Taking holidays to go to the pub

15-03-2017 07:34PM #1

This seems amazing to me, Paddy O'Gorman interviewed people who save up and take their holiday to spend it in the pub watching Cheltenham.

What is the attraction.

mzungu · 15-03-2017 07:35PM

mariaalice wrote: »

This seems amazing to me, Paddy O'Gorman interviewed people who save up and take their holiday to spend it in the pub watching Cheltenham.

What is the attraction.

Cheltenham.

Mint Sauce · 15-03-2017 07:36PM

Most holidays I spend part of it in the pub.

El Weirdo · 15-03-2017 07:37PM

mzungu wrote: »

Cheltenham.

And beer.

lertsnim · 15-03-2017 07:37PM

mariaalice wrote: »

This seems amazing to me, Paddy O'Gorman interviewed people who save up and take their holiday to spend it in the pub watching Cheltenham.

What is the attraction.

You answered your own question.

AndyBoBandy · 15-03-2017 07:39PM

People want to spend their money on beer, and whatever doesn't get spent on beer is given to a guy called Paddy Power.

Me, I prefer a nice week or 2 in a warmer climate!

Erik Shin · 15-03-2017 07:39PM

I'd rather have a holiday abroad, immerse myself in a different culture and experience....
Others want to immerse themselves in beer, betting slips and piss ....

PARlance · 15-03-2017 07:40PM

Don't be a nag OP.

theteal · 15-03-2017 07:41PM

One of the lads back home does it, takes the week off every year for Cheltenham. It's kind of a family tradition for them. I don't get it myself but they're all happy - when they're winning!

NegativeCreep · 15-03-2017 07:41PM

I spend all my money on trips to theme parks to go on all the rollercoasters. Different strokes.

topmanamillion · 15-03-2017 07:41PM

I could understand someone taking time holidays to actually go to Cheltenham and enjoy the festival.
But to take holidays to sit in the pub and watch it on a screen?
I don't understand that at all.

osarusan · 15-03-2017 07:43PM

People enjoying stuff I don't enjoy....what's the world coming to.

Keyzer · 15-03-2017 07:44PM

I know a guy whose parents save the whole year and go to Vegas and blow it all on slot machines and hookers. Whatever floats your boat.

ArnoldJRimmer · 15-03-2017 07:46PM

Holiday's are about relaxing and doing something you enjoy. It could be lying on a beach somewhere warm, sightseeing in a new city, or staying in a caravan in Wexford. And amazingly for some, its gambling while enjoying a few pints during the biggest racing festival of the year. Not my cup of tea, but as long as the people enjoy their week off spending their hard earned cash, good luck to them

MadYaker · 15-03-2017 07:46PM

I could understand taking holidays to go to Cheltenham, but watching it in the pub? No.

Lady Spangles · 15-03-2017 07:48PM

Surely they wouldn't need all of their holidays just to watch a horse race? Either way, it's up to them. I'd rather head to a sunny beach somewhere, but to each their own!

15-03-2017 07:51PM

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Holiday's are about relaxing and doing something you enjoy. It could be lying on a beach somewhere warm, sightseeing in a new city, or staying in a caravan in Wexford. And amazingly for some, its gambling while enjoying a few pints during the biggest racing festival of the year. Not my cup of tea, but as long as the people enjoy their week off spending their hard earned cash, good luck to them

But why not actuley go to Cheltenham.

Yourself isit · 15-03-2017 07:52PM

Lady Spangles wrote: »

Surely they wouldn't need all of their holidays just to watch a horse race? Either way, it's up to them. I'd rather head to a sunny beach somewhere, but to each their own!

I think there's more than one horse race. There's a week.

osarusan · 15-03-2017 07:52PM

mariaalice wrote: »

But why not actuley go to Cheltenham.

That costs money that is therefore not available for booze and betting.

Plus, a lot of them would be in the local pub and bookies with the friends they've been talking to about Cheltenham and horse racing in general for years.

Yourself isit · 15-03-2017 07:53PM

mariaalice wrote: »

But why not actuley go to Cheltenham.

Nobody would be confused (I think) if someone took some time off for a world cup but watched it at home.

artanevilla · 15-03-2017 07:56PM

I'd say the vast majority of people take their holidays to go to the pub. What does it matter if that pub is in Ireland or Spain?

cul beag · 15-03-2017 07:57PM

Money spent in the local economy aswell is always welcome. Personally it's a fabulous week I always look forward to it. I've been to the festival 4 times and it's a brilliant experience, you'd want another week to recover after it! It's the Olympics of National Hunt racing and a battle of the Irish horses and trainers against the English ones. I can fully understand why people do take the week off because the whole atmosphere and craic is mighty.

