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Friday, November 30, 2012

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Win a spa break for two at The Shelbourne Hotel

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The Irish Times has teamed up with The Shelbourne Hotel to offer you the chance to win an overnight stay with a luxurious spa treatment for two people.

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About The Shelbourne:
The world famous Shelbourne Hotel is a timeless landmark in the heart of Dublin, which first opened its doors to guests in 1824. Overlooking the magnificent St. Stephen’s Green, it’s location is central to the city’s sights and shops, commerce and culture. The Spa at The Shelbourne is the largest and most exclusive in Dublin City Centre, and reflects the luxurious surroundings of this internationally renowned, leading five star hotel. For information about The Shelbourne Hotel and The Spa visit www.theshelbourne.ie.

This prize includes a luxurious one night bed and breakfast stay in a deluxe guestroom for two people, with a one-hour spa treatment per person.

The winner will receive a deep tissue massage for two in the elegant couple’s suite. This customised massage will alleviate stress, ease aching muscles and revive the senses. Choose one from the following to target your individual needs:

• Stress-a-Way: Wind down and release the tension of the day
• Spirit Reviver: A powerful surge to invigorate and recharge
• Muscle Melt: Relax and re-energise a tired and aching body
• Chakra Balancing: Reconnect your mind, body and soul

After the treatment the winner and their guest can continue to relax by entering the opulent relaxation suite overlooking St Stephen’s Green, where they can enjoy the tranquillity and luxurious surroundings.

For your chance to win this fantastic great prize, simply submit your details and answer the question at this LINK:

Thursday, November 29, 2012

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Hen-iversary, is a party held on the anniversary of a hen party, it is an opportunity to re-group with your friends and see how everyone is doing one year on. Only one company in Ireland offers the opportunity of a FREE hen-iversary, stagandhenweekends.ie will enter your party into a draw for the opportunity to win a FREE hen-iversary once you BOOK your party with stagandhenweekends.ie.
Stag-iversary, is a party held on the anniversary of a stag party, it is an opportunity to re-group with your friends and see how everyone is doing one year on. Only one company in Ireland offers the opportunity of a FREE stag-iversary, stagandhenweekends.ie will enter your party into a draw for the opportunity to win a FREE stag-iversary once you BOOK your party with stagandhenweekends.ie.
Exclusive Offer: Hen-iversary/Stag-iversary, when you BOOK your Hen Party or Stag Party with Stag and Hen Weekends and send us a short review of your experience, you will be entered into a draw that could see you and your entire party enjoy FREE accommodation and Nite Club entry on the anniversary of your party, see Terms and Conditions.
Terms and Conditions
When you Book your stag or hen party with stagandhenweekends.ie and send us a short review of your party and some photos (optional), you will be entered for a fantastic competition that could see your entire party enjoy FREE accommodation and Nite Club entry on the anniversary of your party. This is an exclusive offer to stagandhenweekends.ie.
The competition offers FREE accommodation and Nite Club entry for your entire party on the anniversary of your party. Both the accommodation and Nite Club will be determined by stagandhenweekends.ie, however, where possible, if your party has enjoyed a particular venue we will endeavour to provide accommodation and Nite Club entry at that venue.
The competition offers one Hen-iversary/Stag-iversary prize, the winner of the competition will be notified by means of the contact details supplied to stagandhenweekends.ie at the time of booking. The Hen-iversary/Stag-iversary prize cannot be substituted for money or any other product or service; no negotiation will be entered by stagandhenweekends.ie.
The decision of the stagandhenweekends.ie judging panel will be final and no negotiations will be entered into.
All reviews submitted and any photos will be published on stagandhenweekends.ie

