One of the problems with Wizz Air is they seem to shift their schedules near to the flight times so if you booking a series of flights I'd be cautious about one shift causing a domino effect toppling over all your other holiday plans.

Also it seems July. I thought best time to go there is winter times. Still voted hot. Might be good for someone who needs it any

There was some June dates too, worth scrolling through calendar for availability.

...and if you happen to brush up against someone else whilst out for the evening in Dubai, they'll extend your stay indefinitely.

don't touch anyone on the hip while out for a drink, jail for a month atleast for the guy in the news recently.

Always two sides to every story, Dubai’s version is he was twerking on him! Someone is lying but obviously we have to believe the British media

Be funny if the urine literally got dumped out of the aeroplane mid-flight. 'Wizzair'

Could do a dirt cheap 3 in 1 trip to Asia. See beautiful Transylvania in Romania, then fly to Dubai and connect to flights to Malaysia / Thailand / Philippines etc for some cheap sunshine and food.

Actually Cebu usually have cheap flights to Manila starting at £40 one way. Which is mental considering the distance but I've done this before and it's fine if you have movies, books etc to entertain yourself!

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The place is a joke. Crazy laws like the guy who was thrown in jail because he brushed up against someone else.

Not exactly a holiday when you are treading on egg shells all the time to comply with their crazy rules.

Hope they don’t get bankrupt before my flight

Great for HotRomania deals site
Not really a lot of use for us Brits here on Hot UK deals :blush:

Good news for pimp gangs in Romania.

There are several hundred cases like this every year and mostly you don't hear about it. It's only when it hits the press do the dubai authorities care to protect there tourism. They know given western countries are now moving away from oil there economic future depends on tourist. Having been there and had a chat with the local non Arab workers the human rights is terrible. Alot of worker are trapped. It's basically a country built by foreign workers who are abused and treated really badly and people go to the resorts to continue to support the abuse. People either don't care or play the ignorance card. I for one could never go back and support such a regime.

Kind of agree on lots of different points made by different posters.

Lovely! I will be booking it! Thanks

Fantastic deal!!! I can't go though as I booked the aeroflot deal to Japan for July :party:

Its not cheap in Jan-Feb, the time I wanted to travel to Dubai :'( :worried:

Just seen these go the week before I'm going to Japan. It would be sin to let these go to waste! Thanks Op!

So how do YOU get to hear about these hundreds of cases?
Just curious.

Ooh I loved Japan! We went last October and the autumn leaves were beautiful especially in the Japanese Alps. It's an amazing country, expensive but so efficient, clean and with lovely people.

Thanks Rachel! To say I'm beyond excited is an understatement!!!

Don’t forget that Wizz Air flies to Dubai World Central and not DXB. Whilst it’s not so far out of the main attractions, you are probably looking at around £60 each way if not more.

Architecture??? All I saw was a concrete jungle with no character whatsoever

There's definitely an architecture there. Compare their buildings and styles with our own.

History on the other hand is a different matter.

I'm curious too, probably form a mates mate down the pub I guess lol, u go to another country then u respect their culture, simple as that, u causing trouble trying to be human right fighter against what u claimed unfair treatment, then blame no one. And I'm not sure about abuse the other guy was saying, most foreign workers go work in these places for better pay and tax free, unless they hold ur passport and ban u from leaving ur job and the country, then I don't see any problem, they are free to go. If you want higher pay tax free and 5 star treatment and not getting "abused" then simply don't go, common sense not so common these days?

I've been there loads and it's amazing. You walk around streets in England and it's a matter of time before you see some nutter shouting or swearing. You just don't see that crap in Dubai... it is pristine, on the surface which as a tourist is all you'll see.

Obviously, that is because they have some damn harsh laws... you probably don't plan on going there and acting like a hooligan. If you do, you'll have issues. If you act normally, you will likely be alright and have an amazing time. It is not expensive either, a quality meal right outside the burj khalifa / dubai fountain is £10-20... hotels in al barsha near Mall of Emirates (if you don't mind Metro'ing around) cost pennies - £300-400 for 10 nights and they are great.

