In the quieter winter months, however, you may get miserable weather, the days are short and many tourist facilities will be shut. For citizens of most Western countries no visa is required. Once you factor in moving around the country, you'll need to increase your budget a bit. Added extras to watch out for include the awful practice of charging an extra pound or two for a bath and the more pleasurable ruin of buying the assembled company a round of expensive pints of Guinness. Most major currencies and brands of travellers' cheques are readily accepted in Ireland, but carrying them in pounds sterling has the advantage that in Northern Ireland or Britain you can change them without exchange loss or commission.
Banks generally give the best exchange rates, but change bureaus are open longer hours.
Many post offices offer currency-exchange facilities and they're open on Saturday mornings. There's quite a good spread of cash-spewing ATMs in the both the North and the South. Tipping in bars is not expected. All rights reserved.