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

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Hen party, heniversary definition, stagiversary definition, stag party Ireland, hen party packages, stag party packages
Hen-iversary, is a party held on the anniversary of a hen party, it is an opportunity to re-group with your friends and see how everyone is doing one year on. Only one company in Ireland offers the opportunity of a FREE hen-iversary, stagandhenweekends.ie will enter your party into a draw for the opportunity to win a FREE hen-iversary once you BOOK your party with stagandhenweekends.ie.
Stag-iversary, is a party held on the anniversary of a stag party, it is an opportunity to re-group with your friends and see how everyone is doing one year on. Only one company in Ireland offers the opportunity of a FREE stag-iversary, stagandhenweekends.ie will enter your party into a draw for the opportunity to win a FREE stag-iversary once you BOOK your party with stagandhenweekends.ie.
Exclusive Offer: Hen-iversary/Stag-iversary, when you BOOK your Hen Party or Stag Party with Stag and Hen Weekends and send us a short review of your experience, you will be entered into a draw that could see you and your entire party enjoy FREE accommodation and Nite Club entry on the anniversary of your party, see Terms and Conditions.
Terms and Conditions
When you Book your stag or hen party with stagandhenweekends.ie and send us a short review of your party and some photos (optional), you will be entered for a fantastic competition that could see your entire party enjoy FREE accommodation and Nite Club entry on the anniversary of your party. This is an exclusive offer to stagandhenweekends.ie.
The competition offers FREE accommodation and Nite Club entry for your entire party on the anniversary of your party. Both the accommodation and Nite Club will be determined by stagandhenweekends.ie, however, where possible, if your party has enjoyed a particular venue we will endeavour to provide accommodation and Nite Club entry at that venue.
The competition offers one Hen-iversary/Stag-iversary prize, the winner of the competition will be notified by means of the contact details supplied to stagandhenweekends.ie at the time of booking. The Hen-iversary/Stag-iversary prize cannot be substituted for money or any other product or service; no negotiation will be entered by stagandhenweekends.ie.
The decision of the stagandhenweekends.ie judging panel will be final and no negotiations will be entered into.
All reviews submitted and any photos will be published on stagandhenweekends.ie

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

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Every year, in early November, there are a plethora of studies and surveys published that tell us how much money we’re going to spend before the Christmas tree comes down and the lights get turned off in early January.
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First out of the traps this year were the un-Christmassy accountants at Deloitte who reported that Irish households were going to spend €966. This is down from more than €1,400 that Irish consumers blew at the height of the boom in 2006 but still considerably higher than EU average of €591.
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Deloitte said that Irish households will spend an average of €499 on presents, with €288 earmarked for food and drink and €178 set aside to cover the cost of going out. A separate study from the Irish League of Credit Unions said Irish adults are set to spend an average of €527 on Christmas this year.
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The reality is many Irish households will go through a whole lot more once the 12 costs of Christmas are taken care of.
1 Food: Irish adults are likely to consume around 6,000 calories on Christmas Day alone and also put on an average of half a stone over the festive period. The Deloitte survey suggests that the Irish households will spend €288 on food and drink over Christmas. This seems like a wild under-estimation to us.
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We filled a virtual shopping trolley made up of a turkey, ham, biscuits, mince pies, breakfast material, melon, plum pudding and a few other Christmas Day essentials. We did not go mad but even so, the cost of our basket of 25 items, sufficient to feed a family of two adults and three children on the big day, with a few leftovers, came to €227. Add another €100 for food over the period between December 23rd and December 31st and the grocery bill is more than €300. And we haven’t had a drink yet.
