Ireland tours
Aug 9th 2004, 5:28 am
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Ireland tours
Planning trip to Ireland in 05. Any suggestions for Tour
Operators?
Operators?
Aug 9th 2004, 8:30 am
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Re: Ireland tours
robert fors <[email protected]> wrote:
> Planning trip to Ireland in 05. Any suggestions for Tour
> Operators?
hire a car, buy a guide book, stay at small b&bs.
you will have a great time and meet irish people, not other americans.
joan
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> Planning trip to Ireland in 05. Any suggestions for Tour
> Operators?
hire a car, buy a guide book, stay at small b&bs.
you will have a great time and meet irish people, not other americans.
joan
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Aug 9th 2004, 10:31 am
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Re: Ireland tours
> robert fors [email protected]
>Date: 8/9/2004 10:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <BD3D1E8A.189B%[email protected]>
wrote:
>Planning trip to Ireland in 05. Any suggestions for Tour
>Operators?
I just returned from a two week tour of Ireland. It was organized by C.I.E., a
quasi goverment organization that also opertaes the trains and buses in
Ireland.
This particular tour by coach started in Dublin and covered the Southern half
of the island, up to Galway and headed back to Dublin. Part of the group
stayed two days less and left from Shannon.
I had a lovely time. I would recommend them. They have several tours,
different duration, levels and cost. The only drawback to this tour was that
most members were from the US, not as international as I expected.
Good Luck.
Josuma
>Date: 8/9/2004 10:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <BD3D1E8A.189B%[email protected]>
wrote:
>Planning trip to Ireland in 05. Any suggestions for Tour
>Operators?
I just returned from a two week tour of Ireland. It was organized by C.I.E., a
quasi goverment organization that also opertaes the trains and buses in
Ireland.
This particular tour by coach started in Dublin and covered the Southern half
of the island, up to Galway and headed back to Dublin. Part of the group
stayed two days less and left from Shannon.
I had a lovely time. I would recommend them. They have several tours,
different duration, levels and cost. The only drawback to this tour was that
most members were from the US, not as international as I expected.
Good Luck.
Josuma
Aug 9th 2004, 1:55 pm
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Re: Ireland tours
On 09 Aug 2004 22:31:43 GMT, [email protected]nk (JOSUMA) wrote:
>I just returned from a two week tour of Ireland. It was organized by C.I.E., a
> The only drawback to this tour was that
>most members were from the US, not as international as I expected.
Well, that is because taking tours is an American thing. Most Americans
like to simply book a trip, not plan, and relax while on it. All-inclusives
are another American thing. Having all the meals included is called the
American plan. No meals included is called the European plan. Europeans are
more willing to put effort into figuring out what to do while on holiday.
Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
>I just returned from a two week tour of Ireland. It was organized by C.I.E., a
> The only drawback to this tour was that
>most members were from the US, not as international as I expected.
Well, that is because taking tours is an American thing. Most Americans
like to simply book a trip, not plan, and relax while on it. All-inclusives
are another American thing. Having all the meals included is called the
American plan. No meals included is called the European plan. Europeans are
more willing to put effort into figuring out what to do while on holiday.
Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
Aug 10th 2004, 2:34 am
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Re: Ireland tours
On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 21:55:18 -0400, Don Wiss <donwiss@no_spam.com>
wrote:
>On 09 Aug 2004 22:31:43 GMT, [email protected]nk (JOSUMA) wrote:
>>I just returned from a two week tour of Ireland. It was organized by C.I.E., a
>> The only drawback to this tour was that
>>most members were from the US, not as international as I expected.
>Well, that is because taking tours is an American thing. Most Americans
>like to simply book a trip, not plan, and relax while on it. All-inclusives
>are another American thing. Having all the meals included is called the
>American plan. No meals included is called the European plan. Europeans are
>more willing to put effort into figuring out what to do while on holiday.
I wouldn't generalize too much, package holidays are very popular in
many parts of Europe. These are usually the equivalent of bus tours,
except that they're stationary. You pay the travel agent and you go to
some beach resort, maybe in Europe, maybe in some exotic part of the
world and you get all your meals and lodging and entertainment, with
maybe a few add-on tours so you can see what the locals look like.
A young man who works in my husband's studio (in Italy) is taking his
summer vacation in a few weeks. He's going to such a beach resort in
southern Italy. Even in his own country, he decided to go with an
all-inclusive package rather than do some planning on his own.
I recently returned from a self-planned and self-guided tour of
Ireland and many of my neighbors here in Italy couldn't believe that
we were brave enough to do it all on our own.
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wrote:
>On 09 Aug 2004 22:31:43 GMT, [email protected]nk (JOSUMA) wrote:
>>I just returned from a two week tour of Ireland. It was organized by C.I.E., a
>> The only drawback to this tour was that
>>most members were from the US, not as international as I expected.
>Well, that is because taking tours is an American thing. Most Americans
>like to simply book a trip, not plan, and relax while on it. All-inclusives
>are another American thing. Having all the meals included is called the
>American plan. No meals included is called the European plan. Europeans are
>more willing to put effort into figuring out what to do while on holiday.
