Dublin Hotel Prices are Insane

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 12-06-2017 02:33AM #1

It's been creeping up year over year since hotel prices bottomed out around 2011 (IMO) but Summer 2017 Dublin prices are insane.

I wanted to book a night this Wednesday and been following prices for weeks but to no avail. Jackson Court Hotel (Coppers) for June 14th was €290 last week but booked out now, so someone obviously paid that. Nuts.

It's a combination of barely any hotels built since the crash and Dublin tourist numbers exploding.

jamesthepeach · 12-06-2017 07:10AM

georgiecasey wrote: »

It's been creeping up year over year since hotel prices bottomed out around 2011 (IMO) but Summer 2017 Dublin prices are insane.

I wanted to book a night this Wednesday and been following prices for weeks but to no avail. Jackson Court Hotel (Coppers) for June 14th was €290 last week but booked out now, so someone obviously paid that. Nuts.

It's a combination of barely any hotels built since the crash and Dublin tourist numbers exploding.

In 2011 and 2012 when working late a lot I used to just stay in the Jackson court instead of driving home, for €20 a night. On the rare occasion it would be €25 and I would just stay in the Russel court instead because it was cheaper.
How things have changed.
Nowadays you have to do airbnb and the hotels are lobbying hard against that.

12-06-2017 08:38AM

georgiecasey wrote: »

It's a combination of barely any hotels built since the crash and Dublin tourist numbers exploding.

And homeless families being housed in hotels

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 12-06-2017 09:01AM

I find you get good deals once you stay a bit outside for the city centre. Have gotten Aspect Park West and Maldron Tallaght for less than €60 per night in the last few months.

Airport hotels like Premier Inn also usually do good deals. Certainly never had an issue finding hotels for less than €100 per night.

munchkin_utd · 12-06-2017 10:58AM

from a quick search on bookings.com the demand this week seems to be very high

Maybe its bloomsday on Friday, Robbie Williams on Saturday, or just tourists from Catholic countries taking advantage of the double bank holiday weekend in a row (Whit Monday last Monday and Corpus Christi in a couple of days, take 8 days off, get 16 day break) causing a peak in visitors.

Hard to know.

pilly · 12-06-2017 11:06AM

georgiecasey wrote:

I wanted to book a night this Wednesday and been following prices for weeks but to no avail. Jackson Court Hotel (Coppers) for June 14th was â‚¬290 last week but booked out now, so someone obviously paid that. Nuts.

Jesus I remember getting a room there for 40!

finbarrk · 12-06-2017 11:20AM

There just is a shortage of Hotel rooms there at the moment.

jwcurtin · 12-06-2017 11:23AM

I couldn't get over it when looking for this weekend. Ended up booking into Trinity's Student Accommodation. â‚¬57 for a single rooms. Not ideal but better than nothing.

Fred Swanson · 12-06-2017 08:46PM

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Glebee · 12-06-2017 08:51PM

jamesthepeach wrote: »

In 2011 and 2012 when working late a lot I used to just stay in the Jackson court instead of driving home, for €20 a night. On the rare occasion it would be €25 and I would just stay in the Russel court instead because it was cheaper.
How things have changed.
Nowadays you have to do airbnb and the hotels are lobbying hard against that.

I done the same a lot. And the 20-25 euro included breakfast
Prices have gone mental alright over the last few years. The boom is back baby

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 12-06-2017 09:10PM

jaysus i never got it for €20 but i definitely got it for €40-€50 on a random midweek night i'd be in Dublin, and a walk-in booking as well. that includes breakfast (which i never got up for) and entry to the nightclub. so another €10 saved there. they had free parking as well in camden lane. that's been built over now and you've to park in st. stephens green. have a naggin of vodka or something in the room and it worked out awful good value!

other cheap places like charleville lodge up in phibsboro charge for parking now as well.

whoopsadoodles · 12-06-2017 09:15PM

Aerosmith and Arcade Fire are on that night, always like that when there's a big gig on.

rossie1977 · 12-06-2017 10:40PM

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Aerosmith and Arcade Fire are on that night, always like that when there's a big gig on.

Prices are expensive now on Tuesday/wednesday nights when there is nothing of note on. I used to be able to book Travelodge in swords for 19-25 euro two months in advance back in 2011-12 for early morning flights. I have not seen a rate below 65 euro for that in about 2 years, just did a couple of searches for midweek in July/August/September and the cheapest saver rate is 89 euro.

It's the same all over town.

Fred Swanson · 12-06-2017 10:49PM

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Collie D · 12-06-2017 10:59PM

€200 for a Travelodge on a busy road about ten miles from city centre? That must be when ****play are in Croke Park?

