• The TUGBBS forums are completely free and open to the public and exist as the absolute best place for owners to get help and advice about their timeshares for more than 30 years!

    Join Tens of Thousands of other Owners just like you here to get any and all Timeshare questions answered 24 hours a day!
  • TUG started 31 years ago in October 1993 as a group of regular Timeshare owners just like you!

    Read about our 31st anniversary: Happy 31st Birthday TUG!
  • TUG has a YouTube Channel to produce weekly short informative videos on popular Timeshare topics!

    Free memberships for every 50 subscribers!

    Visit TUG on Youtube!
  • TUG has now saved timeshare owners more than $24,000,000 dollars just by finding us in time to rescind a new Timeshare purchase! A truly incredible milestone!

    Read more here: TUG saves owners more than $24 Million dollars
  • Sign up to get the TUG Newsletter for free!

    Tens of thousands of subscribing owners! A weekly recap of the best Timeshare resort reviews and the most popular topics discussed by owners!
  • Our official "end my sales presentation early" T-shirts are available again! Also come with the option for a free membership extension with purchase to offset the cost!

    All T-shirt options here!
  • A few of the most common links here on the forums for newbies and guests!

Father-son trip to Ireland

Dori

Dori

TUG Review Crew: Expert
TUG Member
Joined
Jun 6, 2005
Messages
3,159
Reaction score
964
Location
Scarborough, Ontario
DH and 24 year old son are doing a 10 day trip to Ierland next month. They arrive in Dublin and will rent a car. Any suggestions for must sees, and suggested routes?

Thanks!

Dori
 
Absolutely NO DRINKING and DRIVING! It is taken very seriously and the limits are much lower.

Yes, the pubs are everywhere and they close early. Hotel guests are residents where they are staying and can be served there after hours. (Unless this has changed since they joined the EU).
 
Go-As-You-Please-Ireland

There's a program for b&b vouchers at a reasonable price (37 Euros per person per night) that has some wonderful properties, 1600 altogether:

http://www.irishtourism.com/go-as-you-please-ireland/index.htm

Had we been a party of 2 rather than 4 when we visited Ireland last year, this would have suited us better than our timeshare stay.

Edited to add: somewhere online is the list of properties included, I don't see it on that website, but it's somewhere ... if you're interested and can't find it, let me know and I'll keep digging, because I had put this in a file when I was planning our trip for 2007. Most were private homes, but there were some very historic-type, castle-type places as well.
 
Last edited:
We went down to Waterford then up to Galway and whilst we didn't do the Ring of Kerry, did something very similar. Food was great everyone - people wonderful.
 
Thanks for the link, Laurie. DS is arriving home from South Korea (he has been teaching ESL there) tomorrow. I'm so excited! We haven't seen him since January! I'll get them looking on that site in the next few days.

Thanks all for your suggestions.

Dori
 
We did a 2 week trip driving around Ireland about 10 years ago...had a wonderful time. The two places I enjoyed the most were Kinsale (we stayed at Acton's Hotel) and the Aran Islands, where we stayed at a wonderful B&B called Kilmurvey House. Sligo was beautiful and memorable as well, I remember waking up one morning and seeing horses & riders galloping past our hotel in the early morning mist. Not a site you see every day in the US !The countryside was beautiful eveywhere we went, and we always felt very welcome. I'm sure your family will have a wonderful time...
 
DH and DS are pouring over maps to plot their route. I have them booked into the Liffy Clarion Hotel in Dublin for 2 nights. I got them a really good rate through Hotels in World.com. I just hope there really is a room for them ! LOL!

They will head north to Belfast and then I'm not sure what their plans are. I'll keep you posted! Please keep those suggestions rolling in! I'm writing them all down.

Thanks!
 
Ireland Forever !

Dori said:
DH and 24 year old son are doing a 10 day trip to Ierland next month.
Click to expand...
What happens if they get to Dublin, look up the family tree in the genealogy library, & make the startling discovery that they're actually Scottish ?

After all those years of believing they're Irish, wouldn't that be something ?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​



 
Alan, I'm sure that after a few pints, they will think they are related to everyone there! :eek:

Dori
 
Well, DH and DS arrived in Dublin safe and sound. They went on the Guinness Brewery tour. I booked them into the Clarion at Liffey Valley for $85 Canadian per night for 2 nights. I used Worldinhotels.com to get that price, as opposed to $235 per night on the Choice Hotels site. They did a tour of Dublin and then on to Belfast. They are being rather stingy with their e-mails home, but I'm sure they'll have lots to tell me when they get back.

I'll keep you posted on their travels.

Dori
 
Well, they have done Portrush, Bushmills Distillery, The Giant's Causeway, a rope bridge, beautiful coastal drive and on to Limerick and Cork. They are having a great time!

Dori
 
Tell me more

about their Cork experiences. We will probably do an overnite there from our homebase of Fitzpatrick's next spring.

Thanks for all your updates on their journey thus far!
 
They are just boarding their flight home now, so when I get more info, I'll post.

Dori
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top