Ldnn1

Personally I can't imagine cooking bacon, eggs, hamburgers and whatnot in a normal hotel room without a kitchenette area. Aside from the rules it just sounds rather unpleasant.

If you planned on doing that wouldn't you pick some sort of self-catering accommodation which is usually cheaper than hotels anyway? That would also include utensils, crockery, etc. For instance when I was a kid we used to holiday in mobile homes or self-catering apartments in France - much cheaper than hotels and much more suited to cooking food.

UAPremExecflyer

You may be well-meaning. But you are coming across as very naive.
As others have noted, most hotels in Ireland FORBID you from cooking in the bedroom - it's for health and safety reasons.
If you pursue the current plan, expect to find yourself out of your hotel room(s) in fairly short order.
As others have suggested, you should be booking self-catering accommodations: apartments, house, cottage etc
Those have regular kitchens and you can cook all you want.
Right now, you are now on the road to a very messy and expensive vacation as you likely will find yourself hotel-less and looking for last minute accommodation over Xmas holiday period.

NWIFlyer

As others have said, no-one cooks in hotel rooms in the UK/Ireland - the chance of setting a fire alarm sensor off with the smoke is too great for one, and of course there's also the inherent risk of setting something alight in the room, plus the smell generated because there won't be any extraction in the room. You really, really won't be thanked if you attempt it, and you might well end up with a very large cleaning bill to clear the fumes and any mess you create - something in the region of $300 - although I doubt you'll be asked to leave unless you're in a small B&B.

There are hotels which offer kitchenette areas, mostly chains, but I suspect very few in Ireland outside dedicated self-catering.

I would re-assess what you're doing, and if the intention really is to save money then you need to consider non-cooked alternatives like sandwiches for lunch which could be made without creating any of the issues highlighted.

Mizter T

Err, no, not really!

Ldnn1

Indeed! The only time you might is if camping/caravanning, or perhaps in the garden in lieu of a BBQ.

Mizter T

Given the great love of a cuppa on these isles, then electric kettles can be found in many places other than kitchens, though given modern workplace H&S concerns I suspect they'll probably be found in rather fewer outlandish locations than in times past.

Of course, coming back to the original post, you'll find a kettle in many a hotel room... and I'm in no doubt a far few cup-a-soups and pot noodles have been so prepared...

stut

Or for students, although I suspect student halls are more restrictive these days (or at least attempt to enforce it). It's not that I'd never eat a meal in a hotel room (I do find you get restaurant fatigue after a few days) but I'd tend to go for a cold, deli- or farm shop-based meal rather than a cooked one. (Or an instant porridge pot for breakfast, assuming you have access to a kettle...)

To the OP:

I've enjoyed a couple of good Airbnb stays in Dublin, if that could be an option.

You may also want to reset your expectations about the size of hotel rooms you're going to get round these parts, too. Expect a double or queen size bed unless otherwise specified, and about enough space to walk around the bed and sit at a desk - and nothing more.

TravelingNomads

Wow. I definitely didn't expect this kind of reaction. You guys are pretty heated about something that is relatively common here. Interesting.

Ldnn1

Pretty sure almost all students have some sort of communal kitchen these days - certainly wouldn't be using a griddle in their bedroom.

Back in my student days I did put a fridge in my room but that was very much frowned upon.

stut

Ah, we did have a communal kitchen, but it wasn't up to much - one Baby Belling (i.e. two hobs, or one hob plus oven) between a dozen or couple dozen students, depending on the block. It was pretty common for one or two students to have a toastie maker in their room (occasionally, you'd get someone with a ring hob, though these were banned, mostly on the basis of the amount of electricity they consumed).

I think once the George Formby* grills appeared, a lot more students had them in their rooms. I don't know what it's like now.

Sorry, I know this is a diversion...

* Ooh, it's turned out nice. Again.

Often1

You may not have considered that virtually anything, including a simple residence which has been rewired in the past 40 years in the US will be able to handle the griddle pictured above.

That may not be true of your planned acommodations and they may have been fused (another term from the distant past in the US) so that they cannot handle such items.

Before you save yourself US$200 and cost yourself $500, make a phone call and find out what is possible. Perhaps send an email attaching a photo of the item so that there are no misunderstandings.

Ldnn1

Quite honestly, I cannot imagine any hotel manager in the UK/Ireland allowing the use of such a griddle for cooking in an ordinary (non-kitchenette) hotel room. They would be mad if they did.

Often1

Same thing in the US. It's just not routinely enforced. You would be shocked at what some half-way decent places smell like.

Clint Bint

That will definitely be lost in translation with our American FT chums.

TravelingNomads

You guys are hilarious. If we ordered a pizza or had Chinese food delivered, it would have a smell. I get maybe not cooking hamburgers bc of the smell, but grilled cheese or quesadillas? My kids make them on our griddle all the time and pizza has a stronger aroma!

I'm hearing that the wiring might be an issue though, so I can respect that. As far as where someone would use one, it's usually the granite counter above the fridge at the hotel. There's plenty of space and frankly on long vacations we just get sick of eating sandwiches.

But, for the sake of this funny, unexpected response, we will NOT use a griddle! You guys now have me paranoid about plugging in a hairdryer for fear of burning the hotel down!