We are traveling to Ireland soon. We bought the CIE package that allows B&B and Farmhouse stays, but it seems that nobody has availability. I found many where I would indicate an interest in certain requirements and days, and they would respond "yes", and then when I mentioned vouchers, suddenly the reservation opportunity dried up. Am I missing something or is my approach wrong? Help me understand....I want this entire vacation to go very well but feel I've already reached a stumbling block of sorts! Thanks.

We used vouchers in 1985 and found that they were accepted by some, but generally speaking they preferred cash. I think the vouchers were discounted so they had to pay a premium on them of some sort. Also, we checked in the with Tourist Board, once we got to Ireland, and they directed us to places that would accept vouchers. (it was limiting though) When we were at the tourist office they even called ahead for us, and sometimes the people have their own network, so to speak, and often they would know someone in the next place we wanted to stay. This worked out very well. If they didn't have any suggestions, we just stopped by the tourist office and they called ahead for us. Personally speaking, I have been back 4-5 other times and never used vouchers again. We only reserved the first night in our first stop (Dublin) so we would have a destination without any hassle after the flight. Then we just went from day to day as we chose, and NEVER had a problem. Pat --- BPALJAX@aol.com wrote: > We are traveling to Ireland soon. We bought the > CIE package that allows B&B > and Farmhouse stays, but it seems that nobody has > availability. I found > many where I would indicate an interest in certain > requirements and days, and > they would respond "yes", and then when I mentioned > vouchers, suddenly the > reservation opportunity dried up. Am I missing > something or is my approach > wrong? Help me understand....I want this entire > vacation to go very well but feel > I've already reached a stumbling block of sorts! > Thanks. > > > ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== > Join an Ireland list that discusses Irish genealogy, > history, and culture. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death > Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

We have always used CIE vouchers but on our last journey back to Ireland (last June 2004) we heard from a number of B&B folk that many B&Bs were only "reserving" a few rooms for vouchers. Vouchers are a discount, so the B&B folks do not get full "pay" when they take them. I found in the more remote places, and especially at :"non-touristy" times (Feb-April and Sept-Oct),vouchers are more easily used. A cousin has a B&B in the Ballinamore area of County Leitrim and she feels the vouchers are an important advertisement for their B&B. It will be interesting what CIE says..... Good luck Marcie ----- Original Message ----- From: <BPALJAX@aol.com> To: <IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:15 PM Subject: [GALWAY] Okay, I guess I missed something in the translation.... > We are traveling to Ireland soon. We bought the CIE package that allows B&B > and Farmhouse stays, but it seems that nobody has availability. I found > many where I would indicate an interest in certain requirements and days, and > they would respond "yes", and then when I mentioned vouchers, suddenly the > reservation opportunity dried up. Am I missing something or is my approach > wrong? Help me understand....I want this entire vacation to go very well but feel > I've already reached a stumbling block of sorts! Thanks. > > > ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== > Join an Ireland list that discusses Irish genealogy, history, and culture. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >