At least you would know you will get parking no problem but you would have to give your journey a bit longer.
Yeah, this is basically what Im trying to weigh up.
It seems Ive 4 options.
1: Drive in, park in a car park, walk to exam.
Time: 20 min drive + 15 minute walk.
Cost: around a tenner
Stress levels - low, not much can go wrong, but the walk will annoy me knowing that I just want to revise.
2: Drive somewhere, park for free, get bus or Luas.
Time: 10/15 minute drive, wait for public transport (?), duration of public transport trip (?), walk to exam (5 minutes?)
Cost: minimal
Stress levels - high, a lot to go wrong, very time consuming when I want to look over notes.
The nearest Luas stop is as far as the Thomas Street Car Park so would make more sense to use the car park than Luas because at least I know what time my car leaves at!
3: Taxi door to door.
Time: 15/20 mins
Cost: 12/14 euro each way
Stress levels - none and most time efficient.
4: Drive to exam, look for free off street parking.
Time: 15/20 minutes plus time looking for parking, could be 10 minutes?
Cost: none
Stress levels - possibly none, or possibly high, unpredictable.
Im tending to 1 or 3 because both have least likelihood of something going wrong.
The exams are all early too so I dont want to have to get up mega early to find a place to get a bus to allow enough time etc...
Absolute last resort is drive in,park at door of exam place and dash in at last minute having put 3 hours on the Pay and Display - I did that 2 years ago (not knowing there was a 3 hour max) and tbh it wrecks your concentration for the last half hour or so of the exam worrying about getting clamped.