Vaughan Lodge Hotel

What Vaughan Lodge Hotel does

Vaughan Lodge Hotel is a privately held, family-owned 4-star boutique hotel located in Lahinch, County Clare, on Ireland's west coast. The property operates 30 guest rooms alongside The Lodge Restaurant, which serves dinner Tuesday through Saturday, and forms part of a wider Vaughan family hospitality business whose roots extend to approximately 1850 and which is now in its fifth generation of operation. The hotel is positioned within the Wild Atlantic Way tourism corridor and adjacent to Lahinch Golf Course, with its commercial proposition oriented toward golfers, surfers, and touring leisure travelers.

The offering is built around accommodation, an in-house restaurant, and themed multi-night packages that bundle stays with partner-led experiences such as golf at Lahinch and Doonbeg courses and surf instruction through Lahinch Surf Schools. Ancillary revenue is generated through gift voucher sales. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via the hotel's own website — which features virtual tours and online booking — supplemented by an active social media presence across multiple platforms. Sustainability infrastructure includes approximately 50KW of installed solar panels and on-site EV charging.

The business operates seasonally between April and November, with approximately 6 core employees listed alongside seasonal workers during operating months. There are no disclosed funding rounds, debt issuances, or financial statements; the property is a privately held single-asset family enterprise with no public reporting obligations or investor communications.

Name

Vaughan Lodge Hotel

Legal name

Vaughan Lodge Limited

Website

https://vaughanlodge.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vaughan Lodge Hotel is a family-owned, 4-star boutique hotel in Lahinch, County Clare, Ireland, operating 30 rooms and a restaurant seasonally for golfers, surfers, and Wild Atlantic Way leisure travelers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Boutique Hospitality

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Boutique Resorts (Small-Scale Resorts) (THAGADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Boutique Inns (THAGAHAB)

Keywords

• Boutique hotel accommodation
• Themed holiday packages
• Hotel restaurant dining
• Wild atlantic way lodging
• Golf and surf breaks

Headquarters

HQ city

Lahinch, Co Clare

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Accommodation: Room rental across 30 rooms including Classic, Executive Twin, King, and Suite categories. Breakfast included. Operates seasonally from April to November.
2. Restaurant Dining: The Lodge Restaurant serves dinner Tuesday through Saturday evenings (6:00pm to 8:45pm) with A La Carte menu featuring local cuisine. Head Chef Pawel Gaisorowski leads the kitchen.
3. Package Holidays: Themed packages including Dinner Bed & Breakfast, Surf Safari (2 nights with surf lessons), Cliffs of Moher and Burren Guided Walk Break (3 nights), Suite Supreme, and Golf Break packages combining accommodation, meals, and activities.
4. Gift Vouchers: Gift vouchers valid for any item at Vaughan Lodge Hotel or The Lodge Restaurant. Fixed €100 voucher or open vouchers from €50 upwards.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Vaughan Lodge Hotel is a 4-star family-owned boutique hotel in Lahinch, Co. Clare, Ireland, offering 30 spacious guest rooms with breakfast, an on-site à la carte restaurant (The Lodge Restaurant), and themed multi-night packages (Golf Break, Surf Safari, Cliffs of Moher and Burren Guided Walk Break, Suite Supreme, and Dinner Bed & Breakfast). The hotel operates seasonally from Easter to October/November and sells gift vouchers redeemable against accommodation or restaurant stays.

Product overview

Vaughan Lodge Hotel is a 4-star, family-owned boutique hotel operating seasonally from Easter to October/November. The property offers 30 spacious rooms (Classic, Executive Twin, King, and Suite categories) and operates The Lodge Restaurant (casual à la carte dining open Tuesday–Saturday evenings plus daily breakfast). The hotel sells add-on packages including Golf Breaks, Surf Safari, Cliffs of Moher and Burren Guided Walks, Suite Supreme, and Dinner Bed & Breakfast stays. Gift vouchers are also available for hotel and restaurant purchases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lahinch Golf CoursecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProximity partnership - Vaughan Lodge Hotel is located directly beside the world-famous Lahinch Golf Course, making it the natural accommodation choice for golfers visiting the resort. The hotel offers golf break packages including tee times at Lahinch courses.
• Doonbeg Golf CourseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNearby championship golf course 25 minutes drive south. Hotel arranges golf at Doonbeg as alternative or additional option to Lahinch courses, particularly when Lahinch availability is limited.
• Lahinch Surf SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFour surf schools operating in Lahinch village. Hotel's Surf Safari package includes introduction to surfing at Lahinch with surf lessons, utilizing local surf school services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sheedy's Country House Hotel: Small, family-run boutique hotel in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare. Operates at similar scale and seasonal pattern, competing for the same touring, golf, and spa-leisure visitor segment in North Clare.
• Gregans Castle Hotel: Boutique heritage hotel in the Burren, County Clare. Comparable in scale (small property, family-led), seasonality, and positioning around the Wild Atlantic Way, Cliffs of Moher, and Burren tourism.
• Hotel Doolin: Boutique hotel in Doolin, County Clare on the Wild Atlantic Way. Targets the same Cliffs of Moher / Burren tourism circuit with similar package-driven, activity-bundled stays.
• Lahinch Golf & Leisure Hotel: Adjacent hotel in Lahinch village targeting the same Lahinch Golf Course customer base. Direct competitor for golf-break stays in the same micro-market with overlapping seasonality and Wild Atlantic Way positioning.
• Falls Hotel & Spa: Family-owned hotel in Ennistymon, a few kilometres from Lahinch. Competes for the same North Clare touring, golf, and surf visitor base with a comparable seasonal independent-hotel operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Adare Manor: Iconic luxury heritage hotel in County Limerick. Comparable in being a long-established, family-led Irish hospitality brand with strong golf positioning, though operating at a much higher price point and scale.
• Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Doonbeg: Luxury resort hotel on the same Wild Atlantic Way corridor, ~25 minutes south. Competes for high-end golf tourists visiting Doonbeg and Lahinch links courses, but at a much larger scale and price point.
• The Europe Hotel & Resort: Five-star resort on the lakes of Killarney. Comparable as an Irish, family/independently operated resort competing for inbound golf and leisure tourists, but at significantly larger scale and broader amenity set.
• Dromoland Castle Hotel: Historic castle hotel in County Clare. Comparable heritage-led Irish country house hotel competing for leisure and golf tourists in the same region, though at a luxury scale well above Vaughan Lodge.

Regional players

• Armada Hotel: Mid-scale hotel at Spanish Point, County Clare, on the Wild Atlantic Way. Competes for surf, golf, and family leisure visitors in the same West Clare corridor but with a larger room base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/vaughanlodge?lang=en
• Facebookfacebook.com/vaughanlodgehotel
• Instagraminstagram.com/vaughanlodgehotelandvl/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vaughan-lodge-hotel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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