About Celtic Group Hostels in Dublin & Cork

Celtic Group Hostels are exactly what you are looking for: A group of top rated, high quality, low price Hostels in Dublin & Cork city centre specialising in group bookings.

We don’t just provide great hostel beds in great locations in the heart of Dublin and Cork cities, we can help with EVERY aspect of your groups visit to Dublin or Cork. That’s the diference when you book your group accommodation with Celtic Group Hostel's in Dublin & Cork.

Whatever help you need, we’ll be there for you, working with you to plan and organise your group hostel booking and to make your groups visit as enjoyable and hassle-free as possible.

Our Company

Our company was formed in 1994 by our hostels to specialise in group bookings for them. We are not a third party agent – we are the hostels directly. In booking with us you get the best prices guaranteed for our hostels – No hidden costs or booking fees to contend with.

Our company directors and senior managers have over 50 years of combined experience of working in this market so we really know how to take care of group bookings.

Our Hostels in Dublin & Cork

We have an incredible 1,500 beds in 5 hostels in Dublin city centre and 500 beds in 2 hostels in Cork city. These are all long-established hostels which are 100% Irish owned and operated, Irish Tourist Board approved and operate to the highest standards of health and safety.

Our Experience

In Dublin we have a central reservations office dedicated to group bookings, staffed with a highly experienced team. Every thing we do, every day, is designed to make it as easy as possible for group travel organisers to make bookings in our hostels. You won’t believe how helpful we can be looking after all aspects of your booking with constant support and back-up during the process.

Each year over 600 groups enjoy our hostels in Dublin & hostels in Cork and our repeat booking levels are the highest in the market with hundreds of groups and thousands of students coming back to us every year.

Testimonials

Want more proof that you’ve made the right decision? Well, every month our hostels are awarded top ratings on the leading online travel booking websites: Hostelworld.com and Hostelbookers.com. These are ratings from genuine guests who have stayed and experienced our hostels in Dublin and Cork firsthand. We are also the preferred partner in Ireland of the leading youth and student group travel operators for all their group bookings requirements.

Affiliations

Celtic Group Hostels in Dublin and Cork are proud to be associated with the following associations:
	WYSETC The World Youth Student & Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation is a dynamic, professionally managed not-for-profit organization, comprising 550+ members, representing the global community of youth travel, student travel and international education specialists.
	STAYWYSE STAY WYSE is the only industry association to represent the entire global youth travel accommodation sector. By bringing together the diverse segments of this significant $6 billion/year industry. The Association's mission is to provide safe, affordable and clean accommodation within a communal atmosphere that encourages youth mobility and cultural understanding.
	BETA BETA is the umbrella body representing producers and suppliers of youth, student and educational travel related products. BETA has raised awareness of this important, yet previously under-represented sector and created an environment that encourages enhanced trading between organisations and better access to government departments, and other public sector bodies. Recent research shows that youth and student travel is the fastest growing tourism segment, and BETA members are well placed to maximise this opportunity.
	Tourism Ireland All our hostels are approved by the Irish Tourist Board.
	Dublin Tourism All our hostels are approved by the Irish Tourist Board.

Work with us

Tour Operators, Group Tour Organisers, Travel Agents
Hostel Owners
Service Providers (visitor attraction managers, coach operators, etc)
Marketing Opportunities
Recruitment
Internships / Work Placements

 

Hostel Owners

Are you are a hostel owner or manager? Celtic Budget Accommodation Hostels can help you to target the youth and student group booking markets for your hostel through a full range of marketing services for hostels.

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Marketing Opportunities

This is an extremely progressive and open company. We are always interested in fresh ideas and new ways to develop our group business. If you have any marketing proposals, joint ventures or other ideas, please do not hesitate to contact us. We review all offers with open minds.

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Internships / Work Placements

We have a number of internships (work placements) in our company available throughout the year for tourism and marketing students. If you’d like to apply, please send us your details as early as possible as we receive many applications every year and places get filled very quickly.

Internships/Placements are for a minimum of 3 months. Candidates must have fluent spoken and written English and excellent PC skills (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express).