Dublin B & B suggestions please
 

Hi, does anyone know of any cheap bed and breakfasts in Dublin (Christchurch/Temple Bar area)? We just need one night and it doesn't have to be fancy. Thanks.

Cheap and the area of town you are looking at are not synonomous. Your best bet in that area is the Jury's Christchurch that offers a set price no matter the amount of people in the room. Most inexpensive B&B's are outside the city.

Thank you. I have looked into and read about Jury's (and we may do that) but there are only 2 of us so having more people in a room won't work for us. I'm curious if there are any other options, like a B&B. Any other suggestions?

Natasha, You obviously did not read what Mikey posted or did not understand it. There are no cheap B&Bs in the area of Dublin that you want to stay in. Property prices are sky high there and you will find only hotels and guesthouses and will pay accordingly. If you want to stay in a cheap B&B it will be a trade-off of staying in the suburbs of Dublin and taking a bus or public transportation into the city centre. Your choice is stay right downtown and pay lots of euros or stay on the outskirts of town and pay less. Or you can stay in a hostel.

Natasha,<BR><BR>There is a hostel just on the quays (river) beside o'connell street Called the Abbey Hostel. You can get a B&B cheaper than Jurys but NOT city Centre. Try the Ashling Hotel (it's a best Western) this is located by the train station and it's a 5 mins bus ride up the quays. The area is nothing nice but fine for a night. As well contact Bord Failte and they have a listing of all certified B&B's in the Dublin area. Try around sandymount/ballsbridge for a B&B as they also are 5 mins bus from town.

why don't you do a search on the web for 'cheap accommodation in Dublin' -any of the search engines should come up with Ideas.

We stayed at Trinity Lodge, near Trinity College. Not quite in the area you want but everything is so close by, I don't know how much it matters. At the time (2 years ago), our room for 2, including breakfast was 95IEP. Here are the URLS for more information: <BR>www.placetostay.com/dublin-trinitylodge<BR>www.bookings.org/ie/hotels/trinity

Try Kinlay House. It's a hostel but very reasonable - ?28.50pp for a 2 bed ensuite room. It's right in the area that you're looking for and probably better value than an B&B. Website at www.kinlayhouse.ie

Doesn't one of the universities rent out their students quarters quite reasonably during the summer ? Sorry - I'm not sure where - maybe someone else can help or try searching under University College Dublin, Trinity College or Dublin University.

Thank you to those that actually had some useful suggestions. Much appreciated. I will look into these.

Try an internet search on O'Neills Pub and Accommodation. Looked nice to me and right beside Trinity College. Rates looked good too. Family owned. Let us know what you decided.

I would be careful of the area by O'Neills. Not a place I would walk in at night. I live in Dublin and saw there was accommodation signs above the pub (drank there a few times as well!) but I am unsure about the place for accommodation. There has been more problems with crime iin Dub;lin lately at night in bad areas so if you do stay there and go out for a few pints late just take a taxi back. It will not cost much!<BR><BR>Enjoy!

At present some of the hotels are as cheap as B and Bs.I noticed above somebody has got a room in the Westbury Hotel,off Grafton St. for Euro 99.See www.jurysdoyle.ie.

Jury's is cheap for a reason--it's not very nice. You're better off at a hostel. Ended up staying at one because I couldn't find anything else, and for 11 punts (before the conversion), I couldn't really complain. And it smelled better than Jury's.

This message is directed to Ann who had a bad experience at a Jurys hotel. Jurys is a huge chain with everything from one star to five star hotels. Obviously yours was at the lower end. I have stayed at the Westbury recently - on a special rate. They have just finished a 6.5 sterling renovation of the hotel, it is a 5-star, member of leading hotels of the world and in the heart of Dublin. Sorry you had a bad experience.

Natasha - try www.irelandexpert.com. Patricia Preston does an overview of all things Irish - broken into areas and hotels, tours, suggestions, etc. Find Dublin and look at her B&B recommendations. Be aware that most B&B's charge by the person, not the room and that tends to add up. My son recently used her recommendations for a suberb B&B in Dingle, a hotel in Galway that he was very pleased with, etc. Good luck!