​its good for the stuff that comes out of your mouth then :smiley: .

Oh dear .Dubai= lovely weather, ultra modern ,clean,very low crime rate.
UK= terrible weather ,bursting at the seems ,dirty,high levels of crimes,bankrupt.
Yeah can see why you think Dubai is a toilet!

You've clearly been as far the holding cells I see.

You are right. I have been twice now, and on my second visit I saw the 'real' Dubai. People on here are either incredibly ignorant or just oblivious to the fact that slave labour still exists in Dubai. All of the wonders such as the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall and hell even the metro wasn't built by Emiratis, but by Indians, Sri Lankans, Nepalese and Filipino men. Infact finding Emiratis is like finding kryptonite!

This hotel posted in this deal is in Bur Dubai which is not the Dubai people imagine before they visit. It is the REAL Dubai where there are people spitting their chewing tobacco on the ground, where the buildings (aside from the hotels) are rundown and to my anger, where animals are roaming the streets starving and mistreated by the locals.

Dubai is fake, and you enjoy living in a bubble and can ignore such facts, go for it. Anyone with a decent set of morals should not generate more revenue for this backwards country. I say this as someone who at first glance fell for Dubai, but after seeing the handful of visual spectacles, the facade grows thin.

You can change the hotel and get a 5* hotel for a extra £82 if you like!

http://www.agoda.com/movenpick-hotel-deira/hotel/dubai-ae.html?checkin=2016-09-08&los=5&adults=2&rooms=1&cid=1720071&tag=cvtmIKJCpSrkVSdzXOdI0nA,h68245&searchrequestid=155bd18e-af1c-4916-a18c-060d4742d5c4&_ga=1.226721757.1757831185.1456526591

Dubai and the whole UAE is toilet.

all gone ? never fancied dubai but it looks nice

Good deal, though 4* is not luxury in Dubai.

Agreed if going to Dubai you need to go 5 star to call it luxury . Some of the 4 stars are not great . Really good deal . Check holiday pirates out if your looking for a cheap deal .

rubbish hotel and the price is about normal for the time of the year..

Good one, you should be ashamed of yourself for promoting such a back wards country, typical chav with a bit if money. I'm not interested in your reply.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11936981/Who-in-their-right-mind-would-want-to-visit-Dubai.html

People like you are the very worst of the British. Look beyond your own nose for once.

Nope, I just see it for what it is. I'm not so self centred that I cant see the place for what it really is.

Sun, Sea, Sand, Sharia, Slavery, Sex workers and Sponsoring terrorism.

You should be ashamed of yourself, you really should. This isn't an anti muslim rant, just the UAE.

Then explain clearly. God has given you faculties, senses and a keyboard. Use one or more instead of relying on cheap alliteration and half-formed rhetoric.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11936981/Who-in-their-right-mind-would-want-to-visit-Dubai.html
People like you are the very worst of the British. Look beyond your own nose for once.[/quote.

Try visiting the place rather than copy and pasting a newspaper article .You don't fool anyone by pretending you have visited the place .If you start listing faults of the great UK we will be here all day.

Im not one for getting involved in tit for tat internet arguments but I can't help but agree. Dubai really is a repugnant place.

Fair play if you don't give a stuff though. Leave your morals at Gatwick before you depart and enjoy some good ol slave built 5 star luxury.

Wonderful place from reading about it.

http://www.detainedindubai.org/#!homosexuality-in-the-uae/c233q

Whilst I don't agree with the OP, having worked in the Middle East (incl Dubai):

1) I wouldn't place too much faith in their crime figures.

2) The weather is great for a holiday, not so great for day to day life. I worked in Riyad during their summer and temps reach well into the 40's. It gets so hot people will wait for a parking spot next to the office, because walking from the other end of the car park leaves you drenched in sweat and knackered. The pool ladders in the compound had to be taped up as you'd burn yourself if you touch them. Generally you spend the day inside to get away from the lovely weather :/

3) Its a tiny little place in the middle of the desert. The tourist areas are ultra modern, but the rest is just as mundane as our suburbs. And you can barely stretch your legs before you've reached the end.

4) You have to be careful what you say, who you say it to. What you do, particularly where you do it. You soon realise the tourist regions exist in a bubble, step outside that bubble and it ain't the wonderful tolerant decadent paradise the brochures present.

All said and done, its a nice place for a hol, but I'm glad I was born and live in blighty, even with the dodgy weather :/

Vegas, without the casinos

https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/united-arab-emirates/report-united-arab-emirates/

I'm done here. Have a nice stay.

No they are generally treated well, particularly if their sponsor is a powerful individual or company.

However, there is a very strict hierarchy if things go wrong:

1) Local national Arabs
2) Arabs from other ME countries
3) Westerners
4) Everyone else (bulk of their workforce comprised from Indian Sub Continent and Philippines)

If you have something as trivial as a car accident, you'll quickly see this hierarchy kick in. For example as a western expat/worker/holidayer you'll be fine if the other party is from group (4). But if the other party is an Arab they'll hold your passport (or even hold you in custody) until you make good for the damage. The company I worked for at the time insisted we didn't drive and we always had a driver allocated when working in the middle east.

Group 4 have minimal rights and can be treated very poorly by our standards. However, equally it should be noted many of them still go to the middle east to work as their treatment and conditions in their home countries aren't great either :/

You are right. I have been twice now, and on my second visit I saw the 'real' Dubai. People on here are either incredibly ignorant or just oblivious to the fact that slave labour still exists in Dubai. All of the wonders such as the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall and hell even the metro wasn't built by Emiratis, but by Indians, Sri Lankans, Nepalese and Filipino men. Infact finding Emiratis is like finding kryptonite!

