Hi Michelle, We didn't stay in any cottages in Ireland (time too limited) but did do that in a couple of places in Britain. We found this very economical and convenient, especially with a hire car and a plan of where we were going. Some big days but it was great to have a base to come back to and not have to keep packing and unpacking all week. We would just decide if we would cook for ourselves or go to a pub (pubs won most of the time). The only problem I had with the cottages was that they had to be Saturday to Saturday which we didn't necessarily want to do and had to adapt to. Had to have one very big day of driving to get from one to the other. Jenny. -----Original Message----- From: donegaleire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:donegaleire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of M & T Sent: Monday, 6 October 2008 11:50 AM To: donegaleire@rootsweb.com; irl-co-donegal@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] lfuture trip to Ireland with children Dear Listers what a wonderful group of people you are!!! I am very appreciative of all the information in the responses. Well this is what we are thinking at this time: it might work best to rent a cottage for a week or 2 at a time. Shouldn't that save money compared to staying in one room in a hotel every night??? That is how it is here in the eastern US. Please let me know about that one! your suggestions are very welcome. Our main goal to to check out county Donegal and Tipperary town in Co. Tipperary. >From what we have been told so far - it looks like the first night will probably be spent in Dublin. Yes, I will be traveling from the US. We are trying to make it a family reunion - with one of my daughters & her children who lives on the West coast. We should know with in the month if we will be able to make this trip. Planning, getting all the details and costs are more stressful than the trips! Also - is it more expensive to get 2 taxis or rent 2 cars?? Thanks again Michelle When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONEGALEIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message