Cork girls...need a place to crash!

ElecKtrA

Hi guys,

Ok..so here is the situation...myself and my sister (who will only just be back from Oz) really want to go to Galway for the August bank holiday weekend....Accomodation appears to be completely booked up for the Saturday and Sunday night's!!! Can anyone assist with putting us up for a night or two???

I know it's a long shot but we are pretty
desperate at this stage :-(

Black_Knight

Aug 3rd and 4th is it? Booking.com says theres loads available.

biko

http://www.couchsurfing.org/

ben.schlomo

Loads on here too: http://www.hostelworld.com/search?search_keywords=Galway%2C+Ireland&country=Ireland&city=Galway&date_from=03+Aug+2013&date_to=05+Aug+2013

SteelyDanJalapeno

Checked there op,
There's loads of B&B's available

Mountjoy Mugger

Are the girls just looking for a freebie?

SteelyDanJalapeno

Couch Surfing was mentioned

antoobrien

ElecKtrA wrote: »

Hi guys,

Ok..so here is the situation...myself and my sister (who will only just be back from Oz) really want to go to Galway for the August bank holiday weekend....Accomodation appears to be completely booked up for the Saturday and Sunday night's!!! Can anyone assist with putting us up for a night or two???

I know it's a long shot but we are pretty
desperate at this stage :-(

Trying to get accommodation on the weekend of the races? My advice is don't hold your breath and if you get anywhere hold your nose while paying because it probably won't be cheap.

Try the hostels, they might have something.

NoPasaran

Seems legit

swiftman

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Redhairedguy

Not really sure what you're getting at here, swiftman. But if you can't be helpful to the OP, please don't bother posting.

Wompa1

Give it a miss. It's not worth risking your well being to use a service like couch surfing. I know a guy in the city who posted on couch surfing, trick being he didn't tell the women that he lived in a van!

Also heard from a guy in Australia that he tried it out and got assaulted by the guy who owned the apartment he got.

It's a dumb idea, you need to be naive to risk it.

biko

Tbh, if I was going drinking in another town on a bank holiday I'd rather wake up in a B&B bed than someone's apartment.

General General

Again, as I've elsewhere posted, house in Clifden, own helipad.

ScumLord

Wompa1 wrote: »

Give it a miss. It's not worth risking your well being to use a service like couch surfing. I know a guy in the city who posted on couch surfing, trick being he didn't tell the women that he lived in a van!

Also heard from a guy in Australia that he tried it out and got assaulted by the guy who owned the apartment he got.

It's a dumb idea, you need to be naive to risk it.

Couchsurfing has it's dangers but if you go with someone that has had a lot of people staying with them and plenty of feedback you can't go far wrong. I've been a couchsurfing host and met people in different countries through it though.

I wouldn't use it personally while traveling because I don't like the idea of staying at someones house but I've never had a problem with people that stay with me.

ElecKtrA

Thanks for all the replies.

Ideally we were trying to find a place in the town centre as we will probably be getting a bus up and all the places that were recommended to us were completely booked up!!!

Anyway, looks like we have a few others coming up with us now so we will try and sort out a house for the weekend

JillyQ

antoobrien wrote: »

Trying to get accommodation on the weekend of the races? My advice is don't hold your breath and if you get anywhere hold your nose while paying because it probably won't be cheap.

Try the hostels, they might have something.

Total agree with this. Good luck getting accomdation during race week. Most house and apartments are let for the week during the races.

balcan

Try Niland House
It's on merchant st in the heart of the city
You can rent an apartment by the night & off street parking free
I've stayed there when everywhere in Galway has been booked out
Last time 4 of us stayed there at €50 a head per night and its a nice place
The owners called Oliver and they can be contacted @ <snip>

Mod: Contact number removed, PM balcan if you want to contact the owner.

balcan

Sorry here's the link
www.nilandhouseapartments.com