Strange Request...

tempnam

Hi all,

I have an unusual request....

I'm getting married later this year, and our meal is lunch in a restaurant in Portobello, along the Grand Canal. The 'afters' is in the Gibson Hotel (Beside the O2). There will be 42 people in total.

I am looking for a different way to transport everyone from the restaurant to the hotel - something other than a bus!

Does anyone know if it would be possible to arrange collection by boat on the canal in Portobello, and to drop us off on the Liffey outside the O2?

I have already been in contact with the 2 canal boat restaurants and they are both booked on the day of our event.

Thanks in advance!

fergal.b

Give these a call they might be able to help you out. http://www.vikingsplash.com/packages/liffey-river-cruises/




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tempnam

fergal.b wrote: »

Give these a call they might be able to help you out. http://www.vikingsplash.com/packages/liffey-river-cruises/




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Thanks. But I've already been in touch and they can't go up the canal. ideally we're looking to have the boat waiting outside when we finish the meal (instead of a bus).

I've also been in touch with viking splash tours about using them. But not sure as it's a wedding day & if there's bad weather people won't appreciate being put on an open sided boat/bus!

tempnam

fergal.b wrote: »

Give these a call they might be able to help you out. http://www.vikingsplash.com/packages/liffey-river-cruises/




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Thanks. But I've already been in touch and they can't go up the canal. ideally we're looking to have the boat waiting outside when we finish the meal (instead of a bus).

I've also been in touch with viking splash tours about using them. But not sure as it's a wedding day & if there's bad weather people won't appreciate being put on an open sided boat/bus!

fergal.b

I can't think of anyone else that would have the insurance to carry that many people sorry.
Best of luck with the wedding I could have brought the two of you with my last boat:)







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tempnam

So you don't still have it? Would have been nice to arrive in style!

Do you have any info on the licence requirements / permissions to use the canals, and is there anything stopping boats going from the Grand Canal Basin on to the Liffey?

One of the restaurant boats I spoke to said that they only go through one lock (but they advertise dinner cruises - how short is that cruise?!). It's starting to look like a non-runner to be picked up on the canal and then dropped off on the Liffey!

Sh1tbag OToole

tempnam wrote: »

So you don't still have it? Would have been nice to arrive in style!

Do you have any info on the licence requirements / permissions to use the canals, and is there anything stopping boats going from the Grand Canal Basin on to the Liffey?

One of the restaurant boats I spoke to said that they only go through one lock (but they advertise dinner cruises - how short is that cruise?!). It's starting to look like a non-runner to be picked up on the canal and then dropped off on the Liffey!

Tis up on adverts at the minute for 15k. So probably about 10% of the cost of an average wedding these days. Well worth it cause you'll still have it the following day

fergal.b

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Tis up on adverts at the minute for 15k. So probably about 10% of the cost of an average wedding these days. Well worth it cause you'll still have it the following day

Thats my other boat on adverts the one in the photo I sold to Wineport lodge to use for weddings.





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Sh1tbag OToole

fergal.b wrote: »

Thats my other boat on adverts the one in the photo I sold to Wineport lodge to use for weddings.





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didn't take a blind bit of notice to the pic you posted lol