I wouldn't generalize too much, package holidays are very popular in
many parts of Europe. These are usually the equivalent of bus tours,
except that they're stationary. You pay the travel agent and you go to
some beach resort, maybe in Europe, maybe in some exotic part of the
world and you get all your meals and lodging and entertainment, with
maybe a few add-on tours so you can see what the locals look like.
A young man who works in my husband's studio (in Italy) is taking his
summer vacation in a few weeks. He's going to such a beach resort in
southern Italy. Even in his own country, he decided to go with an
all-inclusive package rather than do some planning on his own.
I recently returned from a self-planned and self-guided tour of
Ireland and many of my neighbors here in Italy couldn't believe that
we were brave enough to do it all on our own.
-----------
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
Aug 10th 2004, 2:56 am
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Re: Ireland tours
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:34:57 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>A young man who works in my husband's studio (in Italy) is taking his
>summer vacation in a few weeks. He's going to such a beach resort in
>southern Italy. Even in his own country, he decided to go with an
>all-inclusive package rather than do some planning on his own.
It's because package holidays are by far the cheapest way of having a
holiday.
>A young man who works in my husband's studio (in Italy) is taking his
>summer vacation in a few weeks. He's going to such a beach resort in
>southern Italy. Even in his own country, he decided to go with an
>all-inclusive package rather than do some planning on his own.
It's because package holidays are by far the cheapest way of having a
holiday.
Aug 10th 2004, 3:13 am
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[email protected] wrote:
>It's because package holidays are by far the cheapest way of having a
>holiday.
That's not my experience.
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>It's because package holidays are by far the cheapest way of having a
>holiday.
That's not my experience.
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Aug 10th 2004, 3:00 pm
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Re: Ireland tours
robert fors <[email protected]> wrote:
> Planning trip to Ireland in 05. Any suggestions for Tour
> Operators?
CIE is really the Irish company. I used another company when I went the
first time. Since I'm timid when travelling alone, I took a tour around
the country first, allowing myself extra time afterwards to go see other
places.
I think that was a lot better than just going independently. For one
thing, I learned a lot of Irish history and saw things I probably
wouldn't have bothered with had I travelled the other way.
On another trip, when I travelled with my late husband (he was alive at
the time, though) and my father, I was able to act as tour guide. We
went for two weeks using the B&B route and had a grand time.
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"Memes are a hoax! Pass it on!"
> Planning trip to Ireland in 05. Any suggestions for Tour
> Operators?
CIE is really the Irish company. I used another company when I went the
first time. Since I'm timid when travelling alone, I took a tour around
the country first, allowing myself extra time afterwards to go see other
places.
I think that was a lot better than just going independently. For one
thing, I learned a lot of Irish history and saw things I probably
wouldn't have bothered with had I travelled the other way.
On another trip, when I travelled with my late husband (he was alive at
the time, though) and my father, I was able to act as tour guide. We
went for two weeks using the B&B route and had a grand time.
--
_Deirdre web: http://deirdre.net blog: http://deirdre.org/blog/
"Memes are a hoax! Pass it on!"
Aug 10th 2004, 5:30 pm
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Re: Ireland tours
"Deirdre Saoirse Moen" <[email protected]> wrote
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> On another trip, when I travelled with my late husband (he was alive at
> the time, though) and my father,
I'm sorry for your loss, but at the same time I just sprayed the first
coffee of the day all over my keyboard. Thanks for that!
Jo
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> On another trip, when I travelled with my late husband (he was alive at
> the time, though) and my father,
I'm sorry for your loss, but at the same time I just sprayed the first
coffee of the day all over my keyboard. Thanks for that!
Jo
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Aug 10th 2004, 6:09 pm
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Re: Ireland tours
Darkginger <[email protected]> wrote:
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> "Deirdre Saoirse Moen" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> <snip>
>> On another trip, when I travelled with my late husband (he was alive at
>> the time, though) and my father,
>
> I'm sorry for your loss, but at the same time I just sprayed the first
> coffee of the day all over my keyboard. Thanks for that!
You're welcome.
Safety tip:
Never exchange your vows over the Stone of Destiny if you have a bad
one. (How to determine the quality of one's destiny is left as an
exercise to the reader.)
Oh, and:
Never get married on a hill cursed by a saint.
Though we legally got married in the US, we celebrated our wedding on
the Hill of Tara, thus fulfilling both of the above. Five months later,
he had a sudden stroke and died.
Not that I blame Ireland. :)
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"Memes are a hoax! Pass it on!"
>
> "Deirdre Saoirse Moen" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> <snip>
>> On another trip, when I travelled with my late husband (he was alive at
>> the time, though) and my father,
>
> I'm sorry for your loss, but at the same time I just sprayed the first
> coffee of the day all over my keyboard. Thanks for that!
You're welcome.
Safety tip:
Never exchange your vows over the Stone of Destiny if you have a bad
one. (How to determine the quality of one's destiny is left as an
exercise to the reader.)
Oh, and:
Never get married on a hill cursed by a saint.
Though we legally got married in the US, we celebrated our wedding on
the Hill of Tara, thus fulfilling both of the above. Five months later,
he had a sudden stroke and died.
Not that I blame Ireland. :)
--
_Deirdre web: http://deirdre.net blog: http://deirdre.org/blog/
"Memes are a hoax! Pass it on!"
