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WHILE LAS VEGAS might be a slightly better destination to head to if you’re planning a party — Dublin leaves the likes of New York and Rio de Janiero in the shade, at least, according to one metric.
The capital’s been named at number six in a list of best value party cities for Eurozone travellers, according to research from accommodation website Hotels.com.
The site’s Hotel Price Index measures prices paid per hotel room rather than advertised rates.
At an average of €88 per room per night, Dublin’s just ahead of Barcelona in seventh place — followed at the lower end of the table by London, New York and Rio.
Bangkok tops the list — with the rest of the top five comprised of Madrid, Vegas, Buenos Aires and Berlin.
Speaking earlier this week, Tourism Minister Leo Varadkar said he hoped to grow the number of tourists heading to Ireland by 4 per cent by the end of the year.
The current focus of the Government is on growing visitors from developing markets, the Minister said.
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Big difference between best value party city and best party city – Dublin is definitely not a party city – closing hours are terrible for a start esp for clubs – not great if u want to shake your moneymaker.
Opening hours are worse in Cork…. No alcohol after 2 am, Dublin seems to go on until at least 3.
Dublin is a great city for a night out, it’s just a pity that all the depressed cranks in here don’t give it a try ….
Dublins a great city with some of the nicest and most genuine people on the planet living in it
Totally agree Anthony
As a Wexford man I go for a night out there 2-3 times a year and love certain places. Great music, entertainment, food & craic of course
they have their fair share of wannabe a****** on any given night though, just have to zone out and pretend its not there or avoid certain places.
Personally i find that utter nonsense. Dublin is a very average city not much difference from say Sheffield of Leeds. As for nicest and most genuine people on the living planet’ on my experience from doing business and working in Dublin all i have found were dimwitted thieves and physiological lie’s from half backed bores with nothen to say except something about foreign sports teams .
As bad as dublin a closing hours are at least it’s better than London ! Try getting a pint in London after 11 o clock
They have 24 hour licensing in the UK.
Which no pubs seem to use !
Brendan you’re showing the weaknesses of being book smart as opposed to street smart. Exists in theory but anyone familiar with the London night-life will tell you that in practice this seems to mean nothing.
Didn’t it just turn out to be one almighty mess when they introduced it and tried it out? That could be why they switched back voluntarily. Added security costs and staff demanding taxis home as the Tube is closed. Not worth it for keeping a small few customers “happy”. Still completely disagree with compulsory closing times though, as there are in Ireland.
I worked in a pub in London which had a 24 hour licence but still closed at 11 during the week, 1 Friday and Saturday and half 10 on Sundays. Manager just said it wasn’t worth paying staff and security to stay open later. I’ve been to some 24 hour pubs over there and they’re usually fairly dodgy.
cities aren’t rating by closing times, gotta think of everyone else, don’t be selfish now.
What? I lived in London and never had a problem getting a pint after 11. Shoreditch, Camden, Clapham, Soho, Shepherds Bush, you need to look harder! !!
Nah. I live there too for the last number of years. (Currently in clapham)The vast majority close at 11.30 or whatever it is. Of course the occasional one opens late – but the vast majority don’t.
Aberdeen is the same although Newcastle and Birmingham are far better cities for longer opening hours
The pubs that open late in Camden will charge you to get in £5-£10 entry after 11pm.
Me hole it is , whoever made the list hasn’t travelled much .
Mr Byrne try a dating agency and then you might get out to enjoy dublin
True Bangkok,Berlin, Belgrade all better than Dublin for a night out.
I live in Sydney you g.bshite , I lived in Dublin for 3 yrs it’s a kip
Thank god your gone don’t rush back numptie
Oh I won’t , don’t worry , I don’t like tripping over junkies on every street corner . Enjoy though if that’s your thing .
Excellent
Don’t blame you for wanting to leave Castlecomer John.
Castlecomer the jury rests
John likes his battered sausage when he come s home from the big smoke to his mammy aawwww touching
Dublin and most of Ireland is great for a party as your never to far away from some good entertainment. And I’ve traveled the world and I can tell you one thing if your looking for fun in other countries you ain’t gonna find it on every corner.