I went for the first time with my brother. We were early 20s, and very naive... we did actually have three minor incidents in that visit.

First, we unknowingly went in the women/children carriage on the metro... oops, the guard spotted us and firmly pointed us to the normal carriage. No big deal. We had to be told to not sit on a fountain feature in one of the malls.... and third, we were trying to get some pictures inside the area around the burj khalifa and well I guess we went to a private area because someone shouted and had to ask us to back off.

^ those (boring) stories above are far more likely things to happen than the scare stories posted on the internet. Note their tolerance... we didn't go straight to jail! Sh!% happens everywhere. London, New York. I can give you incidents like that from any place I visited.

I'm not defending some of the stupid stuff that has gone down in Dubai but I don't understand why it is such a deterrent to some people.

do you think? I usually stay in al barsha and from the main airport it's £20 each way... same distance??!

We had a pretty lengthy layover in Dubai this summer and wanted to go a few miles into the city, but we were advised not to as it was just not worth it. Been told it would be around £40 each way

Is this for July?
No thanks it will be 50 degrees what can you do in that kind of heat apart from hide inside in the air conditioning?

so how much is the waiter in a london michelin starred restaurant paid? probably less than the cost of a glass of wine....

Amazing price, too much hassle for me, highly recommend visiting Dubai, got bored of it the second time, avoid the summer as its really hot with high humidity,

In the airports they have those fancy white lexus taxis they try to put tourists in, they are double the cost. The standard yellow (?) cabs are £20ish from Al Barsha to the main airport... £5-10 from Al Barsha to the Mall... £10 to the outlet mall miles away in the middle of the desert. I personally think the taxis are mega cheap. They get super cheap fuel!

haha. I've spoke to a few people who consider it a "visit once" place. Why? it's cheap, awesome beaches, shopping, food, stuff to do. I don't understand. I feel that "highly recommend" "got bored of it the second time" contradict slightly too! I wouldn't recommend something that gets boring to me after one visit.

I personally am a freak with the heat. I love it. It'd be hell without AC, or maybe living and working there through the whole summer.

I was looking at the UBER prices I think

I’ll never forgive them for banging up Grooverider for 10 months when he accidentally had some cannabis in his pocket.

ah cool last time I was there (May last year) they didn't have uber. I just did a few searches on the uber site and can see the prices are like you say... that is way more than the taxis are there mate.

Maybe that changed since too? :astonished:

It's always been a bubble waiting to burst to me; I think they could get away with charging the tourists way more. People think of Dubai being expensive but compared to other places I've been, Europe, America... it is cheap as hell to eat, visit attractions. Bottle of coke cola was 1 dirham in the mall of emirates carrefour. That was 20p... I don't know where else you get so much value for money, I'd argue Caribbean and Thailand but then you pay £600 to fly there and 11 hours compared to £300 /7 hours to get to dubai. Plus they have rainy seasons and dubai is awesome in the winter and if you can deal with summer temps of 40-50C, then it's all cheaper. The only thing which is considerably more expensive is the alcohol prices but that's because their culture has minimal demand for it.

Put the fare lock on which is non refundable for 48 hours to make mind up checked flights from london to romania its like 145£ per person return total adds up to the cost of a ticket to dubai anyway. Guess wizz air will be caking in peoples deposits even if they dont fly! Great business! Love you xxxx

That maybe the case but the waiter isn't a slave. Someone commented earlier that's passports are not taken. If you wish to close your eyes and ears to the truth that's fine.
Having physically spoken to people when we visited dubai in 2014 who live in the out skirts. Alot of these workers from india who we spoke to explained how they all had there passports taken away by there companies. There were paid less than they were promised and brought across under false premises.

I'm sure alot of expats who work out there might be doing well as professionals but the harsh truth is there is slave under class. The thing is this was what I saw when I went and this is my individual experience having seen it I can't Change what I saw and feel personally i couldn't support it. Similarly there will be thousands of visitors to dubai who stay in the luxury hotels and go shopping in the malls and have never seen such things. To them it's a fantastic place to go.