This hotel posted in this deal is in Bur Dubai which is not the Dubai people imagine before they visit. It is the REAL Dubai where there are people spitting their chewing tobacco on the ground, where the buildings (aside from the hotels) are rundown and to my anger, where animals are roaming the streets starving and mistreated by the locals.

Dubai is fake, and you enjoy living in a bubble and can ignore such facts, go for it. Anyone with a decent set of morals should not generate more revenue for this backwards country. I say this as someone who at first glance fell for Dubai, but after seeing the handful of visual spectacles, the facade grows thin.

There's no need for personal views on the UAE ..just vote hot/cold no? Back to the deal, I don't think the hotel is Luxury by any definition.. its just an average hotel in average part of Dubai

I think this site would be a pretty boring place if discussions were restricted to price. Of course it does get annoying when such discussions take over the topic and you can't filter out comments which are useful if you're considering a purchase.

Anyway to bring it back on "topic".

1) Its a very small place, provided you aren't crossing peak traffic spots or during peak traffic times you can get to most places quickly. Trip advisor is usually a good place to check.
2) The top hotels have private beaches, you may want to consider those if you plan to predominantly spend your time lazing on the beach.

I love Dubai.

Been going for years.

Great place.

Just came back in March.

agree.. 100%
this clip is from saudi Arabia but same thing happens in Dubai..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PkVom51M4E
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/10188514/Videomaker-arrested-after-filming-UAE-official-beating-driver.html

I went to ramada jumera , that's a 4 star . It was excellent

​Bit harsh, I found it really nice, great for shopping, good food, nice Hotel nice people.....sadly I came back to what most would describe as a toilet

A lot of bitter little people in this thread.

I'm really glad you lot can't afford to go to Dubai.

​I love it little knowledge and your an expert, Sharia and sex worker in the same sentence you've obviously studied sharia law for you blanket statement....

by the way your great Europe was built on Sharia.....

you my friend are the problem with the UK and the fact that you go to a clean nice country like Dubai and your own nastyness finds the bad with everything....that's your bad nature..

​rubish you obviously see bad and good the wrong way round...salve labour give it a rest my family runs building firms out there and good and bad are everywhere your right wing retrick and blanket opinions are getting boring....

​Your right, sgegness brigade or is it blackpool this year...

"Migrant workers continued to face exploitation and abuse despite protective provisions contained in the 1980 Labour Law and subsequent decrees. The kafala sponsorship system made workers vulnerable to abuse by their employers.

In April, an investigative report commissioned by a UAE government agency found that thousands of migrant construction workers employed at New York University’s campus in Abu Dhabi had been forced to pay steep recruitment fees and had their passports confiscated, despite university guidelines designed to ensure fair working and living conditions. Domestic workers, overwhelmingly women, remained excluded from the protections afforded to other migrant workers and faced physical violence, confinement to places of work, and other abuses. Workers who engaged in strikes or other forms of collective action faced arrest and deportation.

The authorities’ intolerance of criticism of their record on migrant workers was underlined when, in March, they denied entry to Professor Andrew Ross, an expert on labour issues at New York University."

It's nothing to do with religion or race mate. It's about basic human rights and freedom which exist only for the privileged few in the UAE.

​relax, it was a joke. OK I won't go dubai this year, will spend the holidays with you in Butlins.

Your grammar is worse than a 3 year old. Get educated at a basic level before trying to act smart on a public forum, all you're doing is embarassing yourself. You are talking absolute nonsense, you clearly have never been to Dubai.

Typical ignorant fool. We are the ones who have actually been and see it for what it is; fake. You obviously have never been, too busy downing cheap beer whilst watching a football match. Stick to what you know.

I've only been about 20 times.

You've never left your bubble of ignorance.

Poor you......I'm glad you're too poor to go to Dubai.

I get thats its no real paradise... No where is. Is a relatively new nation and like all notable nations.. Ours in particular... Was built by real slaves.

This coincides with Eid Ul Adha so will be public 5 day holiday. So will be a treat to experience eid in a different country. Heat

Think its easy to point fingers... But you only have rewind decades to see the ugly side to our own history and success

ugh just paid £1100

​been twice last year, to dubai and sharjah. Loved it. Each to their own I suppose.

what every ignorant racist says.

great deal, great place, fantastic people... only down side corrupt dictators kept in power by Western states.

any good upcoming bank holiday deals?

There aren't many options for exploring the world are there? Either visit
1. An old republic built by African Slaves or 2. visit far Eastern countries with their communist view, not to talk of really appalling human rights nation. Alternatively you can try the 3. middle Eastern countries with arguably the worst human rights records ( we'd discount African slaves gone by) and hypocrisy ( they down beer but claim they don't drink). forget all of those and go to 4. developing countries with their "fantastically corrupt" leaders who strip their people of the little they have and invest that in countries 1 and 3 forgetting they're slaves of their desires. The elites of 3 also worship everything about number 1 - their buildings , cars , women and their weather making them indirect slaves. Now all those money lavishly spent by number 3 to make them more like number 1 and their no tax means they attract people from number 3 to work there; the fantastic offers are too good to be refused and you can pay off your mortgage quicker so you go there to slave a bit. Meanwhile the not so well-off of number 2 and 4 will do anything to leave their countries and look for better opportunity in number 1 or the promise of "good jobs" in number 3.
I'm just here drinking tea thinking I'd visit once to see if they have any culture left and then move on to another country either run or led by slaves...

Wow...just wow turning a deal into a political debate, some people are just so bitter.....


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Nothing wrong with having a discussion about problems with a country--many people travel to Dubai without having a clue about the rather shocking things that go on there. I think it's sensible to educate yourself about a country before visiting.
I'd still visit Dubai, just like I've visited other countries with dubious political issues like Israel, Iran & North Korea.