THE $698 DEAL

By Chris Erskine

Feb. 8, 2009 12 AM PT

Ireland . . . the scenery, the greenery, the food. OK, maybe not so much the food, but the other things, sure. CIE Tours International is offering a six-day tour that sounds well-suited to Emerald Isle beginners looking to stretch a buck.

The deal: For prices beginning at $698 (land only, double occupancy and excluding taxes and fees), travelers get a fully escorted swing through southern Ireland, including four nights’ accommodations, Irish breakfasts, four dinners and entertainment. The tour begins in Dublin, then moves through Cashel, Blarney, Killarney, the Ring of Kerry, the Cliffs of Moher and Bunratty. It’s a packed itinerary, with pub visits, castle tours and ferry rides across the Shannon. For an extra $828, you can get round-trip airfare from LAX. Departure dates run Feb. 28 to Dec. 5.

Information: (800) 243-8687, or www.cietours.com

-- Chris Erskine

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine is a nationally known humor columnist and editor who retired from the Los Angeles Times in 2020. Previously he wrote for the Sports, Travel and Saturday sections and edited with the paper’s features staff. As an editor, he has been a part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Times (for his graphics work on the Northridge quake and the North Hollywood bank robbery). He is best known to readers for his weekly humor pieces on life in suburban Los Angeles. His latest book, “Daditude,” released in 2018, is a collection of his favorite Times columns on fatherhood. He has written two other books, “Man of the House” and “Surviving Suburbia,” which reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in New Orleans and Miami.

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