Erik Shin · 15-03-2017 07:57PM

artanevilla wrote: »

I'd say the vast majority of people take their holidays to go to the pub. What does it matter if that pub is in Ireland or Spain?

A family holiday to a pub in Ireland? Kinda glad I'm not related to you

Rekop dog · 15-03-2017 07:58PM

Following horse racing is a hobby for lots of people, and Cheltenham is the culmination of the seasons racing where all the best horses/trainers/owners pit themselves against each other. I mean I wouldn't do a week in a pub for it but the atmosphere in pubs during it is always fantastic. And despite the fact most people lose during it, the chance of winning adds huge excitement for lots of people.

Funny how many are replying with how they'd prefer to be on a beach somewhere. Resort holidays are sinfully boring and usually full of vacuous sorts.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 15-03-2017 07:59PM

mariaalice wrote: »

But why not actuley go to Cheltenham.

Time. Money (I'd say accommodation anywhere near is extortionate this week). The company of their friends. The magic of television that means that they can get the aspects of the experience that they enjoy from the comfort of their own local.

Come on now, you do get it, you're just looking down at it.

Albert_Camus · 15-03-2017 07:59PM

mariaalice wrote: »

But why not actuley go to Cheltenham.

I've been to Cheltenham and found it kind of hassle, be more enjoyable down a quiet pub in my opinion. I wouldn't take the week off to go down the local pub, as I prefer to travel with my holidays, but that's just something I enjoy doing...

I can totally see why someone big into horse racing would enjoy the week off to sit and watch it. In fact it makes perfect sense to me

also the group they are socialising with for the week possibly couldn't all commit to the trip. Tickets/accom(even just getting some close by)/transport etc. I know guys who have been a couple of times but don't go every year and often take the week off the years they don't go.

Birneybau · 15-03-2017 08:02PM

PARlance wrote: »

Don't be a nag OP.

Why the long face?

Rumpy Pumpy · 15-03-2017 08:03PM

Taking the week off for Cheltenham is quite a popular thing to do. I was in Dublin city centre today and some of the pubs beside the bookies seemed far busier than you would expect for a Wednesday.

Going to Cheltenham itself is very expensive. £90 for a ticket to the best enclosure and hotels can be in the hundreds for a room per night.

15-03-2017 08:06PM

Erik Shin wrote: »

I'd rather have a holiday abroad, immerse myself in a different culture and experience....
Others want to immerse themselves in beer, betting slips and piss ....

A lot of the time that just involves being surrounded by Brits.

I like a couple of times a year to go to the pub around 12 on a Saturday when football is on all day and drop 100 or so quid.
Not everyone can afford to go somewhere "nice", especially on their own when accommodation costs are taken into account. The only ways I could afford much of a holiday this year are either going somewhere I know someone so can have free digs (limited) or go with people who just want to get pissed up surrounded by Brits. There's a fair chance I'll take 2 weeks off to just read, walk and watch telly. Next year I'll likely take 2 weeks off for the group stages of the World Cup. Cheltenham ain't my thing and I don't get why anyone would gamble more than a tenner on a Saturday for a bit of craic but then plenty don't like doing what I like.

Erik Shin · 15-03-2017 08:09PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

A lot of the time that just involves being surrounded by Brits.

I like a couple of times a year to go to the pub around 12 on a Saturday when football is on all day and drop 100 or so quid.
Not everyone can afford to go somewhere "nice", especially on their own when accommodation costs are taken into account. The only ways I could afford much of a holiday this year are either going somewhere I know someone so can have free digs (limited) or go with people who just want to get pissed up surrounded by Brits. There's a fair chance I'll take 2 weeks off to just read, walk and watch telly. Next year I'll likely take 2 weeks off for the group stages of the World Cup. Cheltenham ain't my thing and I don't get why anyone would gamble more than a tenner on a Saturday for a bit of craic but then plenty don't like doing what I like.

When you immerse yourself in another countrys culture...The one thing you can be sure of is....No Brits

lawred2 · 15-03-2017 08:11PM

Know a few lads who have Cheltenham and Galway booked off every year.

Not for me but everyone to their own.

Taking holidays to go to the pub

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