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Staycation Ireland.. Anyone doing it

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    #62
    JimmyVik
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    We booked Killarney in July.
    2 bed house self catering. €1100 for the week.
    Now I see in my inbox a lovely hotel 1 street off the the promenade in Nice, France, that we stayed in before, looking for €650 for the same week.
    If the flights work out we might just cancel Killarney.

    Will wait a week or so and see about it.
    I dont want to fly, but ....


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    #63
    CBear1993
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    JimmyVik wrote: »
    We booked Killarney in July.
    2 bed house self catering. €1100 for the week.
    Now I see in my inbox a lovely hotel 1 street off the the promenade in Nice, France, that we stayed in before, looking for €650 for the same week.
    If the flights work out we might just cancel Killarney.

    Will wait a week or so and see about it.
    I dont want to fly, but ....

    €1100 :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:



    :eek:

    Get what you mean about the flying. It's a hateful situation as people who don't want to risk flying also don't want to be ripped off here. Would you consider ferry then driving into france? Eats into your time if days off are limited.


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    #64
    afkasurfjunkie
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    chases0102 wrote: »
    What websites are useful to search for self catering homes?

    Very little availability left in my searches.....

    I found same when searching last night too. Poor quality websites with poor search engines. I just can’t bring myself to pay €1000 for a tiny house where it may rain for the week. We’ve three young kids including a baby so need decent facilities. I just couldn’t face into camping with a 6 month old.


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    #65
    fits
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    afkasurfjunkie wrote: »
    I found same when searching last night too. Poor quality websites with poor search engines. I just can’t bring myself to pay €1000 for a tiny house where it may rain for the week. We’ve three young kids including a baby so need decent facilities. I just couldn’t face into camping with a 6 month old.

    Could you try one of the hotels with self catering attached? Eg Station House Clifden


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    #66
    s1ippy
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    For anyone planning on coming to Cork, don't. It's terrible. Too crowded. Stay away. That's all I have to contribute.


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    #67
    afkasurfjunkie
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    fits wrote: »
    Could you try one of the hotels with self catering attached? Eg Station House Clifden

    Didn’t realise the Station House has self catering attached. Thanks. Off to google I go...
    Had forgotten about Sykes cottages website too. Good range on that.


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    #68
    JimmyVik
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    CBear1993 wrote: »
    €1100 :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:



    :eek:

    Get what you mean about the flying. It's a hateful situation as people who don't want to risk flying also don't want to be ripped off here. Would you consider ferry then driving into france? Eats into your time if days off are limited.


    I was thinking about that but that is a long time traveling there and back and the ferry is expensive.


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    #69
    JimmyVik
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    fits wrote: »
    Could you try one of the hotels with self catering attached? Eg Station House Clifden


    €270 per night :(


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    #70
    Sheep Shagger
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    €1100 for a week sounds very steep.

    Loads of options 40-50% of that price at https://www.imagineireland.com


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    #71
    fits
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    JimmyVik wrote: »
    €270 per night :(

    Cripes!

    Our night in mount Juliet is cheaper.


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    #72
    woodchuck
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    We're planning 2 weeks in Kerry in July. We have most of our accommodation booked now. We're desperate for a break and a change of scenery at this stage. We never normally do staycations apart from the odd weekend, but we don't want to worry about flights being cancelled etc.
    JimmyVik wrote: »
    But the management have told them that the pool is very unlikely to be oipen and if it is they will give guests a 1 hour slot for the pool.
    They dont think people will be able to be in the bar at all. Maybe 20 per night as people go to the bar and they stay, so first 20 in will probably be there all night if it opens.
    Sounds like a miserable experience to me. I dont go to a hotel to stay just in my room. I do it becuase they have things to do and I can relax.

    This doesn't bother us. We plan to stay in a mix of BnBs and AirBnBs. Can't go to the pool or bar if they don't have one anyway :P For us, accommodation is just a half decent place where we can sleep and shower. We don't go on holidays to stay in the hotel, we go on holidays to explore the area.

    But I agree that if you like going to a fancy hotel to make use of their facilities, you won't get value for money this summer.


