The problem with booking a block of hotel rooms for twenty people is that everyone disperses at eleven and the night ends. In a house, the night ends when the group decides it ends. The Briers is hired as a whole property. Nine bedrooms, every single one en suite, so nobody is sharing a bathroom with eleven other people and nobody ends up on a pull-out bed feeling like the afterthought. There's a licensed bar you stock yourselves at supermarket prices rather than bar prices, which is usually the single biggest saving on the weekend. The dining room sits open to the bar, with everyone around one table. That's where the night actually happens. Two hot tubs and a barrel sauna looking out at the Mournes, and an acre of grounds.
£2,000 for the weekend for the whole property, which is from £43 per person per night with twenty-three sharing. Midweek is £700 a night, subject to availability. You pay for the house, not per person, so the price doesn't change when two people drop out three weeks before — and it usually compares well once you've counted a city-centre room plus taxis plus a restaurant deposit plus drinks at bar prices. Newcastle is on the doorstep for the seaweed baths, restaurants and a night out if you want one. Murlough Beach for the morning walk and the group photo. Royal County Down five minutes away for the golfers. Tollymore Forest is under two kilometres from the gate. Dog friendly. Licensed. Free parking. Self check-in, with a door code sent on the morning you arrive. A refundable security deposit applies, as standard for whole-house rentals, and we do ask for reasonable consideration of neighbours late at night. Tell us your dates, your numbers and roughly what kind of weekend you're planning.
At The Briers, we are here to help. Email us or fill in the form with your dates and we will come back to you.