In 2006 to 2009 when a I lived in Dublin doing shiftwork, Flannerys and coppers would be packed every night. The rest of the town not much going on. Can only imagine what its like these days.
Do they mean Dublin in Texas?
Wish all those queer bars would be forced to shut, then it would be party capital!
It’s too early for this sh1t, bore off
Homophobic first aid courses in Jury’s in Cork. That’s some advertisement for a business. You will do well.
Life saver, that was just stupid.
On a scale of 1 to 10, if lifesaver is 10, where is homophobic wedding cakes and the homophobic shaggy journalist?
If your partying is interrupted by the thoughts of the gay bar around the corner then do the world a favour; stop being so angry and be out and proud Lifesaver
What a tosser
As a person who works in town I can honestly say the junkie situation is disgraceful! I pass by them as they shoot up, as I go to and from work. And I work ten am to six pm and I still see it daily !!
Rachelle shoe me a city that doesn’t have junkies shooting up other than Sydney of course which is utopia as per the Byrne numptie
Yeah, every city has them. But not right slap bang in the centre. Putting the meth clinic just off O’Connell Street was clearly not one of the better ideas in this world. This, combined with the fact that nothing is being done to police the situation, is why it’s spun out of control and has become more visible in Dublin than anywhere else.
Ever been to lester square in London at night
Yeah, at night! That’s the thing. In Dublin they’re sitting there in broad daylight – a permanent fixture on a street that is effectively the centrepoint of our entire country.
You can’t police junkies unfortunately Denis. Being em in, charge em and they’re back out loitering around the area where they were arrested. Bring em to court, get bail, back around area where they were arrested. You need to take the sh1t away from this flies. Meth clinic/other junkies decentralised.
You don’t mean like las ramblas in Barcelona how many examples do you want
Do you honestly think they would have methadone centres in housing estates they are all in the centre of cities
I’d vote for tel aviv
In what universe does rating hotel prices = rating how good a city is for partying?!
Number one for junkie skum tho
Top 5 murder city more like…….
Nope, doesn’t even make the top 50.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_murder_rate
Don’t worry Leigh, Dublin is working dilligently to rectify that stat!
Dublinaphobia (noun): The chronic and irrational fear of the capital city of Dublin by country bumpkins who have never lived in the city.
I’ve lived in quite a few major cities around Europe and felt safest in Dublin.
You can go almost any area at any time and not feel threatened at all. Dublinaphobia is dead right…
Inntalitarian I completely agree with you. I’m certain that the familiarity that I have with Dublin helps but I have never felt unsafe in Dublin. Worked, lived, went to college and spent hundreds of days and nights out and about the City and I really do think that it’s a largely very peaceful city. There are pockets of trouble like you’ll find everywhere but I really think they are few and far between.
i’ve lived in the city for 10 years once, i got that bug Darren, don’t like the place or it’s people in general. some nice folk, but generally the older types. full of wannabes now, one time culchies turned hipsters, know it alls. no thanks.
Ah we used to party, back in the boom years when we all went mad borrowing. Now the only party we have worth having is Fine Gael!
(I’m a red thumb junkie)
What exactly does dublin have to offer?
Me!! I live in Dublin, i’m told i’m a sound guy. Playing pitch and putt on saturday in St Annes park, you’re more than welcome to join us
I dont want Dublin as a party city as it fits too well with the stereotypical view of drunken irish.
You pansy
True, as a person who works in town, the junkie situation is disgraceful! I pass them by shooting up, while going to and
It’s justified Dublin not been in the top 5 city nights out if you can’t even get a pint for under a fiver
Grammar police alert (sorry!):
It should be “comprised” and not “comprised of”…
Dublin is one big junkie dump !
Dublin is one big junkie dump !
I’ve heard Vegas is like a ghost town Monday to Thursday which would make things a bit dull if you were there for a week. It might be the place to party on a weekend but other than that, no thanks.
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