Price gouging by the pub, restaurant & hotel industry

maybe you should be asking why they are low paid....instead of berating people for not leaving a tip.

Checkin time is the time when your room is guaranteed from. Most hotels have no problem with you arriving early - if your room is ready they will give you your key straight away.. if not, they'll take your bags and you can still enjoy the hotel facilities (bar, restaurant, spa etc) so if you are going for it I'd arrive earlier and make the most of staying in a 5-star.

Mad to go ahead with it, 400 quid fecking hell. and for 5 6ths of a day as well. ECB rates gone up again today the cost base in the country is going north and people thinking that we will have to pay prices to keep the services industry in business will soon find that the wall is approaching. Hotels are in for a rude awakening once the war in Ukraine is over and the hotels are no longer being used for putting refugees in. Dublin will last a bit longer due to the % of people and higher paying jobs but these will be going as well as more and more companies relocate their head count away from our Capital. Ireland will look a lot different in 5/6 years.

The check in- check out times are fairly standard acrosss most hotels regardless of the star rating. They have to do a complete changeover of every room in that 4 hour window. Obviously there will be some rooms ready a lot sooner than 4pm so if you contact them beforehand with a request to check in earlier they should be able to accomadate you.

To be honest under 400 for a 5 star hotel isn't off the scale expensive, it's probably one of the better deals around at the moment. You'll have a huge choice of quality food for breakfast, a swimming pool, gym and plenty of other extras to enjoy.

I'd try do it the other way around and try to find a reasonably priced hotel close to a really good restaurant. If you were staying for a weekend then you'd get the benefit of hanging around the hotel, going for a swim or a sauna. But if it's just one night, you'd be hard pushed to squeeze in 400 quids worth of enjoyment.

Powerscourt

I've a fancy air BnB for 2 nights and was going to wrap it up with day 3 in powerscourt. The first part costs a bit less than powerscourt, so the average value isn't too bad.

He asked what people thought and that's what I think!

Powerscourt is very nice, I think from what I remember there’s a seperate bar and restaurant so if you wanted to stay on site and keep it cheaper you could eat in the pub? Alternatively, Enniskerry village is only a 5min drive away and if you’re staying at the hotel the concierge will usually drop you to/from. The pubs aren’t anything special but there’s a nice Italian place for dinner or coffee shop on the corner for morning. I’d make the most of the afternoon and daylight at the hotel though and go for a wander around the grounds.

Bizarrely and going back to thread, I actually think the gouging is less evident in 5-star hotels etc and much more noticeable in local pubs. Eg. I was in a city centre 5-star a few weeks ago for lunch and paid €6.70 for a Guinness… pub in Co Wicklow other day charged €6.50.. Dublin prices!

Its a good point about age profiles but i would say mainly folks 25 to 45.

Certainly not older retired ages. But hasn't that always been the case?