BEER WE GO
Man pays £30 to visit Dublin – and goes to extreme lengths to avoid paying for a hotel
He was back home in bed by 10am the next morning
A GROUP of Brits have revealed how they managed to have a big night out in a different country, without even the need to pay for a hotel.
The revellers spent just £30 on their return flights to Dublin, where they stayed out all night, before heading straight back to the airport to come home the morning after.
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Ben Jacobs, 20, and his two friends, Evie, 20 and Rosie, 18, hatched the plan for a more memorable night out while he was on a lunch break at work.
They picked up the bargain flights with Ryanair flight and set off from Gatwick Airport for the Irish capital on Saturday, October 14.
After taking off at 7.45pm, they arrived less than an later and headed straight for the city's famous Temple Bar area.
Ireland were playing in the Rugby World Cup that evening, so the group joined their hosts to watch the match, while making the most of the drinks on offer in the pubs.
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What followed was a few hours of bar hopping and a quick walk across O'Connell Bridge to The Academy club.
That's where Ben and his friends spent the rest of the night, before heading straight back to the airport at 4.30am, after a stop off for a kebab.
The group quickly made their way through passport control and were on a flight back to London at 7am, which landed at 7.45am, with all three home in Kent and in bed by 10am.
Ben said that the whole trip cost him a total of around £120, including flights, food and drinks.
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He said: "If I could do that every time I go out, I would.
"People were so nice, the general vibe in the town, the club, dancefloor.
"It was immaculate, it was absolutely perfect.
"I'd 100 per cent do it again - it's very doable."
Ben knew nothing of the spontaneous evening out until he received a call from his friend while on a lunch break.
He said: "I first noticed about it last year that people were getting these cheap flights and flying out for the night.
"My friend called me on a break and decided we were gonna do it.
"It was the newness of it all, the unexpectedness to go for a night out off the back of a flight was really cool."
After landing in Dublin, Ben and his friends were keen to explore, having never been to the Irish city.
He said that the locals were very friendly, especially after a few drinks.
He continued: "We opted for an additional fee for a coach but it was taking too long and we were impatient and wanted to get on our night out so we got a taxi instead.
"The city was unreal.
"Because Ireland were playing in the Rugby World Cup it was very busy, but the vibes were immaculate.
"After a few drinks the conversations with locals just flowed."
The group decided that their night needed a visit to a club, especially without a hotel booked, so they made their way to The Academy.
Ben added: "The drinks were quite a lot more expensive than I budgeted for but it didn't matter after a few drinks, the Apple Pay took over.
"I started off on single vodka and lemonade limes and then in the club I had double vodka Redbulls and a few shots - true staples of the club.
"The conversations with people in the club are a bit hazy but there was one instance where the two friends that I went with started getting a bit tired out but I was still raring to go so I befriended a new group and lost my friends completely."
It was soon time to call it time on their Irish adventure, and the trio made their way back to the airport - with a greasy pit-stop in order first.
Ben said: "The flight back was around 7am and we left the club at 4.30am.
"We went to the kebab shop first though - a long winded way home.
"We landed and got ourselves sorted by 7.45am and then our friends picked us up. I was back home in bed by 10am."
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