Holidays

Irish Hotels? Struggling to survive? How about meeting customers needs?

Instead of doing the same thing that you’ve always done, hoping that eventually things will magically get better again. There were two [...]

More on Ireland’s Departure Tax

I wrote earlier this week about how, while I’m no fan of the governments departure tax, I don’t believe it can be [...]

Ireland’s Departure Tax – which came first, the tax or the drop in passengers

The topic of this blog post has been going around in my head for some time now, never quite making the light [...]

Come to Ireland on holidays, and see this? Wow! That’s harsh!

What do you think when you read this e-mail comments that came through from a reader to ValueIreland.com recently? Deciding on the [...]

World Cup Play Off Flights Uproar – ignore the grandstanding!

Following a close second in the pointless and non-newsworthy headlines stakes, we saw this beauty last Tuesday “Shameless rip-off as airlines hike [...]

Anyone tempted by this special holiday offer?

My friend who sent this to me definitely wasn’t:

Ireland deserves foreign holidays!

A few times over the past couple of weeks (over a few pints mind you), the term entitlement and the Irish race [...]

Incorrect advice on Travel Agents in the Evening Herald

Recently in the Evening Herald, Dan White provided some incorrect advice in response to a readers question about the safety of using [...]

B&B – I didn’t use my room, should I have to pay?

Irish News of the World Sunday May 31st, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane Question: I booked a B&B in Kilkenny last weekend for three [...]

Pop Quiz: Why do you fly Ryanair?

Ryanair describes itself as “the worlds favourite airline” in its press releases. It frequently provides the cheapest fares on its routes compared [...]