Hello, Im planning a trip for me and my fiance to ireland for a week 30 july- 08 Aug 2013. We will have our flights and hotel covered and will be setting up home base in Dublin.

My questions are, How much should i budget for meals, breakfast is included with the hotel. a couple heavy drinking nights , and pints throughout the days. We dont want anythign extravagent for meals maybe just pub food etc. we also plan on day tours, maybe 2-3 full day tours of the countryside and then the sights in Dublin. Any recommendations? were both in our early twenties and comming from canada so just want to ensure we save enough for this trip. Also any advice on transportation around dublin and the countryside, and all that stuff would greatly help in my planning.

Thanks alot and i look forward to hearing your replies, But a complete check list of what to expect to pay for things would be amazing as well .

so meals will roughly be 15 each thats good, as far as tours go, do most depart from Dublin, as in is there a certain spot once we get there we can go to book day tours? the hotel we will be staying in is the burlington so i think thats fairly centrally located.

Thanks for the reply.

And as far as transportation goes, is it easy to get around the countryside by trains or busses and do they cost a lot?

If you are not locked in to staying all of your nights in Dublin, you might look to splitting time with Galway, which would get you to the West Coast and the Connemara region. There is train service between Dublin and Galway so that would get you there easy-peasy. Once in Galway, you can book a day tour to the Cliffs of Moher, grab a ferry out to the Aran Islands and explore Galway itself

-- Edited by CowboyCraic on Wednesday 9th of January 2013 10:22:24 AM