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2 Drink: We did not go mad. We limited ourselves to a case of beer, four bottles of fairly cheap red wine, two bottles of ordinary looking champagne, a small bottle of brandy for the lighting of the plum pudding and one bottle of whiskey to make Irish coffees. Despite our comparative temperance, our bill came to €144. To this we added the cost of two adults going to a pub three times over the Christmas period and having four pints each on each occasion – hardly excessive by Irish standards – and the bill for booze hit €264.
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3 The Christmas party: Office parties are less lavish than they might have been during the boom, but many companies still manage to hold some class of do over Christmas. If you decide to go you should probably allow €30 for taxis and €30 more for drinks. As there are two (probably terrible) Christmas parties to go to in our imaginary home, we double it.
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4 The tree: Perhaps you bought yourself a fake plastic tree years ago in which case you can skip to point five (albeit hanging your head in shame). A real tree will set you back €50.
5 Decorations: If you’re not starting completely from scratch and shop for decorations in Penneys or Ikea as opposed to some high-end department store, you should spend no more than €20 on decorations. Some Christmas lights to replace the tangled, broken mess you pull down from your attic will cost another €20.
6 Presents: According to the Irish League of Credit Unions, Santa Claus will spend an average of €177 on presents for children this year. As there are three of them in our made-up family, his outlay will come to €531. We will allow just €50 per adult in the house – and we are assuming you will not be buying parents, siblings, friends or, heaven forbid, colleagues anything – and the total gift cost comes to €631.
7 Santa Claus: A visit to some class of saggy Santa Claus hidden away at the back of some absolutely packed shopping centre; will cost you €15 per child, a total of €45. Throw in one visit to an ice-skating and a pantomime and the cost of Christmassy outings reaches €165.
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8 Christmas cards: If you send 56 cards, it will cost you at least €10, you’ll need to spend another €27.50 on stamps so suddenly another €37.50 is gone.
9 New clothes: Once all the presents have been bought, you might have money left to buy yourself a a gĂșna nua or possible a new shirt for that Office party that you think you won’t enjoy until you find yourself drunkenly swaying and singing along to Fairytale of New York. Spend just €50 each and that’s another €100 you will need to add on to your Christmas bill.
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The children might also be in the market for new clothes – both to sleep in on Christmas Eve and to wear to church services or to the neighbours the following morning – and if you are canny and shop in TK Maxx you should be able to get them sorted for €60 all in, but even with that cuteness your clothes bill is suddenly €160.
10 Transport: If you want to visit relatives, either down the country or in the city, you’ll need to get there. A trip from Dublin to Cork will cost you about €100 in petrol.
11 Power: Increases in energy costs means the average monthly gas and electricity bills are around €100 each. Assuming more gas is spent cooking and heating over the festive period and more oil is burned keeping the Santa on your roof illuminated, we will allow €50 for Christmas-related energy costs.
12 Extras: We add on just €100 to cover the cost of babysitting, charitable donations and the odd selection box over the 12 days of Christmas. And we’re done.
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The Pricewatch total household spend for what looks like a fairly standard Irish Christmas is an eye-wateringly expensive €2,044.50. And we still have to cover the cost of New Year’s Eve.
Top tips for a cheap Christmas  -
* Book your hotel with hoteldeal4u.com use e-mail to communicate and don’t waste your money on phone calls
* Book your Stag or Hen Party with stagandhenweekends.ie for a real experience and best value
* List everyone that you intend to buy for, then budget a reasonable amount that you can afford to spend on each person.
* Avoid shopping last-minute and try to arrange to go shopping when it’s quieter.
* Agree a spending limit with friends and family or try an option like a Secret Santa.
* If you have a present in mind, shop around and compare prices, both in store and online.
* Be realistic with your food shopping. It is easy to buy more than you need.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

