'If you have the passion, just take the risk' — Ireland's growing love for alternative accommodation

Staycations have resulted in the growth of alternative accommodation in Ireland

Thomas and Rachel McCarthy, with an upcoming bus project in the background. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

Plenty of buses make their way through West Cork in the summertime, but there have been three that have proved especially popular in the past two years. What’s unusual about the Ballinadee Buses, however, is that they don’t move.

They are amongst a growing list of alternative accommodation choices offered to visitors and tourists across the country.