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    #73
    kippy
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    opinionated3 wrote: »
    I don't really, I'm going more in hope that Portugal will be more accepting by then. Our governments approach to ending the lockdown is painfully slow compared to other European countries so I think staycations are going be devoid of fun and generally a waste of my hard earned money. It's a shame, because normally I like to support Irish business's and local business, but I'm not interested in being ripped off by expensive accommodation for a handful of nights, and then to be told that a night out socialising is restricted to 90 mins.

    In fairness, socialising right across Europe will be much different for the next 6-12 months.

    We had planned to be in Spain for a couple of weeks in July for the first foreign holiday in a few years but thats off so will be a week in the West and a few days up North coupled with a few day trips.


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    #74
    Cape Clear
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    Have a week booked in West Cork at the start of August in a mobile home for under €400. Worth having a look at air B&B, book.com and the self catering section of Done Deal. Gumtree does also have some ads. With a bit of leg work something within a reasonable budge6t can be gotten. There seem to be better value properties available generally on the west & north west in comparison to south and east.


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    #75
    Technocentral
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    Hate all those Yank expressions like "Staycation", I just call it holidaying at home, going to stay in a Lighthouse, Gally Head in Cork end of July 650 for 3 nights for the two of us, driving straight there and self catering don't care about going to pubs etc so will be safe, always wanted to stay in a lighthouse. Re places in Ireland being expensive surely people have saved loads of money since March, we have anyway?


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    #76
    JimmyVik
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    Technocentral wrote: »
    Hate all those Yank expressions like "Staycation", I just call it holidaying at home, going to stay in a Lighthouse, Gally Head in Cork end of July 650 for 3 nights for the two of us, driving straight there and self catering don't care about going to pubs etc so will be safe, always wanted to stay in a lighthouse. Re places in Ireland being expensive surely people have saved loads of money since March, we have anyway?


    Wait for that line from Leo, mehole and Eamon come budget day. :)


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    #77
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    One thing I’m determined not to do is cook, even though we’re staying in a holiday home. So it’ll be cereal and yogurt for breakfast and takeaways from restaurants in the locality for the other meals.


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    #78
    Technocentral
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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    One thing I’m determined not to do is cook, even though we’re staying in a holiday home. So it’ll be cereal and yogurt for breakfast and takeaways from restaurants in the locality for the other meals.

    Part of the fun is cooking, we are making a veg curry here and heating it up down there for first two nights evening meals. Having Mexican eggs on the 2nd day for breakfast that we are cooking there etc.


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    #79
    kippy
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    Technocentral wrote: »
    Part of the fun is cooking, we are making a veg curry here and heating it up down there for first two nights evening meals. Having Mexican eggs on the 2nd day for breakfast that we are cooking there etc.

    I suppose it depends on your environment.
    I prefer a break from the cooking and cleanup while on holidays outside of a BBQ if the weather allows but I wouldn't class that as cooking


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    odyssey06
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    Technocentral wrote: »
    Part of the fun is cooking, we are making a veg curry here and heating it up down there for first two nights evening meals. Having Mexican eggs on the 2nd day for breakfast that we are cooking there etc.

    Same here. Looking forward to checking out local butchers and fishmongers around Carlingford and doing some different dishes. Lamb and oyster territory.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #81
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    Technocentral wrote: »
    Part of the fun is cooking, we are making a veg curry here and heating it up down there for first two nights evening meals. Having Mexican eggs on the 2nd day for breakfast that we are cooking there etc.

    No, it really isn’t. I’ve been doing nothing but cooking for three months. Nothing but lounging, please. That’s what holidays are for me. A break for usual activities.
    kippy wrote: »
    I suppose it depends on your environment.
    I prefer a break from the cooking and cleanup while on holidays outside of a BBQ if the weather allows but I wouldn't class that as cooking

    Exactly. I don’t want to cook or clean up on holidays. Minimal washing up at most.


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    #82
    Seamai
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    Technocentral wrote: »
    Hate all those Yank expressions like "Staycation", I just call it holidaying at home, going to stay in a Lighthouse, Gally Head in Cork end of July 650 for 3 nights for the two of us, driving straight there and self catering don't care about going to pubs etc so will be safe, always wanted to stay in a lighthouse. Re places in Ireland being expensive surely people have saved loads of money since March, we have anyway?

