Cheapest transport from manchester to Dublin

Kevhog1988

Ok guys,

Get to see my son every second weekend.... have been driving to holyhead and getting on the boat but the costs are actually killing me... is there an easier/cheaper method other than flying... i got the train once but it was an absolute killer.

almighty1

Inflatable dinghy

FatherLen

real answer:

I don't know to be honest. probably better off trying another forum(travel maybe).

AH answer:

Swim.

SEPT 23 1989

I thought the sail/rail ticket was cheap

biko

Cheapest is probably hiding in the boot of someone making the trip.

robinph

What's the problem with flying?

CrazyRabbit

Try find a business that has trucks/lorries/vans going back & forth to the UK regularly. You may be able to throw them a few quid for a lift. Just hide in the back.

Seems to work quite well based on the number of illegal immigrants in the UK.

jr22

theemigrant wrote: »

Ok guys,

i got the train once but it was an absolute killer.

Flying and forth to the UK for years and I could have been getting the train.

Raging that no-one told me about this fecking magic submersible train. :mad:

Eurolines with Bus Eireann is 26.50 per segment..

Hasmunch

theemigrant wrote: »

is there an easier/cheaper method other than flying

Probably not, where you gain on convenience you will lose on price.
Where you gain on price you will lose on convenience

Rented Mule

almighty1 wrote: »

Inflatable dinghy

Speedo/goggles.

Kevhog1988

robinph wrote: »

What's the problem with flying?

With my job its never constant 9 to 5... i can never plan to get say the 10pm flight from manchester as i could be working in london that morning....

Kevhog1988

NoDrama wrote: »

Eurolines with Bus Eireann is 26.50 per segment..

ive tried booking it yesterday and today and it wont let me... does anyone know if i can book via phone??

SEPT 23 1989

get that child back to dear old ireland

robinph

theemigrant wrote: »

With my job its never constant 9 to 5... i can never plan to get say the 10pm flight from manchester as i could be working in london that morning....

Well every other form of transport is going to have the same problem then if you can't pre-book, unless you are self powered such as the already suggested swimming option.

EB_2013

The Eurolines coach service is probably the cheapest way along with a sail/rail ticket going through Holyhead and then ferry to Dublin.

Just did a search from Dublin to Manc and its €26.50 each way per adult. Dearer at w/ends though. Ferry and train return is around €80. Handy if you need to travel last minute as flights are usually expensive when booking late on.

Amirani

Buy a life jacket and float over.

JustAddWater

NoDrama wrote: »

Eurolines with Bus Eireann is 26.50 per segment..

http://s24.postimg.org/ssry4mm91/wtf.png :eek:

says it all really

EB_2013

theemigrant wrote: »

ive tried booking it yesterday and today and it wont let me... does anyone know if i can book via phone??

Are you booking it through Eurolines UK?

The number is 08717 818177.

PizzamanIRL

Cheap skate.

The Backwards Man

Sell yourself on Ebay every week and post yourself over.

anncoates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI-YiaWDgB4

VONSHIRACH

NoDrama wrote: »

Eurolines with Bus Eireann is 26.50 per segment..

The 10 or 11 hour trip is madness, cheap at €26.50, but too slow for a guy visiting his child at the weekend.

shane9689

most definitely mega bus....you can sometimes get it for only 1 euro if you book at the right times
http://uk.megabus.com/

only gets you to rosslare though

Jimmy Iovine

That Eurolines bus is a killer. No way you'll be able to keep that up on a regular basis and have the energy to do anything else.

If you're really stuck for money you could always try and skip the fare on the train. Train inspectors in England and Wales take money on the train a lot more frequently than in Ireland. As such, it's quite easy to skip a fare if you do it right. Sometimes they completely forget to come around. I once got from London to Holyhead for free. No inspector at all and I had to run for my train so no way of buying it before hand.

Kevhog1988

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Cheap skate.

Try earning a living in another country... and then having to factor in maintenance, court costs, travel and items for the child.... it soon adds up!!

Kevhog1988

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

That Eurolines bus is a killer. No way you'll be able to keep that up on a regular basis and have the energy to do anything else.

If you're really stuck for money you could always try and skip the fare on the train. Train inspectors in England and Wales take money on the train a lot more frequently than in Ireland. As such, it's quite easy to skip a fare if you do it right. Sometimes they completely forget to come around. I once got from London to Holyhead for free. No inspector at all and I had to run for my train so no way of buying it before hand.

