Holiday at home

thesultan · 10-06-2021 10:10pm #1

Christ Hotel prices are ridiculous.. €180 for one night.. Surely there is more value there

10-06-2021 10:11pm

Pitched a tent in my back garden. Travelling light.

FromADistance · 10-06-2021 10:13pm

thesultan wrote: »

Christ Hotel prices are ridiculous.. €180 for one night.. Surely there is more value there

You wouldn’t want to see the places that charge 300+ eur a night.... you might pass out....

FanadMan · 10-06-2021 10:14pm

Just after coming back from a break with the GF....€170 for the two nights.

Fils · 10-06-2021 10:15pm

I did a mini staycation last weekend, spent quiet a few euro and no massive value. We are a very tolerant nation to be putting up with Calcutta style outdoor dining.

SpitfireIV · 10-06-2021 10:35pm

Holiday at home?! Ehh, helllooooo, don't you mean staycation!!

happyoutscan · 10-06-2021 10:36pm

Pay the price or stay at home. Simples.

biko · 10-06-2021 10:39pm

Shop around.

mohawk · 10-06-2021 10:45pm

Going to Kerry after the son gets his holidays so it’s peak season. We are paying less then that per night for the three of us. Anecdotally I am hearing places around the coast are pretty booked up for summer so that will drive prices up if your booking last minute. If your willing to avoid Cork, Kerry, Clare, Galway etc and head somewhere a little off the beaten track you should find better deals or avoid weekends and go midweek.

We did a few extra long weekends last summer in different places and had a great time.

Snotty · 10-06-2021 10:50pm

Any hotel near the coast or beach are crazy money, one of the smaller hotels in a small seaside town in Mayo wanted €250 for a twin room on a Saturday night in June, crazy thing was, they were full most other weekend nights so people are obviously paying it

CaoimhinCong · 10-06-2021 10:53pm

Snotty wrote: »

Any hotel near the coast or beach are crazy money, one of the smaller hotels in a small seaside town in Mayo wanted €250 for a twin room on a Saturday night in June, crazy thing was, they were full most other weekend nights so people are obviously paying it

I'll give you a twin room in North Belfast for 120.

Damien360 · 10-06-2021 10:55pm

CaoimhinCong wrote: »

I'll give you a twin room in North Belfast for 120.

Wait for the night of 12th July. Be cheap as chips

CaoimhinCong · 10-06-2021 10:57pm

Damien360 wrote: »

Wait for the night of 12th July. Be cheap as chips

11th is worse then the 12th mo cara. Our areas become a warzone for those 2 days.

freshpopcorn · 11-06-2021 12:06am

Deleted User wrote: »

Pitched a tent in my back garden. Travelling light.

Are you the annoying dad in the Aldi ad?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 11-06-2021 12:12am

CaoimhinCong wrote: »

11th is worse then the 12th mo cara. Our areas become a warzone for those 2 days.

Are they allowing spectators this year? Can't seem to find any info on tickets...

thesultan · 11-06-2021 8:12am

FanadMan wrote: »

Just after coming back from a break with the GF....€170 for the two nights.

Where?

Gregor Samsa · 11-06-2021 9:25am

thesultan wrote: »

Christ Hotel prices are ridiculous.. €180 for one night.. Surely there is more value there

Did they put you out in the manger?

Claw Hammer · 11-06-2021 1:12pm

Tipperary Town is good value for a staycation.

893bet · 11-06-2021 1:17pm

We had a 5 star hotel booked for a few days this week and cancelled. You needed to book all times in the bar/restaurant. Had to book the pool time. Couldn’t get a slot for spa as there was limited availability as they needed to keep slot for people that have a treatment included in their package.

We cancelled. Didn’t seem like good value at 250 a night with a small baby that would not like working to the clock.

I ain’t bothered with hotel stays as long as all the covid bull**** is around. Not worth the hassle.

TheValeyard · 11-06-2021 2:42pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Pitched a tent in my back garden. Travelling light.

When's she letting ya back in the house?

Gregor Samsa · 11-06-2021 3:12pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Pitched a tent in my back garden. Travelling light.

TheValeyard wrote: »

When's she letting ya back in the house?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1rxDfWaDS8

Back In Cagie Wagie · 11-06-2021 3:17pm

Claw Hammer wrote: »

Tipperary Town is good value for a staycation.

A hotspot of culture.

