Dublin Hoteliers

corkboy38 · 10-06-2019 11:14PM #1

Almost 350 quid for the cheapest hotel for two nights at the end of this week, many hotels 500+. Are these lads for real?

The boom is back baby

MarkY91 · 10-06-2019 11:18PM

AirBnB.

Force Carrier · 10-06-2019 11:19PM

Are the Bed and Breakfastiers and AirBnBiers gouging as well?

JupiterKid · 10-06-2019 11:20PM

I honestly don’t know why tourists flock to Dublin any more - because given the size of the city and what it offers tourists, it is clear that hoteliers, bar owners (Temple Bar in particular) trinket shops and attractions fleece them for every cent they can get with shameless impunity.

jay1988 · 10-06-2019 11:20PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

I honestly don’t know why tourists flock to Dublin any more - because given the size of the city and what it offers tourists, it is clear that hoteliers, bar owners (Temple Bar in particular) trinket shops and attractions fleece them for every cent they can get with shameless impunity.

Same as the tourist areas in any major city really.

corkboy38 · 10-06-2019 11:23PM

This is it wrote: »

Tough to get a hotel for less than €100 a night in the city centre, it's been like that for years. Expect to pay more at the weekend. Stay somewhere just outside D1/D2 and you might do better, grab a taxi, LUAS or bus to get around.

Everything which is not a hostel and is within a 10k radius of city centre is 350+ Thursday and Friday night.

Out of curiosity I checked and I can fly to the UK and have flights and accom is Liverpool/London/Newcastle/Manchester for less than 200 on the same days.

corkboy38 · 10-06-2019 11:24PM

Holiday inn express - 739 euro for two nights
Crown Plaza Santry 598 euro

Utter greed.

10-06-2019 11:24PM

corkboy38 wrote: »

Almost 350 quid for the cheapest hotel for two nights at the end of this week, many hotels 500+. Are these lads for real?

The boom is back baby

That's what you get for your wanker bouncers not letting us into Havana Brown's

corkboy38 · 10-06-2019 11:25PM

MarkY91 wrote: »

AirBnB.

I've never used AirBnB to be honest, something about staying in some strangers gaff that makes me uncomfortable.

corkboy38 · 10-06-2019 11:26PM

Omackeral wrote: »

That's what you get for your wanker bouncers not letting us into Havana Brown's

A fine set of lads.

jcorr · 10-06-2019 11:27PM

I think Irish people are greedy. Our society is obsessed with money.

Collie D · 10-06-2019 11:36PM

Few gigs on this weekend always bumps up the price. Plus Cork people tax.

Balanadan · 10-06-2019 11:37PM

MarkY91 wrote: »

AirBnB.

LOL

Zaph · 10-06-2019 11:39PM

If you insist on going to see Bon Jovi then you have to be prepared for the punishment!

To be fair though, 600 quid for two nights in Santry is extracting massive volumes of urine.

padd b1975 · 10-06-2019 11:41PM

corkboy38 wrote: »

Holiday inn express - 739 euro for two nights
Crown Plaza Santry 598 euro

Utter greed.

Ridiculous.

If you'd asked for a rough guess for the nightly rate for The Merrion, I'd have been in and around those figures.

Balanadan · 10-06-2019 11:44PM

padd b1975 wrote: »

Ridiculous.

If you'd asked for a rough guess for the nightly rate for The Merrion, I'd have been in and around those figures.

It's cheaper to fly abroad for a weekend away to see a gig/concert/show than to spend one night in Dublin to see the same. I don't understand why anyone would go to an event in Dublin. You can get a 5 star hotel in Central London for the price of a 3 star in Dublin.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 10-06-2019 11:56PM

jcorr wrote: »

I think Irish people are greedy. Our society is obsessed with money.

Can we really compare people to hotels. Dublin needs more rooms. 5000 on the way (40-50 hotels).

Then there will be a bust and they will demand vat reductions once again.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 10-06-2019 11:56PM

padd b1975 wrote: »

Ridiculous.

If you'd asked for a rough guess for the nightly rate for The Merrion, I'd have been in and around those figures.

Both are two nights. Still ridiculous though.

