and grandad for the night which also means that I can sleep that hangover off.
All part of the Irish drinking culture-drink till you cant stand and then keep drinking.

The Sweeper · 26-07-2002 2:41pm

Originally posted by Venom
Thats rich Gemma considering youve been escorted down from the top of a phone box with a jumper wrapped around your head by 2 cops

It wasn't wrapped around my head, it was covering my head and knees, I was imitating an owl, and I firmly protested on the behalf of freedom of street art.

That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Now go and drink some clear extremely alcoholic liquid and forget who you are again, that's always good for a laugh.

Venom · 26-07-2002 2:56pm

Ahh my old friend Grappa.The king of shorts

Shinji · 26-07-2002 3:27pm

So it would be a bit like all the flak you use to give the whole computer game magazine industry before you got into the profession then would it Rob

Actually, no change there. With some notable exceptions, consumer games journalists are poor writers who know naff all about videogames and are easily swayed by freebie handouts.

Grand every now and again we all want to have fun, just others have different ideas of what fun is i supppose

Maybe so. I can have fun on a fair few different types of night out - be it sat at home with some beers, the number for Pizza Hut, some DVDs and a few mates, or out in London going to a champagne bar, spending a small fortune and then hitting a big club and dancing until 10am the next morning - and everything in between. It's all good.

And by class A's, i truely hope you are not reffering to a very cheap and disgusting drug which is very popular

Class A is a classification for drugs used in the UK - you also get Class B and Class Cs. Cannabis recently became a Class C, but it's not something you smoke on a night out.

Class A covers MDMA, cocaine and a whole pile of other stuff. As to which ones I'm referring to, that's for me to know and you to find out

Ahh my old friend Grappa.The king of shorts

Evil. Was introduced to that by a yank in fact. Not being able to remember your own name is a scary experience

BEAT · 26-07-2002 3:33pm

well, I generally take out 100 from the bank for the weekend, and end up going back the next day for 60 more...which is why I try to stay in more on the weekends now....
it's sickening how much money you can blow on nothing.:(

Dustaz · 26-07-2002 3:57pm

Originally posted by Shinji while drinking in a champagne bar discussing his website project

Hah, says the ponce who works in TV

To: Kettle
From : Pot
Subject: Your Color

WhiteWashMan · 26-07-2002 4:15pm

on a good night out, probably between 50 -60 stirling
on a bad night, ohhh about 100

Venom · 26-07-2002 4:16pm

Evil. Was introduced to that by a yank in fact. Not being able to remember your own name is a scary experience

No, not being able to remember your name or where you live,handing picture ID to a taxi driver and saying "if that looks like me,take me there",while making comments about said taxi driver looking like Elvis is scary

And he bloody well did look like Elvis to as he worn shades,had sideburns and said "uh huh" alot while driving me home at 3am in the morning.

I really must drink Grappa more

Tazz T · 26-07-2002 4:22pm

It really depends what sort of night you're intending on having. I'm surprised by the amounts being quoted here. I would go out about 4 nights a week but I wouldn't be spending more than €40 tops each night.

These ppl who are quoting €80 and above - how many nights per week would that be - and, if more than once a week, can I have your job?

ykt0di9url7bc3 · 26-07-2002 4:23pm

ohh anything from 40 to 120 euro

varies greatly from night to night

last year when working in a bar, it wasnt funny how much i was spending on going out, i had to give up bar work because of it!

£2000 in just under 3 months

azezil · 26-07-2002 4:28pm

€70 - €80 usually covers meh nites out
pints in pub: €25
cover charge into club: €10
drinks in club: €20
Food: €10
taxi:€12 - 20 (theres a quick way and and easy way to my house, depending on how drunk i get it can cost anywhere from 12 - 20 bucks)

Greenbean · 26-07-2002 4:52pm

I think some people are just boasting now. I agree with Samba, we should be more like our continental friends and learn that drink is BAD mmmkay?

Its indicative of the irish drinking culture that we think "class, we know this is wrong and we still do it! thats what makes it cool" and boast about it.

I wish you were all a bit more like Samba, you could learn alot from him I think.

Shinji · 26-07-2002 5:01pm

I agree with Samba, we should be more like our continental friends and learn that drink is BAD mmmkay?

Rubbish. Continentals drink plenty, they just don't have the stomach for it as much as we do

cujimmy · 26-07-2002 5:05pm

meal for two 80euro
cinema 20 euro
drinks 20euro
the look on her face when she catches me shagging her sister priceless

TacT · 26-07-2002 5:19pm

Samba doesn't spend it cus he doesn't have it GB

I've been out with him and watched him blow a 100 no bother when he did, he's just feeling sensible today, but he does raise vg points.

The Continentals drink just as much as we do but imo the younger generations are more responsible about it on the whole than we are.

For example when on holidays they will go to the bar/cafe the next day around lunchtime nursing a hangover and drink themselves coffee's or peach nectar and other refreshing treats that don't cost an arm and a leg like they do over here.

Part of the problem lies in how much pubs demand for a silly soft drink such as a coca cola or orange juice.

We seem to go to the cafe/bar and drink ourselves out of our hangovers as opposed to curing them sensibly.....

[mass generalisations I know but based on what I've seen this is the way I see part of it]

Shinji he's been there and done that, he's not as innocent and sweet as he will have you all believe

The Irish as I see it love to boast about how much they spent and how bad their hangovers are which I find terribly sad.

I mean there's a girl (majd) calling a guy a big girls blouse because he has two vodka's with the one coke?

Maybe if a coke didn't cost as much/more as the shot of vodka I could understand you, quite frankly I'm baffled.

l3rian · 26-07-2002 5:30pm

is it worth it?

what do you get to show for your E 80 ?

don't you feel annoyed that your being ripped off?

why are the prices so high for taxis, drinks, niteclubs in dublin?

can you think of better things to do with your hard earned (hopefully) money?

will ireland's drink culture ever change for better or worst?

TacT · 26-07-2002 5:43pm

Originally posted by l3rian
is it worth it?

what do you get to show for your E 80 ?

don't you feel annoyed that your being ripped off?

why are the prices so high for taxis, drinks, niteclubs in dublin?

can you think of better things to do with your hard earned (hopefully) money?

will ireland's drink culture ever change for better or worst?

probably not, we'll make up for our indadequacies and shortcomings everywhere else by drinking every other country in the world (or at least Europe) under the table

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