Cionn · 11-06-2021 3:44pm

I am currently enjoying a staycation with the family near the Greenway achill. For anyone considering booking, there is bugger all commercial businesses open. We cycled with a 10 year old for 14km to achill island and asked if there was anywhere to go to the loo or a cafe to have a coffee/cake. Nothing open , we were directed to cycle back to our starting point. Zero open it's a joke at the moment. I wouldn't bother until the school's close and I would set expectations low. I am a habitual staycationer but this is beyond a joke. I am booking an away trip for 2022

Gregor Samsa · 11-06-2021 3:50pm

Cionn wrote: »

We cycled with a 10 year old for 14km to achill island and asked if there was anywhere to go to the loo or a cafe to have a coffee/cake. Nothing open , we were directed to cycle back to our starting point. Zero open it's a joke at the moment.

That's kind of Achill at the best of times. Nice scenery and beaches, billions of midges, 2 campsites and a Ra pub.

murpho999 · 11-06-2021 3:54pm

Fils wrote: »

I did a mini staycation last weekend, spent quiet a few euro and no massive value. We are a very tolerant nation to be putting up with Calcutta style outdoor dining.

If you were in a hotel then it wasn't a staycation but a mini holiday. Staycation to me is staying at home.

As for Calcutta, you've obviously never been there if you think our outdoor dining (which is temporary anyway) conditions are bad.

theguzman · 11-06-2021 3:56pm

Currently debating between Dubai, Cancun, Mexico or Greece for September, was going to go to Scotland but bad weather and the midge index was enough to put me off. All of course pending on restrictions and MHQ etc. You couldn't pay me to holiday in Ireland.

Gregor Samsa · 11-06-2021 3:59pm

murpho999 wrote: »

If you were in a hotel then it wasn't a staycation but a mini holiday. Staycation to me is staying at home.

Dictionary definition is "A holiday spent in one's home country rather than abroad, or one spent at home and involving day trips to local attractions."

So I guess both meanings would be commonly used and technically correct.

TefalBrain · 11-06-2021 4:04pm

As a matter of interest i checked out prices for the first week in July here to fill a few days before we go away on our actual holiday later in the Summer and yeah i think i'll save the money for spending whilst away instead. 2800 euro for a week in a run down cottage in Connemara.

iamwhoiam · 11-06-2021 4:10pm

TefalBrain wrote: »

As a matter of interest i checked out prices for the first week in July here to fill a few days before we go away on our actual holiday later in the Summer and yeah i think i'll save the money for spending whilst away instead. 2800 euro for a week in a run down cottage in Connemara.

I just went on airbnb for Galway in July and found loads much cheaper than that
From €800 -€1200 a week for a cottage

murpho999 · 11-06-2021 4:12pm

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Dictionary definition is "A holiday spent in one's home country rather than abroad, or one spent at home and involving day trips to local attractions."

So I guess both meanings would be commonly used and technically correct.

Plenty of people for years have been going away in Ireland and it was always called a holiday.

If I go to Kerry or Donegal for a week I would call it holiday not a staycation as I have gone away.

It's an annoying term that has only come up since Covid (like wet pubs) and is even more annoying as nobody in Ireland uses the word "vacation" before anyway.

TefalBrain · 11-06-2021 4:14pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I just went on airbnb for Galway in July and found loads much cheaper than that
From €800 -€1200 a week for a cottage

Unbelievable. How can they get away with prices like that?

iamwhoiam · 11-06-2021 4:16pm

TefalBrain wrote: »

Unbelievable. How can they get away with prices like that?

Well its not €2800 like you saw anyway

TefalBrain · 11-06-2021 4:36pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Well its not €2800 like you saw anyway

I'm aware of that

Lad on the radio today think it was Newstalk was quoted over 5k for two weeks in Dingle for family of 4 in a hotel:eek:

Think we paid less for 5 of us including flights for two 2 weeks in Orlando in 2018

ShatterAlan · 11-06-2021 5:00pm

murpho999 wrote: »

If you were in a hotel then it wasn't a staycation but a mini holiday. Staycation to me is staying at home.

As for Calcutta, you've obviously never been there if you think our outdoor dining (which is temporary anyway) conditions are bad.

What the fcuk is a staycation? If you work monday to friday then isn't every weekend a bloody "staycation"

Necro · 11-06-2021 5:54pm

We got a week in Trabolgan for 850. Self catering naturally. Now in saying that it was booked in December 2019 and we changed the dates from last year to this year. Checked the other day and a similar spot for the same week is now costing 1200 so yeah, it's pretty pricey.

I'd love to give CentreParcs a whirl but again the prices for a week are mental.

xzanti · 11-06-2021 5:57pm

We booked a hotel in Tralee during lockdown. Going in July/August. Got a great deal

Strumms · 11-06-2021 7:23pm

thesultan wrote: »

Christ Hotel prices are ridiculous.. €180 for one night.. Surely there is more value there

If you stayed 3 nights...

