Top Five Travel Tips

Money's too tight to mention, so here are our top five tips on how you can cut costs without cutting your fun!

• Bring your student card - don't be afraid to ask for discounts, huge rewards when you do!!
  
• Keep an eye open for discount and free entry cards, usually available for local museums, nightclubs, gigs etc.
  
• Dine out as little as possible - team up with others and share your cooking, it works out cheaper and gets you involved with others.
  
• Make use of free public services - keep in touch with family and friends for free when you use internet services at local libraries. Get locally cultured when you visit museums and galleries which are usually free to enter.
  
• Walk, don't ride - see even more of the country you are visiting. Public transport can sometimes be expensive, so we suggest walking and exploring rather than busing it and missing out. It's great exercise too!!

New Galway Hostel Photos...

Do you want to have a look inside our Galway hostel, Barnacles Quay Street House? Check them out here.

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Backpacking Ireland Map

Are you planning a backpacking trip around Ireland? Use this helpful printable map to find a hostel where you are going. Remember to book in at Barnacles in both Dublin and Galway as part of your trip!

Discover Ireland without spending a cent and live off your wits

The Independent Holiday Hostels of Ireland have 10 young volunteers who will be hitting the road over the coming weeks. They are charismatic, fun, talented, ready for adventure and for a week won’t have a red cent. They intend to have a week long holiday without spending anything.

They must beg, borrow and steal to get through their week long odyssey. The first of our volunteers, Claire Prendergast and Sadhbh O’Sullivan will be heading for the Southwest around Cork and Kerry.

They will be staying at hostels during their trip that have set them tasks to earn their bed. Their first stop in Sheila’s Hostel in Cork involves them earning a bed by rollerblading up St. Patrick’s Hill in Cork carrying a full pint of Murphy’s without spilling a drop.

Check out their blog!

10% Discount for Facebook Friends

If you are a friends of Barnacles on Facebook then for the month of August we're giving you a 10% discount on bookings.

You just need to send a message to our Galway or Dublin hostel and we'll hook you up with the discount!

Some Quick Terms and Conditions:

* This offer is only valid for bookings made between 1 August - 31 August 2009

* This offer is only valid for new bookings. Existing bookings can not be amended to include the discount.

* The person making the booking must mention the offer upon booking

* Bookings must be made via Facebook message and person making the booking must be a Barnacles Facebook friend