Foreign friend visiting Ireland. Affordable tour options?

vgf1995

Hi,
So, I have a friend from abroad that i met on erasmus in college and he would love to visit Ireland. We've just started seriously talking about it and i've realised I haven't a notion of how to organise it :eek:
I live in Dublin which i know he would like to see but I want to show him more of the country too. The unfortunate thing is I can't drive and we're both a bit low on funds so I want to try to do it as affordable as possible (hard when it comes to tourist spots I know). I thought of booking onto a tour but the only company I know is CIE and they were asking for crazy money.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
(The plan is he comes for about 4 days in March/April. I would love to bring him to the West or maybe down to Killarney. Belfast?)

Rows Grower

Check out the "Paddy Wagon" tours, I know nothing about them except their buses are always doing the Ring of Kerry.

harr

vgf1995 wrote: »

Hi,
So, I have a friend from abroad that i met on erasmus in college and he would love to visit Ireland. We've just started seriously talking about it and i've realised I haven't a notion of how to organise it :eek:
I live in Dublin which i know he would like to see but I want to show him more of the country too. The unfortunate thing is I can't drive and we're both a bit low on funds so I want to try to do it as affordable as possible (hard when it comes to tourist spots I know). I thought of booking onto a tour but the only company I know is CIE and they were asking for crazy money.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
(The plan is he comes for about 4 days in March/April. I would love to bring him to the West or maybe down to Killarney. Belfast?)

Dublin for a night , then regular bus to Galway (cheaper than the train) one night in Galway . From Galway get a day bus tour plenty of choice including islands if needed and not very expensive.
Then it’s your choice cork or up to Belfast you probably won’t fit all you want to do into 4 days.

mikemac2

I did the Game of Thrones tour in NI and it was brilliant

If you’re not fans of the show they have other tours

https://www.mccombscoaches.com/tours/game-of-thrones-tour

otnomart

Years ago, with family staying with me in Dublin and also with budget very much in mind we did:
-day trip to Glendalough by bus with St. Kevins Bus Service
-day trip by Kilkenny by normal bus
-2/3 nights in Galway: first day, visiting Inishmore; second day, bus tour (I think it was with Lally) to Burren and Cliffs of Moher,

Other cheap day trips from Dublin are:
-Powerscourt (the waterfall is very famous abroad and featuring in a lot of movies) , you can get there with Dublin Bus;
-Trim Castle;
-Newgrange & Boyne Valley tour with Bus Éireann