Ireland - Travel Deals

Ok my travel buddies, gather around and let me tell you a little secret. You know how when you talk to people who are planning a trip they almost always tell you they are going to travel in the summer or during one of the holidays. That is because almost everyone actually does choose to travel in the summer months or over the holidays. That is why airline tickets to Europe are always through the roof in the summer.

Now, my friends, you are a savvy traveler and you know that great adventures can occur any time during the year. You know that you don’t need it to be a perfect summer day to enjoy the experience of being in another country. You know that it is worth it to use your vacation time off from work to travel when you can actually enjoy it. You know that fighting crowds everywhere you go is not much fun.

You also should know by now that Autumn is absolutely the greatest time of year to travel to Europe. The crowds are gone, the sites are empty and the prices are amazingly cheaper. Witness the price on flights to Ireland. If you can swing it and go in November, not only will you save a bundle on your airfare but you will own the country by being the only one there.

For more on travel in Ireland, check out the awesome Ireland Travel Logue.

Make it to Ireland this autumn: One-Way Flights From $159+

You have to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. It is a national law to pretend you are Irish for the day. You have no other choice. You do have a few choices for how to spend March 17 this year, however. You could spend the day in a dive bar in Hoboken drinking green beer and listening to people around you who you can’t understand because they are so drunk. Or you could spend it in a dive bar in Dublin, drinking good beer and listening to people around you speaking with an accent that you can’t understand.

Not much of a choice, really. Choose Ireland.

United Airlines actually has a somewhat reasonable deal on St. Paddy’s vacation packages even this late in the game. You can flight to Dublin, stay at a hotel for four nights and enjoy those legendary Irish breakfasts all for around $1,000 depending on where you fly from. In addition, if you use the promotional code – EUFREETOUR – when you book it you’ll get a $100 in free tours. A tour guide could come in handy while you are wondering the streets of Dublin drunk and wondering what those pretty old buildings are all about.

Best of all you won’t have to listen to anyone put on a fake accent. That is always the worst part of St. Paddy’s Day in the States.

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Escape to Ireland for St. Paddy’s Day!

Isn’t it kind of funny that every year around the middle of March when St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated people start coming out of the woodwork claiming their Irish heritage? Ireland and its people have a good name in large parts of the United States and many a traveler has enjoyed warm visions of what it would be like to spend some time in Ireland.

Those visions might include kissing the Blarney Stone, hanging out in a small town pub hoisting a few and trying to understand people who speak English like you have never heard it before, wandering the streets of Dublin, playing golf on one of the wind strewn links courses and picking clover leafs while leprechauns dance around you.

You can make these visions a reality, well maybe not the bit about leprechauns, by taking advantage of some killer deals on flights to Dublin, Ireland from Boston, Chicago and New York. These are seriously discounted from the peak season prices and in case you are wondering what it is like to travel to Ireland in the late winter/early spring I can tell you from firsthand experience that it is awesome. You will literally have the castles to yourself and the tourist sites will have everything but tourists. The weather might be a bit gloomy, but that is the real Ireland and since you claim Irish heritage for St. Patrick’s Day you won’t complain about a few rain drops.

For the best info on where to go and what to see from the perspective of someone living in the country, check out the Ireland travel guide.