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Win a spa break for two at The 5* Heritage Golf & Spa Resort

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The Irish Times has teamed up with The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort to offer you the chance to win a luxurious two night bed and breakfast stay for two people.

About The Heritage:
Set amidst the unspoilt countryside of Co. Laois, and located just an hour's drive from Dublin off the M7 motorway, the Five Star Heritage Golf & Spa Resort offers guests a truly luxurious hospitality experience. This award winning resort boasts comfortable and elegant guestrooms, a luxury spa and health club, state of the art meeting & conference facilities, a championship golf course, a selection of restaurants and above all a warm welcome for guests! For information about The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort, click here to visit their website.

The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort is offering a wonderful Pamber Break Gift Voucher for two. Relax and unwind with two nights' bed and breakfast in a deluxe guestroom, dinner in The Arlington Room on one night and take time out to journey through The Heritage Spa Experience  for up to 3 hours; plus you can also choose from one of the following one hour treatments:

- 1 hour full body massage
- 1 hour prescriptive facial
- 1 hour seaweed detox body wrap.

Guests also have complimentary access to their health club with leisure pool, 5km walking track, tennis court and trim trail. 

For your chance to win this fantastic prize, simply submit your details and answer the question below: CLICK HERE

Saturday, November 17, 2012

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A bachelorette party, hen(s) party, hen(s) night or hen(s) do, is a party held for a woman who is about to be married. The terms hen party, hen do or hen night are common in the United Kingdom and Ireland, while the terms hens party or hens night are common in Australia and New Zealand, and the term bachelorette party is common in the United States and Canada. The term stagette is sometimes used in Canada. It may also be referred to as a girls' night out or kitchen tea (South Africa in particular) or other terms in other English-speaking countries.
The bachelorette party is modelled after the bachelor party, which is itself historically a dinner given by the bridegroom to his friends shortly before his wedding. Despite its reputation as "a sodden farewell to bachelor days" or "an evening of debauchery," a bachelorette's party is simply a party, given in honour of the bride-to-be, in the style that is common to that social circle.
History: The bachelorette party is consciously modelled after the centuries-old bachelor's party, which is itself historically a dinner given by the bridegroom to his friends shortly before his wedding.
Although the practice of giving a party to honour the bride-to-be goes back for centuries, in its modern form, the bachelorette party may have begun during the sexual revolution of the 1960s. It was uncommon until at least the mid-1980s, and the first book on planning bachelorette parties wasn't published until 1998. Its cultural significance is largely tied to concepts of gender equality.
Initially, parties in honour of the bride-to-be that were labelled as bachelorette party often involved displays of sexual freedom, such as trading intimate secrets, getting drunk, and enjoying male strippers. Parties that honoured the bride-to-be without these elements avoided that label. Now the term is used for a wide variety of parties.
The phrase "Hen Party" mirrors the male "Stag Party" in referencing social stereotypes of each gender at the party.
Entertainment: Many different kinds of entertainment are selected, depending on what the organizers think will best please their guest of honour. While notions of a bachelorette party as a night of drunken debauchery persist in some social circles, it is becoming widely seen in America as an opportunity for female bonding. According to etiquette expert Peggy Post, "Whatever entertainment is planned, it should not embarrass, humiliate, or endanger the honouree or any of the guests."
When held in a private venue, such as the hostess's home, the party may take any form that pleases the hostesses and honours the bride-to-be. Dinners and cocktail parties, which provide comfortable opportunities for participants to talk or to give intimate advice to the bride-to-be, are common. Other hostesses choose a themed party, such as a "pamper party," with guests indulging in spa treatments, or a cooking class. While proposing a toast to the bride-to-be is common at most bachelorette parties, some centre on drinking games.
Many companies sell products aimed at the organizers of bachelorette parties, including packs of themed games, pre-printed invitations, decorations, novelties, and sex toys. In North America, it is common to hire a male stripper and/or attend a male strip club.

 

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

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Just off O'Connell Street, Best Western Plus Academy Plaza Hotel is a 5-minute walk from Connolly Train Station. The hotel boasts stylish, air-conditioned rooms with free Wi-Fi, an on-site restaurant and a beauty salon.
The modern bedrooms at the Best Western Plus Premier Academy Plaza Hotel are decorated in rich colours. Rooms feature flat-screen TVs, work desks and marble-finished bathrooms.
Sir Harry's Grill Bar & Bistro serves traditional dishes using fresh local produce. The Coffee Dock has a variety of teas and coffees and a selection of freshly baked goods.
The beauty salon offers a range of treatments including pedicures, manicures and various massages. The Temple Bar district is a 10-minute walk away and the hotel has a 24-hour reception.
Trinity College and Dublin Castle are within a 10-minute walk. There is an air coach stop at the Academy Plaza, which is next to the Best Western hotel.
Facilities of Best Western Plus Academy Plaza Hotel
General Restaurant, Bar, 24-hour front desk, Newspapers, Non-smoking rooms, Rooms/facilities for disabled guests, Lift/elevator, Safety deposit box, Heating, Design hotel, Luggage storage, All public and private spaces non-smoking, Air conditioning.
Activities Fitness centre, Massage
Services Room service, Meeting/banquet facilities, Laundry, Dry cleaning, Barber/beauty shop, VIP room facilities, Breakfast in the room, Currency exchange, Fax/photocopying, Concierge service, Vending machine (drinks), Vending machine (snacks)
Internet Free! Wi-Fi is available in all areas and is free of charge.
Parking Private parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is not needed) and costs EUR 12.50 per day.
Policies of Best Western Plus Academy Plaza Hotel
Check-in From 14:30 hours
Check-out-Until 12:00 hours
Cancellation / Prepayment Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to room type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required room.
Children and extra beds Free! All children under 5 years stay free of charge when using existing beds.
Free! All children under 2 years stay free of charge for children's cots/cribs.
The maximum number of children's cots/cribs in a room is 1.
There is no capacity for extra beds in the room.
Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.
Pets are not allowed.
Accepted credit cards American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Diners Club
The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.