Donegal hotel offering € 2 rooms to try to get guests to restaurant

A hotel in Donegal rents rooms for € 2 to try and fill its restaurant for the weekend.

Under current Level 3 guidelines, which went into effect at midnight for the county, restaurants and bars can serve 15 people in an outdoor setting.

But hotels can serve guests indoors, leading Beach Hotel Downings to slash the price of its rooms for the weekend.

In a Facebook post on Saturday morning, the hotel said the offer is in effect for this weekend only and is aimed at locals, adding that it is a way to “recoup our costs from tidy stocks for the house. full of residents who canceled on Friday afternoon. “

He also added that it will close its doors on Monday until further notice.

The state says: “Good morning facebookers … According to government guidelines, hotels are not closed, this offer was aimed at the local population of the area.

“No one will use the rooms, it is simply a method of allowing people to become residents for a maximum period of 1 hour and 45 minutes so that they can take advantage of our food and beverage services.

“The government allows residents to be served inside and 15 non-residents outside. The hotel will be closed from Monday until further notice.

“This was simply a way to recoup our costs from the stock ordered for the full house of residents who canceled on Friday night.

“The usual Covid-19 controlled social distancing restrictions apply.”