Phil.x · 11-06-2019 12:02AM

Its not just Dublin, try galway, i priced for next month for 3 nights midweek....€1200+

Kellys in rosslare 3 nights midweek €1450

This is for 2+2.

whisky_galore · 11-06-2019 12:05AM

jay1988 wrote: »

Same as the tourist areas in any major city really.

Heaps of major cities where you get far better bang for your buck. Hoteliers have been trying it on for years but Dublin is gouge central more than ever now.

thegills · 11-06-2019 12:12AM

Its a spin-off from the homeless issue. Availability in hotels is limited so supply and demand issue.

sabat · 11-06-2019 12:27AM

Blame it on the internet and the mass of information people voluntarily hand over to companies. The hotels themselves wouldn't have even dreamed of the type of rates they can get but now they all use analytic services that know precisely what the demand will be on any given date and how much they will be able to extract from the customer.

Nigel Fairservice · 11-06-2019 12:31AM

Dublin hotel prices are unbelievable. I paid €180 for a night in the Clayton in Leopardstown the night of the Coldplay concert at Croke Park. Return bus from Cork to Dublin cost about €30. I went to a gig in London (Wembley Arena) and stayed right next to the venue for 2 nights for €150. I paid €40 for the flights. Both hotels were of a similar standard. The combined cost of the hotel and transport for one night in Dublin was €210. The combined cost of hotel and transport for 2 nights in London was €190.

The cost of hotels in Cork isn't much better than Dublin these days.

kneemos · 11-06-2019 12:41AM

Phil.x wrote: »

Its not just Dublin, try galway, i priced for next month for 3 nights midweek....€1200+

Kellys in rosslare 3 nights midweek €1450

This is for 2+2.

Kelly's must be on crack. Nothing in Rosslare,not even a decent beach.

Zaph · 11-06-2019 12:49AM

kneemos wrote: »

Kelly's must be on crack. Nothing in Rosslare,not even a decent beach.

Kelly's is the most depressing hotel I've ever stayed in. My in-laws very generously paid for the whole family to go away, but as there were small children to be entertained we ended up there. However if like my wife and I you're outside the demographics of having small kids or are waiting to pop your clogs, it's grim. The place is stuck in a 1950s time warp, their business model is based on people booking for next year as they're checking out (they even have specially printed cards for that), and you can't just go for a night, it's a minimum two night stay package only. I'm genuinely baffled as to how they're still open, but business was booming so they must be doing something right.

Yurt2 · 11-06-2019 07:31AM

The head of a hotel industry lobby group came out of the woodwork a while back saying Dublin hoteliers should be striving to charge the same as hotels in London and Paris, madness. London and Paris are global centres of culture, politics and industry. Dublin is Dublin.

Like the 'property industry' when the next downturn takes hold, the hotel industry will be hit with a tonne of bricks over the noggin.

suicide_circus · 11-06-2019 07:40AM

mixing a city break with a gig is a great way to do it in my experience, fly in friday afternoon, early dinner and pints and then off to the gig followed by a few bars. next morning lazy breakfast, gentle sightseeing etc

Yurt2 · 11-06-2019 07:43AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

mixing a city break with a gig is a great way to do it in my experience, fly in friday afternoon, early dinner and pints and then off to the gig followed by a few bars. next morning lazy breakfast, gentle sightseeing etc

Tickets are generally much cheaper also. Germany has become my destination of choice when I see a good artist is doing a European tour. Hotels, pints, food all better value than Dublin.

suicide_circus · 11-06-2019 07:49AM

Yurt! wrote: »

Tickets are generally much cheaper also. Germany has become my destination of choice when I see a good artist is doing a European tour. Hotels, pints, food all better value than Dublin.

if you plan well ahead, even including the flights and hotel, the gig tickets, food and drink are so much cheaper that its well worth it. i love Dublin as my city but i dont see what it offers tourists and the value for money is atrocious.

Balanadan · 11-06-2019 08:01AM

Yurt! wrote: »

Tickets are generally much cheaper also. Germany has become my destination of choice when I see a good artist is doing a European tour. Hotels, pints, food all better value than Dublin.

Germany is fantastic. They still know how to hike up the hotel prices too but it's great for a change of scene.

yaboya1 · 11-06-2019 08:22AM

Hotels in Dublin/Ireland have to charge rates like that to cover their huge insurance premiums caused by people falling over due to their own carelessness and then suing them for thousands.

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