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Travel Tip: How to get to Ireland - not by bus (handy tips of a blond traveler)

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Published on Feb 7, 2008 by lala30 for Dublin

My first ever trip to Ireland was a memorable one.
Do I love it there? Certainly I have been back 5 or 6 times since then. Was it fun? Most certainly so. Are the Irish friendly? I think I have bought 1 round in all 7 days I was there, thats Irish hospitality for you.
I will give you some travel tips that are not particular for any specific destination, but involve a lot of common sense. Because lets face it – no matter how wordly and well – traveled you consider yourself to be sometimes things happen. So we shall call these handy tips of a blond traveler.


Travel tip number 1 – always check the travel agency.

Do they know what they are doing? Do they know where they are going? Do you need visas? How can visas be sorted out? Anything and everything that comes to your mind, check beforehand.
See I thought I did check, as I have booked a trip with this particular agency on a previous occassion. But since it was only a day's outing to U2 concert and even though the logistics part left a lot to be desired I thought they knew what they were doing. And there is no better time to check then when you are preparing to embark on 50 hour long bus trip from Zagreb to Dublin via 6 different countries.
In the case of agency in question, they were short staffed and shall we say inexperienced for the logistics of navigating through 7 different countries with 60 something people in a double decker bus.
Ask for recommendations, ask around, search the travel forums or Cosmotourist. Do not make the same mistake I did and book a trip without checking because it was - lets face it – affordable.


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Comments (2)
2008-02-23 17:36:23
alternate text from katefirenze
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great information....i will keep that in mind!
2008-02-07 13:23:39
alternate text from Christina Hann-Trefzger
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sounds like it's for me even I am not blond hahhaha


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