It's a difficult topic to debate online and ultimately like all things in life it depends on your own moral compass which will be based on your own journey through life and everyone and thing that has shaped it.

Totally disagree. I live in the UK now and I am a former resident of the UAE for the past 20 years. I am trying to go back again on a better job. Your comment is stereotyping. You have people trapped even in the UK by that logic.

Nothing grey about their laws. You are a foreigner. You fit in with them, not the other way around. They have come some way to accomodating western ways, alcohol etc. The cohabitation thing is an issue for westerners, but tough, their rules, their country. Put your head above the parapet and , etc. etc.

That's all very well, but how does that make the cost of these airline tickets hot or cold?

​mate go read the story, he was gonna get knocked into and drop his drink, its in a crowded bar. ok, I get it, you like dubai, but drink spilt on you Vs someone trying to get you out the way?

I go twice a year to Dubai and have done for the last 10 years.

It's expensive enough to keep the idiots out.

Jus the way I like it.

There is everything grey about the laws. Their rules are not clear, therefore grey as perfectly explained in my post that you replied to. You can defend all you like it doesn't change the truth. Here's anther example You can drink in a hotel bar legally, get into a taxi, get reported for drinking and arrested. (that's after consuming 1 drink , in fact taxi drivers drop you straight off at cop shop). Whilst I am unsure how that would pan out for a local (there is only a tiny % of the population that are local), it's crazy. It's better to just have no drinking throughout the nation, then there is no grey areas.

Each to their own, but the above is not my idea of a holiday.

If you book the flights separately and you miss the connection due to a delay, i wouldn't expect the airline to compensate you. Sounds risky to me. Also think that Dubai is full of pretentious people, and although there are some impressive buildings I think it is a horrible country with archaic laws. Done it and wouldn't return.

And just to keep those that travel to this nation on a regular basis up to date


From FO


The UAE authorities announced on 7 June 2017 that showing sympathy for Qatar on social media or by any other means of communication is an offence. Offenders could be imprisoned and subject to a substantial fine.



So perhaps talking about the 2022 World Cup whilst sipping your Pina colada with your life long unmarried partner would not be the thing to do in the hotel bar. Step outside to the taxi and guilty as charged on 3 offences.

As I said each to their own

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it is risky - especially as you need to get to Cluj - which is prob going to be £200+ return. Hang around for long connections.
May as well stump up the extra & fly direct.

I went in March/April and it's the most amazing place I've ever been to. I'm going back next June.

Country?
Dubai?

No Japan. I actually just booked again

Hey?

Fake news ... real news... all the same.
1000's of brits go Dubai every year without issue.

- Can't wear headscarfs in France
- can't touch guys on the bum (well near the hip) in Dubai
- what's next? Tax on fizzy pop... oh wait that's already happening. Strange world we live in.

Can't find a decent price to get to cluj, anyone else having this problem ?

The number of Romanian citizens in the UK has reached an all-time high so a few hundred thousand of them might benefit from such deals...

Brush up against someone and someone will be brushing up against you for 5 days in the jail. Isn't it fair? :grin:

That's the catch. You have to go to Romania. No thanks! I'd rather sit on a fork

Heat for the prices, I wouldn't want to go myself though. I don't like hot weather, sand or camels
Also, my idea of a holiday isn't really lazing around by a pool getting a tan so there's not a lot for me by the look of things.

lol, "accidentally"

did us a favour so we didin't have to hear him clanging toss tunes for a few months

Like the woman who went to the police in Dubai to report being raped and was imprisoned for having extra-marital sex?

Skiing, desert hikes, sky diving, watersports, ice skating, tour buses, shopping - dubai is far more of a city break than a beach holiday, its not a Caribbean holiday.

Also if you go in the winter it's something like 25C highs 15C lows on average, surely that isn't too hot?

I would be surprised if it didn't have a lot for you.

Fair enough, maybe I should read about it a bit more. Still don't like camels though :smile:

I’m still trying to work it out why if you are trying not to spill a drink would you have your hand on someone’s hip and not higher up their back. Strange indeed