Dublin Skylon Hotel

Generally speaking, when it comes to special occasions like weddings, I always end up driving. But on this occasion, I put my foot down. I simply could not be bothered to drive back from Dublin, and more importantly, not be able to have a drink. Money comes into my descisions, more and more these days. I would have loved to have been able to afford to stay in a fancy-pants hotel, and be waited on hand and foot. Mr Brown, has caused our purse strings to become so tight, that I fear the knot may never come out. So I was more in the market for an economy hotel. Parking is a huge problem in Dublin, and so I was looking for a hotel with free ...  Read the complete review

My colleague and I arrived at the conference centre we were booked in to and discovered to our consternation that the rooms allotted to us were not good enough. After a short debate we went down the road to the Dublin Skylon and asked for accomodation there. We dickered with them about the price and finally settled on two single rooms en suite at 74.00 euro each per night plus 10 euro for breakfast per day. The desk staff were friendly and efficient and soon gave us our keys and a breakfast voucher. I had requested a smoking room and was allotted one on the third floor. The room keys were a plastic pass and worked perfectly first time. ...  Read the complete review

MY PREVIOUS VISITS TO DUBLIN were always a day-time engagement since it is only 4 hours car drive or 6 hours by bus (return) from Belfast. But during the fourth visit to the south of Ireland last Easter, my Irish friends and I decided to stay over night at Skylon Hotel. Frankly, the hotel is not new to us especially for my friends since they had the chance to book themselves few years ago, or they always park the car here during their day time visits. One week prior to the holiday, my friends booked on-line for 99 euros for a triple bedroom night accommodation. A 20 euros deposit fee (for per night per room basis) was paid by credit card and the balance was ...  Read the complete review