I work a 80/90 hr week on average.... bus wont bother me if i get to see my son!!


With regards to skipping the fare i dont think id try that to be honest mate... i try to pay my way wherever i go but would just rather pay a little less

EB_2013

VONSHIRACH wrote: »

The 10 or 11 hour trip is madness, cheap at €26.50, but too slow for a guy visiting his child at the weekend.

The service is usually overnight so its not too bad but I agree it does a long time compared to an hour flight. Its okay if you are stuck but I wouldn't fancy having to endure that trip regularly.

munchkin_utd

theemigrant wrote: »

ive tried booking it yesterday and today and it wont let me... does anyone know if i can book via phone??

em, ring them maybe?

but seriously, I get combo deals on channel and irish sea ferries (i.e. landbridge) from Stena and irish Ferries and they are only bookable on the phone, but its a normal landline number (as opposed to premium €2/min Ryanair jobbie) and they are some of the friendliest call centre people you'll ever talk to!

Kevhog1988

EB_2013 wrote: »

The service is usually overnight so its not too bad but I agree it does a long time compared to an hour flight. Its okay if you are stuck but I wouldn't fancy having to endure that trip regularly.

Son is 2 now.... ive done the 2.30am sailing almost every second weekend since he was born.... usually get no sleep the friday or the sunday night and straight to work on the monday but feck it... if ya bring a child into the worl you need to make sacrafices to see them and ensure they have what they need... Ill sleep enough when im dead

Kevhog1988

munchkin_utd wrote: »

em, ring them maybe?

!

i cant for the life of me find a bloody contact number..

SEPT 23 1989

theemigrant wrote: »

Son is 2 now.... ive done the 2.30am sailing almost every second weekend since he was born.... usually get no sleep the friday or the sunday night and straight to work on the monday but feck it... if ya bring a child into the worl you need to make sacrafices to see them and ensure they have what they need... Ill sleep enough when im dead

Could his mother not bring him over a few times to see his father?

Jimmy Iovine

theemigrant wrote: »

I work a 80/90 hr week on average.... bus wont bother me if i get to see my son!!

Well fair enough then. There are a few stops along the way. There's a decent one on the way back and you can get a bite to eat.

It's inexpensive but I'm never going to travel that way again, if I can help it.

One tip, try to find someone else who is getting off at the same stop as you to make sure that both of you actually get off at the stop. We fell asleep on the way over there once and missed the airport stop and ended up in Manchester city centre at half 5 in the morning. Bloody nightmare. We were lucky though. The next stop was Leeds and we wouldn't have known.

Kevhog1988

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Well fair enough then. There are a few stops along the way. There's a decent one on the way back and you can get a bite to eat.

It's inexpensive but I'm never going to travel that way again, if I can help it.

One tip, try to find someone else who is getting off at the same stop as you to make sure that both of you actually get off at the stop. We fell asleep on the way over there once and missed the airport stop and ended up in Manchester city centre at half 5 in the morning. Bloody nightmare. We were lucky though. The next stop was Leeds and we wouldn't have known.

I usually try n make friends with bus drivers and let them know my stop
woke up in tullamore a few times when i should of been getting off before edenderry during my student days

bonzodog2

Its (eurolines) cheaper online, esp with 2 weeks notice*. I'd guess you could book/pay by phone at the ticket office price, but you'd have to go and pick it up anyway.

*going ROI->UK

EB_2013

theemigrant wrote: »

i cant for the life of me find a bloody contact number..

Its 08717 818177

bonzodog2

theemigrant wrote: »

i cant for the life of me find a bloody contact number..

Eurolines central reservations UK tel: 08717 818177
rest of britain tel 08717 818181

(from a 2011 timetable though)

Kevhog1988

EB_2013 wrote: »

Its 08717 818177

Thanks, your a star!!!

NoCrackHaving

OP I also regularly do the Manchester to Dublin run and to be honest, flying is definately the cheapest option by a long way, the train/ferry combo or the bus combo works out mad expensive usually.

Kevhog1988

NoCrackHaving wrote: »

OP I also regularly do the Manchester to Dublin run and to be honest, flying is definately the cheapest option by a long way, the train/ferry combo or the bus combo works out mad expensive usually.

Costed me about 100 quid all in... Thats alright with me that.. so just £50 per week will go to travelling home... i think if i book earlier it will get cheaper.
Saving to try and get on the property ladder so every penny counts yano

Pherekydes

theemigrant wrote: »

Try earning a living in another country... and then having to factor in maintenance, court costs, travel and items for the child.... it soon adds up!!

I think it was a joke. i.e. "Buy yourself one single skate, and make it a cheap one."

If it wasn't a joke then the correct term is cheapskate (all one word).

ScumLord

Anything other than flying is madness unless you're transporting a load. I've done the ferry a good few times for work, up at 4 in the morning for the 9am ferry, 2 hours on the ferry, another 8 hours the other side. Your day is gone.

The plane is the fastest and cheapest way, the ferry is only useful if you want to fill your car up with stuff.

Amirani

ScumLord wrote: »

Anything other than flying is madness unless you're transporting a load. I've done the ferry a good few times for work, up at 4 in the morning for the 9am ferry, 2 hours on the ferry, another 8 hours the other side. Your day is gone.

The plane is the fastest and cheapest way, the ferry is only useful if you want to fill your car up with stuff.

Or you're a ponce who likes a peaceful read while whizzing through the countryside (me ).

Kevhog1988

ScumLord wrote: »

Anything other than flying is madness unless you're transporting a load. I've done the ferry a good few times for work, up at 4 in the morning for the 9am ferry, 2 hours on the ferry, another 8 hours the other side. Your day is gone.

The plane is the fastest and cheapest way, the ferry is only useful if you want to fill your car up with stuff.

by the time i get a taxi to and from manchester airport and then sort my dad out for juice money and toll to get down from dublin to kildare it ens up more expensive for me.

ScumLord

theemigrant wrote: »

by the time i get a taxi to and from manchester airport and then sort my dad out for juice money and toll to get down from dublin to kildare it ens up more expensive for me.

Use buses. I can get the bus from Dublin to Galway for a tenner, you shouldn't be paying more to get from Dublin airport to Kildare, although this being ireland you may well pay more.

I'd pay the premium to shorten my traveling time.

Kevhog1988

ScumLord wrote: »

Use buses. I can get the bus from Dublin to Galway for a tenner, you shouldn't be paying more to get from Dublin airport to Kildare, although this being ireland you may well pay more.

I'd pay the premium to shorten my traveling time.

Bus costs me circa €19 return to my place from busaras

ArmaniJeanss

You seem to be just rejecting every suggestion people put forward.
Realistically there's a limit on the amount of ways to get from the middle of England to Kildare quickly and cheaply.

Maybe try to get your visitation rights changed such that's its every 4 weeks but for extra days. Obviously depends on how amicable things are between you and the mother.

Kevhog1988

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

You seem to be just rejecting every suggestion people put forward.
Realistically there's a limit on the amount of ways to get from the middle England to Kildare quickly and cheaply.

Maybe try to get your visitation rights changed such that's its every 4 weeks but for extra days. Obviously depends on how amicable things are between you and the mother.

Sorry if i come across that way... ideally i would fly but i find it doesnt suit me tbh... im not afraid of flying but i find it makes me terribly tired for some reason.

Just as a fyi... i have organised the bus to dublin, a return from busaras to kildare and then the bus back to manchester... all for circa £110 and crucially im not putting people out by asking them to collect me etc. (dad never wants to take petrol money off me and we end up having a tussle at the airport but as hes not working and younger sister is in college i wouldnt have it any other way).

ScumLord

theemigrant wrote: »

Bus costs me circa €19 return to my place from busaras

Flights should be around the €50 or less mark, even with the likes of aer lingus if you book it right. Which puts you at €70 plus whatever the taxi costs. How does that compare to the ferry costs?

Kevhog1988

Cheapest ive had flights with say a month in advance is about £80 .. flights are dear to manchester rather than other towns because of united etc.... Taxi to Airport is £20 each way so thats up at £130 and then i usually steal dads car and put 30 worth of diesel in it when im home (i do that all the time anyway to help them along a bit)

seven_eleven

How much are flights? I got one for about €80 return back in march. I imagine it gets cheaper too, and tops off at about 110 at peak times.