St Kevins Bus is the easiest way to get to Glendalough from Dublin city. It beats taking any other…read moretransport because it goes through the scenic countryside and drops you off in front of the attraction's tourist centre. Unlike the public bus that takes ages and drops you off miles from your destination, this bus service allows you to get there without the stress. St Kevins Bus departs from Dawson Street at 11.30 am in the summer months. It takes an hour and a half to get to Glendalough because it makes a stop at Roundhouse in Wicklow to pick up more passengers. A return journey costs 20 Euro and pick-up is at 4.30 or 5.30 pm. I highly recommend this mode of travel. The buses are clean and air-conditioned. There's plenty of available seats and the journey is quiet and relaxing.

This is such a good service and one I've been meaning to take advantage of for years…read more The bus leaves Dawson street at 11:30, which was a good time for us, gave us enough time to have a little lie in, make a decent breakie to set us up for the day and then make our pack lunch. We arrived roughly before 13:00, bought a walking map from the visitors centre and headed off on our 9KM walked around the lakes and the Glenealo Valley. If the distances on the map are correct and I would say that they are, from the drop off point of the bus, we did 12KM in all and boy do our legs feel it today. Anyway I digress... so the bus then departs Glendalough at 17:30 to go back to Dublin, which gives you 4.5 hours to see the place. Which is more than enough to tootle around the monastery, the nearby lakes and waterfall. It's just enough time to do the Spinc and Glenealo Valley (White Route) at good pace. I was taken aback by the price of the bus ticket though, 20EUR return from Dawson street. I think this is steep, even for Dublin. But I guess if you are the only direct bus service from Dublin to Glendalough, you can get away with it. I would probably use this service more often if it was cheaper. So I dropped a star for that. My partner made the point that if you've got four/five people altogether who want to go to Glendalough, it would be just as easy and more flexible to hire a car for one day. I am inclined to agree with him. * please check prices and timetables on their website in case any of what I've mentioned has changed!

I actually get a warm, fuzzy feeling when I see a Tony Doyle coach around the city. After a series…read moreof enquiries the company I worked in booked Tony Doyle for a big event we had. All the problem with transport we thought we'd have disappeared once the Tony Doyle people were brought on board. After that none of us ever bothered to contact anyone else when we needed to arrange transport. These guys just know what they're doing. Coaches have good specs and the drivers are great. They know their stuff and they're great craic, which always helps at these things. If you ring them looking for information or a request one of them (Tony Doyle Jr or Sr) usually gets back to you really quick and sorts out what you need.

A shocking senario!!! 50-60km extra added onto journey?? we hired the coach for whole weekend, and…read morehad to go from Maynooth to just the other side of Enfield. (for one of the legs of the journey) Driver for some mad unknown reason decided to go M50 then up N3 and come in Via Trim, we were 35 minutes late for our meeting. Be very careful if using this company, morale of story make sure driver knows the directions or has a map!!

This coach company runs services from Dublin airport to different parts of Ireland. The coach I…read moretook was modern, clean, air conditioned, and spacious. The seats were also very comfortable and the windows nice and clean so you can look out on the surroundings. The coach kept to its schedule. I also like that the drivers wear crisp white shirts with the company logo and look very smart. It's clearly a professional business with a good service. Would use them again. Cost is very reasonable.

I did two Finn McCool tours in Ireland and both took the pressure off in terms of driving and…read morenavigation. Dermitt was a really cool guy, and you could tell he was worldly and interesting. We went to the Cliffs of Mohar and Galway with him. Gavin took us to Glendalough and that was a cool, shorter visit.

Ok, I try and leave Dublin as little as possible because it used to be such a drag getting to where…read moreI wanted to go. But Bus Eireann have added more lines and more buses to their service so it's now a lot easier to get out of the city. And the buses are cleaner, usually on time and the drivers are a lot nicer. The only downside as David said, is that they can be quite expensive. But they offer a lot of different ticket types and midweek returns or daily returns aren't too bad, especially with a student discount. Now, Dublin bus take note: this is how you run a bus service!