540 on hotels

300 about on food

Then entertainment, drinks, train fares / petrol money...

3 nights in Ireland the guts of 1100 euros.

If I have a spare 1100 euros I’ll add a few quid and wait to fly away...somewhere with value, weather.

whisky_galore · 11-06-2021 8:16pm

Cionn wrote: »

I am currently enjoying a staycation with the family near the Greenway achill. For anyone considering booking, there is bugger all commercial businesses open. We cycled with a 10 year old for 14km to achill island and asked if there was anywhere to go to the loo or a cafe to have a coffee/cake. Nothing open , we were directed to cycle back to our starting point. Zero open it's a joke at the moment. I wouldn't bother until the school's close and I would set expectations low. I am a habitual staycationer but this is beyond a joke. I am booking an away trip for 2022

The world is your sh1tter. Find cover, squat and commune with nature.

I for one wont be giving our grabbing hoteliers a red cent.

Sheep Shagger · 11-06-2021 9:11pm

I know its not right now but started looking at holidays here for Feb mid term break.....jesus pricey enough. Can get 7 or 14 nights in Orlando with flights and hotel from €650pp.....

And they wonder why people don't stay in Ireland if they don't have too.

Strumms · 11-06-2021 10:12pm

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

I know its not right now but started looking at holidays here for Feb mid term break.....jesus pricey enough. Can get 7 or 14 nights in Orlando with flights and hotel from €650pp.....

And they wonder why people don't stay in Ireland if they don't have too.

23 - 25 degrees and little to no rain, in Orlando, A ton of stuff to experience and do... mostly great value when you are there, change of scenery... here minus whatever to 5/6 degrees.... or....Tramore.

Fils · 11-06-2021 10:53pm

murpho999 wrote: »

If you were in a hotel then it wasn't a staycation but a mini holiday. Staycation to me is staying at home.

As for Calcutta, you've obviously never been there if you think our outdoor dining (which is temporary anyway) conditions are bad.

You are top 5 to be on the trocaire box next lent.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 12-06-2021 1:43am

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Dictionary definition is "A holiday spent in one's home country rather than abroad, or one spent at home and involving day trips to local attractions."

So I guess both meanings would be commonly used and technically correct.

That's what most people call a weekend.

jimmy180sx · 12-06-2021 1:48am

Few cans in the garden lads....be grand

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 12-06-2021 1:49am

jimmy180sx wrote: »

Few cans in the garden lads....be grand

.... and that's what most people call a lockdown!

jimmy180sx · 12-06-2021 1:50am

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

.... and that's what most people call a lockdown!

Better than center parcs

Atlantic Dawn · 12-06-2021 1:52am

I want to hit Newry and Holyhead in August purely for the laugh, I'm easily amused.

Mullaghteelin · 12-06-2021 1:52am

The Atlantic-dominated weather we had this week meant the best weather by far was in the east near Dublin. Dubs could well be better off staying close to home if that weather prevails for the summer.

tom1ie · 12-06-2021 2:03am

10 days in the ocean sands hotel (enniscrone) 2 adults 2 kids (2 bed self catering apartments) with full use of the hotel amenities plus we can bring the dog for €1400.
Happy enough with that

ShatterAlan · 12-06-2021 2:55pm

TefalBrain wrote: »

Unbelievable. How can they get away with prices like that?

800 is just over a hundred a night. And that for a cottage with all it's facilities. Would you get a hotel room for that with not even a microwave oven to warm up a tv dinner?

ShatterAlan · 12-06-2021 3:05pm

Strumms wrote: »

If you stayed 3 nights...

540 on hotels

300 about on food

Then entertainment, drinks, train fares / petrol money...

3 nights in Ireland the guts of 1100 euros.

If I have a spare 1100 euros I’ll add a few quid and wait to fly away...somewhere with value, weather.

A friend of mine has a two bed apartment with balconies and tiled floors in Alicante. He rents it to me for 250 for a week. Ryanair to Alicante you can usually get for 100 return. It 5 minutes walk to the beach and th beach is spectacular. It's 3 quid a pint and you can fill up the fridge with everything you need for a week for 50 euros. Wamellons, oranges, mineral water, milk, eggs, ham, bread, olives, cheese, salad, etc.I actually save money going there rather than staying at home.

Fils · 12-06-2021 3:53pm

More shanty town outdoor dining in the west of Ireland today, at least it’s a nice day.

Holiday at home

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