    That sounds really cool, it's as beautiful part of the world. Castlefreke / Long Strand is only 5 minutes away, great for walks though the strong currents make it unsafe for swimming but there are other beaches nearby. Rosscarberry which has to be one of Ireland's prettiest villages with some good eating options should you want them is only 15 minutes away.
    Enjoy!


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    #83
    TheAnalyst_
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    Not sure if it has been said yet. A staycation is when you stay at home and treat it like a holiday.

    Otherwise its just a holiday/vacation.


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    #84
    MrKingsley
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    TheAnalyst_ wrote: »
    Not sure if it has been said yet. A staycation is when you stay at home and treat it like a holiday.

    Otherwise its just a holiday/vacation.

    So when I was a kid (and I’m only in my early 30s) we spent our holidays in Bettystown. They were most certainly holidays. I’m not sure what my mum would’ve done if we asked when we were going for our staycation

    On topic though anyone looking for a nice trip I can’t recommend the Waterford-Dungarvan greenway enough. Plenty to see and do at both ends of it. It really is a gorgeous part of the country


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    #85
    Seamai
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    MrKingsley wrote: »
    So when I was a kid (and I’m only in my early 30s) we spent our holidays in Bettystown. They were most certainly holidays. I’m not sure what my mum would’ve done if we asked when we were going for our staycation

    On topic though anyone looking for a nice trip I can’t recommend the Waterford-Dungarvan greenway enough. Plenty to see and do at both ends of it. It really is a gorgeous part of the country

    Dugarvan has come on in leaps and bounds over the last few years with some really good eating options. A few kms inland you've got the Comeragh mountains with some stunning scenery and you're right that greenway is fantastic, I love the section south of Ballyvoyle tunnel where you hit the coast above Clonea strand.


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    #86
    shooter69
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    Technocentral wrote: »
    Hate all those Yank expressions like "Staycation", I just call it holidaying at home, going to stay in a Lighthouse, Gally Head in Cork end of July 650 for 3 nights for the two of us, driving straight there and self catering don't care about going to pubs etc so will be safe, always wanted to stay in a lighthouse. Re places in Ireland being expensive surely people have saved loads of money since March, we have anyway?

    Stayed in Galley head Lighthouse few years back , fantastic and a credit to the landmark trust who restore and run these places. Great walks around Galley head and Inchadoney and near clonakilty too for great food and pints , enjoy !


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    #87
    s1ippy
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    We tell everyone we're going away and then stay at home without anyone interrupting us, it's absolutely fantastic and completely free from any additional cost.


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    #88
    Seamai
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    Technocentral wrote: »
    Hate all those Yank expressions like "Staycation", I just call it holidaying at home, going to stay in a Lighthouse, Gally Head in Cork end of July 650 for 3 nights for the two of us, driving straight there and self catering don't care about going to pubs etc so will be safe, always wanted to stay in a lighthouse. Re places in Ireland being expensive surely people have saved loads of money since March, we have anyway?

    Shooter69 mentioned Clonakilty, a great little town, if you're planning cooking in rather than eating out, the SuperValu in the town is one of the best in the country. I had friends from London self catering in the area last summer and they were gobsmacked at the variety of products they had, said it was better than anything they had back home.


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    #89
    Cape Clear
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    Seamai wrote: »
    Shooter69 mentioned Clonakilty, a great little town, if you're planning cooking in rather than eating out, the SuperValu in the town is one of the best in the country. I had friends from London self catering in the area last summer and they were gobsmacked at the variety of products they had, said it was better than anything they had back home.

    Some great produce available up and down the country with some great restaurants hidden here and there. I would recommend this place for anyone staying near Kenmare or further a field it is well worth the drive. A holiday at home is a different experience to taking a week in a European sun trap for the most part and shouldn't really be compared like and like in my view.

    http://josiesrestaurant.ie/


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    #90
    DellyBelly
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    It's the weather that is the problem here. It's so frickin depressing.


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    #91
    fits
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    Cape Clear wrote: »
    Some great produce available up and down the country with some great restaurants hidden here and there. I would recommend this place for anyone staying near Kenmare or further a field it is well worth the drive. A holiday at home is a different experience to taking a week in a European sun trap for the most part and shouldn't really be compared like and like in my view.

    http://josiesrestaurant.ie/


    Two hour drive from Dingle!


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