Dreadful. Regular no shows. Today , neither 15:00 or 15:30 showed up at Pavilions Swords. Yet 3…read morewent other way, 2 together. Gave up and took Dublin Bus

Great Service. Drivers are very friendly, coaches are clean and luxury compared to a double decker…read morebus and most importantly they show up on time!! There are not too many services in Dublin that I can say are consistently reliable. Swords Express has been very, very reliable for me. I highly recommend using Swords Express!

Our first chauffeur was very friendly and helpful during our trip to the hotel. He gave us great…read moresuggestions on food and sites. Was very engaging and courteous. Our trip to the airport was a great experience as well. We would definitely recommend them.

I had the pleasure of using Devine Chauffeur Services earlier this month during my stay in Dublin!…read moreI had heard good things about this company from friends of mine, but I have to say that the service level exceed my expectations! Excellent vehicles! Professional Chauffeurs! Easy Reservation process! Just made my grueling world tour so much more comfortable. I found my chauffeur just where I was told he would be which took the hassle out of carrying my own (huge) bags. I can't say enough about the professionalism of this company! Great job!

For our large family trip to Ireland, which included 22 people, ( 13 adults and 9 children) we…read morechose to use Butlers private bus tours. We started in Dublin made our way to Waterford, Cork, Limerick to Galway and back to Dublin. The Butler's bus was comfortable, spacious, and provided ample seating for everyone to spread out. Our drivers name was Peadar Homan, and he was an absolute delight. He was friendly and extremely knowledgeable on the history of Ireland, the people, the culture, and it's architecture. He was very professional, punctual, willing to work with our special requests, and provided recommendations for the group. Often times going out of his way to help make our trip seamless and enjoyable. Our family tour of Southern Ireland was amazing and memorable.The family is in agreement that Peadar definitely added to the overall experience. Would highly recommend using Butler's tours for your travel needs and if possible requesting Peadar Homan as your driver.

The company claims to be cruise friendly…read more I notified them a day in advance that our cruise was in a storm and we would not be arriving within a reasonable time of the tour. The company refused to cancel the tour, citing their cruise policy only applies if the cruise does not disembark at all. With their refusal to cancel and no reduced fee for the tour, despite the fact it was a 3 hour tour instead of the day trip planned, going to none of the stops that were on the itinerary, I can confidently state this is not a cruise friendly company, nor a customer oriented one. Although it isn't the guides fault (or ours), our guide took us to a little town where virtually everything is closed. A reputable tour company does not do this. Everyone knows that a good tour company is one that understands a win-win is possible in these circumstances (more than one win-win option available in these circumstances), but greed took over for Butlers. Highly avoid!

Excellent service from GoBus!! I booked on their webpage which was easy and gave plenty of options…read morefor my flight arrival/departure into Dublin so I could catch the bus to Galway. My flight arrived early and I managed to catch an earlier bus which was a lifesaver as it was cold and I wanted to get to Galway to see the Xmas Market. The driver was very helpful with my baggage and advising about the walk to the hotel in Galway once we arrived. Everyone on the bus was friendly and it soon filled up with shoppers in the Dublin town centre stop. I didn't use the toilet but there is one and other passengers used it. The return trip was just as good, friendly driver again, and the bus was quite empty so plenty of room to spread out. I would definitely recommend the GoBus service, it is competitively priced, easy to get to in both Dublin Airport and in Galway, easy to book and pay for online and as a solo female traveller it felt extremely safe and friendly.

Fantastic!!! Affordable!!! Reliable!!!…read more I just took the bus from Galway for the first time..I ditched the train (which I've been taking for 9 years Dublin/Galway monthly journeys) which is over twice as expensive! Bye bye train hello comfort of gobus! train: €43 Dublin/athenry return gobus: €20 Dublin/Galway return. :)