TRANSPORTATION

I wanted to update everyone on transportation for the entire trip. 

Those arriving in Dublin on Saturday 5/28 will be picked up from the airport by a hotel bus and taken to the Hotel.  CityNorth is north of Dublin but they offer a round trip bus from the Hotel to the city center (about 30 minutes each way) every 20 minutes for $13.70 US round trip per person.  That evening we are planning a trip to our favorite pub that is in Skerries called the Man-O-War.  We will take taxis. 

For those arriving on Sunday 5/29:  If you arrive prior to 8am we will see if the hotel will collect you from the airport and bring you to the hotel.  If you arrive after 8am we will arrange a bus ride to Waterford where the group will collect you. 

We have hired a coach that can accommodate 49 passengers for our time in Ireland.  The coach starts Sunday morning 5/29 with a pick up from the CityNorth hotel at 9am and we will head to Waterford.  The girls can go shopping and the guys can sit back with a nice pint of Guinness.  If we have time we will make a side trip to Tramore.  We hope to be to our Hotel in Waterford by 4pm so that we can freshen up and head to Glen Bar for the evening.  We will have dinner served at the Glenn Bar.

We will have the coach the entire time in Ireland.  The coach will drop us off at our accommodations in Dublin on Thursday June 2nd and then pick us up for transportation to the airport Friday morning June 3rd.  So far 22 people have booked the Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Venice departing at 7:20am.  We will have the bus driver collect us from the Hotel/Apartments at 4:30am. 

Once we get to Venice we will have private water taxis take us to our apartments.  The cost will be approximately 17US per person. 

On Monday June 6th I would suggest those people leaving Venice to fly home -pool together and purchase a private water taxi back to Marco Polo airport.  You can usually fit up to 10 people with luggage in a water taxi.  We can definitely figure out who is up for this and have our apartment people book the taxi.  They are using a taxi service that is 100 Euro ($110.00 US) for 4 people and then 6 Euro ($6.60 US) for each additional person.  This makes things so much easier.  This is also cheaper than other prices I have seen online.    

For those departing Venice by train you can take the public water bus directly to the train station.  So if you buy the 2 or 3 day pass make sure it covers Monday morning.  

For those departing Venice the following day and flying Ryan back to Dublin you will need to take the public water bus to Piazzale Roma and then buy a ticket for a bus to Treviso airport.  

Several people have asked about accommodations.    Accommodations have been booked in Ireland.  I have paid deposits where deposits are required.  You will pay any balances at time of check-in at each Hotel.  All apartments have been paid for in Venice.  There will be no cost to you.