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 12-06-2017 11:03PM

8th July is the night Coldplay are playing. So yeah, it would be expensive.

Fred Swanson · 12-06-2017 11:37PM

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jamesthepeach · 13-06-2017 07:21AM

Collie D wrote: »

€200 for a Travelodge on a busy road about ten miles from city centre? That must be when ****play are in Croke Park?

Other countries are the same. Ive nearly given up hotels and just use airbnb with the entire place option checked or homeaway nowadays.

Wanderer78 · 13-06-2017 07:25AM

Ah sure, 'the market' knows best!

listermint · 13-06-2017 07:41AM

I don't know what people expect , keep cheap rates for locals..

I mean there are record tourist numbers coming in and not enough rooms in the capital. This is the result in not really sure what else is expected here

tracey turnblad · 13-06-2017 07:41AM

https://generatorhostels.com/destinations/dublin
This place in Smithfield is an ex hotel very trendy and very reasonable in a great location

Shemale · 13-06-2017 07:46AM

On Saturday night friends of our paid 130 for a double room in the Travel Lodge on the Navan Road excluding breakfast.

We stayed there two years ago at 45 a night and its a dump.

whoopsadoodles · 13-06-2017 07:48AM

rossie1977 wrote: »

Prices are expensive now on Tuesday/wednesday nights when there is nothing of note on. I used to be able to book Travelodge in swords for 19-25 euro two months in advance back in 2011-12 for early morning flights. I have not seen a rate below 65 euro for that in about 2 years, just did a couple of searches for midweek in July/August/September and the cheapest saver rate is 89 euro.

It's the same all over town.

2011-12 hotels were still going into receivership and shutting up shop.

It's the same the world over. If you weren't hit big by the recession then you could have cheap holidays anywhere you liked for a few years back then, nowadays you'd be lucky to even find an available room in a capital city at short notice, let alone a cheap one.

Collie D · 13-06-2017 07:54AM

jamesthepeach wrote: »

Other countries are the same. Ive nearly given up hotels and just use airbnb with the entire place option checked or homeaway nowadays.

I'm going to see U2 in Paris next month and room is €150 for the night. Now it's St. Denis and also on a main road but less than a mile from the stadium so happy enough to pay it. It's also a Novotel. Never stayed in one before but got to be better value than €200 for a Travelodge.

I know it's s lack of beds and simple law of supply/demand but got to feel sorry for your average punter coming up to Dublin for a gig and paying that money. Still, if you're going to see Coldplay you probably deserve to be ripped off

pilly · 13-06-2017 07:55AM

I'm just thinking, isn't there legislation that was brought in a good few years ago now that put maximum prices on what hotels could charge?

I remember reading about it and it was a certain multiple of the normal price for a room.

Must be a high bleeding multiple.

listermint · 13-06-2017 07:56AM

Collie D wrote: »

I'm going to see U2 in Paris next month and room is €150 for the night. Now it's St. Denis and also on a main road but less than a mile from the stadium so happy enough to pay it. It's also a Novotel. Never stayed in one before but got to be better value than €200 for a Travelodge.

I know it's s lack of beds and simple law of supply/demand but got to feel sorry for your average punter coming up to Dublin for a gig and paying that money. Still, if you're going to see Coldplay you probably deserve to be ripped off

Make friends with some friendly Dubliners

techdiver · 13-06-2017 07:57AM

With Ireland bidding for the rugby world cup this could become an issue.

I've noticed it too of late. Even in the last year or so it's gotten a lot worse.

pilly · 13-06-2017 07:57AM

listermint wrote:

I don't know what people expect , keep cheap rates for locals..

People expect value for money and 300 euro for a dingy room certainly isn't that.

Restaurants don't charge 5 times the price during busy times?

jamesthepeach · 13-06-2017 07:58AM

Some say that we are in dire need of another big recession

Roll the dice and if you are one of the lucky ones to still be working you are sorted.

Mrs OBumble · 13-06-2017 08:02AM

Collie D wrote: »

I know it's s lack of beds and simple law of supply/demand but got to feel sorry for your average punter coming up to Dublin for a gig and paying that money. Still, if you're going to see Coldplay you probably deserve to be ripped off

Average punters stay in hostels or bnb. Hotels are for the rich.

whoopsadoodles · 13-06-2017 08:03AM

pilly wrote: »

I'm just thinking, isn't there legislation that was brought in a good few years ago now that put maximum prices on what hotels could charge?

I remember reading about it and it was a certain multiple of the normal price for a room.

Must be a high bleeding multiple.

There are maximum rates they can charge. They're pre set and listed in the hotel. Known as "rack rates".

Rack rates are outlandishly (is that a word?) high.

Dublin Hotel Prices are Insane

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