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Linzy428 May 18th, 2006 09:44 AM

Need Help! Dublin hotels are full!
 
A friend and I will be staying in Dublin June 7th-June 11th and every hotel and hostel is full on Friday and Saturday night! Any suggestions? Please help us, we are about to have to sleep on park benches, lol.
Thanx in advance for any info.
Linzy

GeorgeW May 18th, 2006 10:09 AM

Try a B & B. My wife and I stayed at a B & B just north of Dublin when on our honeymoon. I think the town's name was Swords.

tower May 18th, 2006 10:27 AM

Linzy..have you tried my favorite hotel in Dublin...Staunton's-on-the-Green? I belive they have recently expanded and may have something available.
Stu T.

tower May 18th, 2006 10:29 AM

...otherwise, Johnny and Betty Egan's "Montrosa Hotel" ( b and b), lovely place not too far from the center of town...
Stu T.

Powell May 18th, 2006 10:49 AM

How about Trinity College? I understand they rent out students' quarters in the sSummer.

otto May 18th, 2006 12:35 PM

have you tried the burlington? just stayed there, it was great. the jurys ballsbridge is good too. the shelbourne is closed for rennovations.

lucielou May 19th, 2006 06:27 AM

Jurys Christchurch?

eri May 19th, 2006 07:25 AM

Glenogre Guesthouse. Stayed threr twice. Very nice.

lucielou May 20th, 2006 04:43 AM

linzy

I checked with the Harcourt Hotel and they have availability for those dates for a twin room, however I will say, that the Harcourt can be quite noisy at night due to pubs and clubs in the area. You might like to check it out.



Double or Twin: Twin or Double Room for Double Occupancy. Rate includes taxes. Breakfast is additional cost and will be added to your bill on Departure. Full Irish and Continental breakfast available.
Room price per night: Euro 181


Shadow May 20th, 2006 01:00 PM

I stayed at Kilronan House in October with 2 friends and we loved it...they took very good care of us....
it was a 10-15 min. walk to Grafton Street shopping...
www.kilronanhouse.com
Shadow

WillTravel May 20th, 2006 01:12 PM

The tricky night is June 10. Hostelworld.com has one offering for June 10, if you search that night only.

Then you can find availability for other nights separately.

DejaDeb May 21st, 2006 07:33 AM

You're probabaly already aware of this website, but this is where I go to find hotels in Europe: http://www.venere.com

Good luck

annw May 21st, 2006 07:39 AM

I assume you've tried Fitzwilliam guesthouse (not hotel) -- I also recommend trying Trinity College.

Alternatively -- stay out of town in Skerries or other trainride-away spot.

SiobhanP May 22nd, 2006 01:16 AM

Go with trinity. They just renovated some new rooms in the older section of the college and I hear they are renting for the summer as well in the Hall at the back of the college. The rates are good and you are smack in town.

wanderlust5 May 22nd, 2006 03:27 AM

We just returned from Dublin. We stayed at the Westbury - but before checking into the mega hotel, we stayed three days at a B&B north of the Liffey - called Anchor Guest House. Great place. Try them!


caroline_edinburgh May 22nd, 2006 04:54 AM

The university term won't be finished by then, will it ?

uptowngirl2418 May 22nd, 2006 05:16 AM

Hello,
We were in Dublin last June. We stayed at Trinity, but their online reservation showed no rooms. We also stayed at Botanic View B&B which is near Glasnevin Cemetary north Dublin. It was very nice and the price was 33 euro per person. The owner was just wonderful and full of information.
We already had our reservation and U2 scheduled a third show at Croake Park that night. The pubs were packed with fans and there were helicopters flying overhead, etc. Crazy fun.


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