Chris,
Thanks so much for the adventure! What and adventure, already planning our 4th trip. I can’t believe we waited so long between visits, not again. We won’t wait so long between trips and our friends will be going back as well.
First of all let me just say that New York airport and I are not on friendly terms. Delayed getting the airplane to the gate and delayed leaving there on the way back, what a mess! I will say for the size of Atlanta they handle things very well, always had good service and friendly there also
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Chris
Thank you for a well planed trip and accommodations in Ireland.
Your business name - "Enchanting Ireland" really reflects both your plans and great service.
We enjoyed every minute of our stay. staying in one B&B for a few days was brilliant as it allowed us to spend more time traveling.
We wish you all the best and successful business
Best regards,
Ehud R., Israel
We are home and the trip was AWESOME! We were on the Driftwood part of Vagabond. The picture you posted was probably Mia's group as we seemed to follow each other. We had a non stop flight on Aer Lingus out of Boston, arrived in Dublin @ 5:00 am, had the best taxi driver who gave us a quick tour and suggestions as to what to do with our one day.
Arrived at the Westbury Hotel not expecting to find a room ready, but to our surprise there was one
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Chris-
We ended up driving ~750 miles all told (only about 100 or so totally lost!). Apparently, I need more signs than the Irish to get where I'm going. Not a big fan of tour buses, either. Had a couple "WTH!" encounters with them on the cart paths, I mean roads. Yikes!
Overall, I will say the trip was great- enjoyed it very much. B&Bs definitely the best way to go. We liked Killarney the best (so beautiful!) and Dublin the least (mostly just another big crowded city, and I think we were getting tired by then, too)
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Our trip is done today and I am writing from Dublin airport.
Everything you arranged was perfect. I was worried with the changes but there were zero problems.
Thanks a million as they say. We would like to return and do a circle drive from Dublin covering the south next time.
Hope you are having a great tone here too.
Chris,
I wanted to flood your Facebook with pictures, but in the end decided to pick my favorite. A rainbow seemed appropriate! My jacket size is Small. That's so thoughtful of you. :)
The trip went amazingly! The car was perfect (they gave us a tiny one that zipped along the narrow roads, and Miles became an Irish driving pro by the end). The B&Bs were an awesome choice; the owners added such a personal touch to our trip and we loved talking with them
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Chris,
I cannot even begin to properly describe how wonderful our Ireland vacation was. Thank you so much for your assistance with booking the trip. The River Lee Hotel in Cork had probably the most comfortable bed I have ever slept in (and being pregnant that was a definite plus). I even went to their spa for a pedicure and it was fantastic. Everything about the trip that you handled for us went smoothly; from the hotel accommodations and using the website to pre-book our B&Bs to the rail tour to Belfast and the Giant’s Causeway and even picking up and dropping off our rental car
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Hey Chris! The honeymoon was amazing. The weather was really nice for this time of year. Everyone we met kept saying it was unseasonably warm and we must have brought the weather with us. haha We managed to fit a LOT of sightseeing in and had a blast. J was really nervous with driving the first few days but he started getting the hang of how everyone drives over there. We learned to pull the side mirrors in! Covered a lot of miles and took a lot of photos
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You have always been an advocate of saving people money and I feel that you have always treated me fair, that is why I keep coming back when I travel to Ireland and if we decide to go somewhere else that is on your list...I will be a return customer. I feel that you have always puts my wants and needs for my special vacations first while doing your best to save me money, not everyone would do this. I like your theory that if you save more...you can travel more
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Hi Chris,
Yes, Ireland was amazing! Can't wait to go back again.
The credit statement should arrive this week, so will double check - but I am sure they did the refund...thanks a million for handling that for us. [NOTE: A prepaid hotel charged them for some reason but we were able to quickly have that refunded.]
Dublin was fun and pretty frenetic. We were ready to go by the time the day came. The hotel (as you had said) was very basic
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Chris, thank you! Everything went very smoothly with no issues. The only "snag" that we ran into was with the rental car. We ended up paying out an additional $295 US for the rental. First, the person driving must have a credit card in their name. We only brought one card and it had my name on it, not my husband's, so we had to add him as an additional driver for 10 Euros a day. Then they charged you 75 Euros for gas and then there was the insurance
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Chris, It was so good to catch up with you a few days ago. Our trip to Ireland was truly magical, and these memories will be with us always. As promissed, I will try to fill you in on the details of our trip.
As we discussed, the only disappointment was Christchurch Hall Apartments. Obviously the location was fantastic. However, the caliber of the facility was not up to par. As I mentioned on the phone, in our first apartment at the beginning of the trip, our unit was just okay,but the living room door would not remain in an open position, and it slammed shut
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HI Chris,
Just wanted to let you know we had a wonderful trip without
any hitches. We really got to do a lot and the weather
cooperated. We did a 5 mile hike in the Burren and did the 7 mile hike
through the Gap of Dunloe and then took Boat across the Lakes to Ross
Castle. Bed and Breakfast in Beaufort was beautiful and in walking
distance of Kate Kearney’s. We had a beautiful day when driving Conor Pass into Dingle
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Fabulous!
We had a great time! thanks for your expertise!
We made it back safe and sound. The trip went well. Didn't get everything done that we had wanted to but I was moving slow. Ended up having knee surgery before we went. Was on crutches but hired a wheelchair because I knew I wouldn't be able to walk much the first week.
It rained every day we were there. Not the best weather but a couple days it cleared right before we were going to do outdoor tours so something was working right. Highest temp I ever saw on the car's temp gauge was 19°c so I don't think that was quite 70 but close
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Chris,
The vacation was wonderful! We want to live there. Besides the places we stayed we visited Dingle, the ring around Dingle,Tralee, Waterford. The Ritz was amazing. The best hotel room I have ever seen. Better than the four seasons.
Hayfield manor had great personal attention and great food. They put us over the kitchen which was loud and couldn't move us. The room was great though.
Cahernane was stupendous! We could have stayed there forever
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Hey Chris!
Well we just arrived back from Ireland and had a great time. Renting a car was diffinately the right way to go, although it took about 2 days to get used to driving on the left side of the road, and the blinding rain and fog didn't help that second day. Overall it was an amazing experience and a great place to visit. The Irish people were great, and getting lost on some of the smaller roads and taking the "scenic routes" really made all the difference
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Chris,
I just wanted to shoot you a quick email to once again say THANK YOU for all your help as I planned my trip to Ireland. Your recommendations on an itenerary were so helpful and really made a difference in what we were able to accomplish during our week there. Everything was wonderful. Our car was perfect for our needs and the automatic rental made a huge difference. I definitely would not have wanted to deal with the roads and being on the wrong side, while trying to drive a manual transmission! Our B&Bs were awesome and the vouchers made it so easy
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Hi Chris,
Sorry for such a late response, we have been so busy jumping back into the chaos of our regular lives. We had a WONDERFUL time in Ireland! Enchanting truly is the right adjective for that place and it's people. We never experienced any rain until our last day in Dublin and even then it was off and on so it didn't interfere with getting around and seeing the sights.
We were very pleased with our B&Bs. In most cases they exceeded our expectations
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Chris,
I loved Ireland. I definitely was able to mingle with the locals. I enjoyed the itinerary but rarely followed it as I got lost more often then not! But that led me to meeting some truly awesome people.
Thank you so much for putting this together. I had such a wonderful trip.
Caitlin