Finding Accommodations

It shouldn’t be so hard to find hotel accommodations for five nights in Ireland. I know Dublin will be one location and the second location will be someplace central. Luckily I came across a great website http://www.irelandyes.com/irelandguide.html for top rated B&B’s in Ireland and found a great central location to stay for three nights.

Now finding a Dublin hotel proved to be much more laborious because, (1) we are on a budget, (2) we have a rental car, (3) we need a central location, (4) we need a safe area, (5) we need a location that is easy to get to, and (6) we need to be within walking distance of a tavern. I am completely convinced that there is a hotel in Dublin that will meet the criteria listed. I begin the internet search: expedia, travelocity, hotels, priceline, irelandhotels, goireland, and orbitz; the more I search the more I come up with nothing. Damn, where are all the budget hotels with free parking? Definitely not in Dublin!

Now my moment of regret and guilt creeps in because I made the decision to fly into Shannon so we could rent a car and drive to Dublin. The reason I liked this option was because our flight gets in early, which leaves us at least 6hrs to expend before we could check into our hotel.

It’s too late to do anything about the flight arrangements so back to the hotel search. I eventually found a place, which was actually the first place I liked. This place was great because of the central location but the price was a bit high. Ultimately, the price difference was inconsequential considering there is parking, the hotel looks to be easily assessable from the main road, there is a tavern across the street, and it is in the center of the city.

One Dublin hotel booked and what a relief… now onto the last reservation to make, the rental car.