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E-mailIrish vacations get cheaper as hotel prices plunge
Ireland now cheapest destination in western Europe for hotels
Now that you've got that cheap flight to Ireland, there's more good news as hotel prices in Ireland have dropped dramatically.
The average price of a hotel room in Ireland has dropped to $108 making Irish hotel rooms the cheapest in western Europe.
The only countries less expensive than Ireland are all in Eastern Europe; the Czech Republic ($92) Hungary and Poland (both $95).
The average price of a hotel room in Ireland has dropped 21 percent from the previous year when it was $137.
The drop in prices is the steepest seen in any country in western Europe.
Switzerland was Europe’s most expensive country with an average hotel room price of €135 in 2009.
The figures come from the hotels.com Web site and they also broke the numbers down by county.
In Dublin, prices fell from $133 to $103 and prices were also down steeply in Cork and Limerick.
Killarney is now the most expensive place to stay in Ireland - knocking Galway off its perch although hotels.com did not provide prices.
Waterford is the cheapest place to stay down from $88 to $83.
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