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Friday, November 11, 2011

Friends put together an affortable vacation to Dubai with these tips

The Dubai News (Issue #25)
  Dubai City Information Site

Arranging a Vacation to Dubai for Cheap!

So in the last few newsletter issues, we discussed getting to Dubai for cheap, renting a car while there as well as finding the best deals on Dubai hotels.   Kish and I received an email from a family in Denver, CO who gave us an excellent idea.
 
They told us why not combine all three together and give our readers a good recipe for an affordable vacation to Dubai. Excellent idea!


So does your family or just yourself need a short break to Dubai for cheap? No worries, hopefully we can help you with that in this newsletter.

Dubai, situated as it is, on the coastline of the Arabian Peninsula, makes it the perfect destination to head to for a short break.  
 
Most of us feel the urge to get away from everything and with Dubai being located so centrally on the world's map, makes it the optimum choice of the whole lot (a bit far for us North Americans however).
I (Sunil) have to confess that prior to my initial trip to Dubai I had always imagined it to be a sedate backwater city, a common enough misconception to make, I guess. 
 
Let us just say that my trip there made it clear to me in more ways than one that there is nothing 'sedate' about this city.  I am sure you know all about Dubai by now.  
 
If not, we have a wonderful website with all kinds of information from our personal experiences.  Make sure you spend some time on it!

I had mistakenly assumed that there would not be much to see, so there would be no need for me to stay for more than a week at the most. I have to say that when I landed here, I was very pleasantly surprised. 

Not only did I find out that Dubai literally reeked adventure and life from top to bottom, but I ended up extending my stay here by a few days, not an easy task, given that most of the hotel rooms had been booked in advance. This is the perfect place to take a short vacation or a long one, whichever one you prefer.

If you are in the mood for a light adventure, you can take part in one of the 'Arabian Adventures'. Personally, I found that experience a little too dull, the whole adventure being more or less a drive about in a 4X4, I am still not sure what the adventure was all about.
 
But I can tell you that the drive along for more than 6 hours with a guide who spoke the 'bare minimum' in the Queen's language was an adventure in itself.


I guess I just had a bad experience myself because everyone else that I know or heard from that did this had an absolute blast. I guess I went on a bad day and just got stuck with am average guide. I have looked at several reviews online and they all have nothing but great things to say about the Arabian Adventures.

But that episode apart, there are quite a few adventures lined up in Dubai for the brave and the foolhardy. Well, I count myself as belonging to the later club and needless to say; I took part in cruising, diving, hot air ballooning as well as Para gliding. So, if you are in the mood for a real adventure and not a placid drive in a 4X4, then you need to get here double quick.

My Dubai short stay became more of an in-house experiment in trying to see how high my adrenalin levels would shoot up. You may find that there are quite a few adventure options available to you in this city and that it would not leave you much time to do anything else. So make sure that you organize your plans accordingly, if you plan to have a rocking time in this city.

If you are a racing buff as I am, then make sure that you leave a day or two to watch some of the camel races. It is the same as horse racing with a wee bit more of 'unpredictable' thrown in, making the whole thing a literal game of luck.

Frankly, I did not win that much at the races, but I enjoyed the experience of watching the animals trot off to the finishing line, never knowing which one is going to cross the line first.

It is an experience that you should not miss out on any account. Whether you are planning a Dubai short break or a long one, I am sure that you would be able to experience the adventure of a lifetime.

So how do you arrange one for a very good price? It is not as hard as you think.   Kish and I have arranged special deals with flight and hotel vendors over the years that are available to our website visitors and newsletter subscribers.  It took some effort to arrange this but it is worth it for everyone, including us because we save a lot booking through them.

 

For flights and car rentals in Dubai you can search the IAN database.  For hotels you can search the Hotels Combined database.  Both will give you up to 70% off if you tell them Kish and Sunil sent you. We have been working with them for years now and they are an excellent, reliable company to do business with.

 

And if you want your short vacation to Dubai to be fully organized for you by experts to save you the planning headache, consider the Kuoni travel team.
 
These guys are definitely the best at what they do and they are worth every bit of what they promise.  Kish and I have also arranged a special deal with them so make sure you mention that and you will get a good price discount on your booking.
 

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You have to admit that was good information on how to arrange a trip to Dubai for cheap. So keep this newsletter safe and refer back to it when needed.  We hope you enjoyed this issue.
 

Take care and see you soon

 
~Sunil

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