Dubai Hints & Tips! (Merged)

Moose_2

khizman wrote:

Firstly, you would have to be an idiot

Let me just repeat, DO NOT BUY ANYTHING from a hotel, why would you as a moneysaver spend 5 times the price?

also 7 quid for a curry and rice is a proper rip off as i have mentioned in other threads

Please do not call me an idiot!! You do not know me at all to call me such names.

£7 for a curry in this particular hotel, I thought, was reasonable as you would pay that in a Pub/Restaurant in this country!

We found the supermarket cheap and it wasn't out of the way to go to as Carfore is at the bottom of the Deira City shopping centre where most hotel mini buses take you.

We only eat at the Hotel once or twice because we save a lot of money on our flights and hotel so thats why we eat there! It's a holiday, to be enjoyed not watching every penny we spend.

fatboyonadiet

Let's all stay relaxed now, I think khizman was just being a bit over-zealous in his moneysaving antics - me, I see both sides of the arguement, thus why half of our time in the hotel is half board!!!

khizman

Moose wrote:

Please do not call me an idiot!! You do not know me at all to call me such names.

£7 for a curry in this particular hotel, I thought, was reasonable as you would pay that in a Pub/Restaurant in this country!

We found the supermarket cheap and it wasn't out of the way to go to as Carfore is at the bottom of the Deira City shopping centre where most hotel mini buses take you.

We only eat at the Hotel once or twice because we save a lot of money on our flights and hotel so thats why we eat there! It's a holiday, to be enjoyed not watching every penny we spend.

Yeah i suppose you have a point,
i am usually there on a business holiday combo so i do watch money which i spend.
But it annoys me that people buy from hotels because they think that they can sell stuff at that price rather than decreasing it.
But yes i am very extreme when it comes to things like this, when i went to morocco i went as far as buying the same brand of mineral water as the one they serve you in the hotel restaurant to avoid paying 6 times the price!

If you werent spending money going to the supermarket then you are ok

7 quid is ok in this country sure but lets not forget, you arent in this country

The idiot thing wasnt directly aimed at you so sorry.

khizman

fatboyonadiet wrote:

Let's all stay relaxed now, I think khizman was just being a bit over-zealous in his moneysaving antics - me, I see both sides of the arguement, thus why half of our time in the hotel is half board!!!

Er yeah half board.
how much do you spend on beverages.

fatboyonadiet

khizman wrote:

Er yeah half board.
how much do you spend on beverages.

Eh? I don't know, the only reason we went half board is it didn't cost that much and it was a bit of a treat too.

khizman

fatboyonadiet wrote:

Eh? I don't know, the only reason we went half board is it didn't cost that much and it was a bit of a treat too.

What i was pointing at that these half board deals dont include beverages and you may end up paying more to drink beverages and eat for free on a half board package than you would to just go to a place and eat normally.

fatboyonadiet

Oh, OK I get it now, will look into this and maybe just change it to B&B instead.

khizman

fatboyonadiet wrote:

Oh, OK I get it now, will look into this and maybe just change it to B&B instead.

B&B would be an idea.
There are so many places to eat cheaply in Dubai I wouldnt want to eat the same food daily in the hotel.
What hotel is it?

fatboyonadiet

Oasis Beach Hotel

Moose_2

khizman wrote:

Yeah i suppose you have a point,


The idiot thing wasnt directly aimed at you so sorry.

Many thanks for your apology khizman

To Fatboyonadiet, as for Oasis beach, we went there once because when we stayed at the Palm (was the Dubai Park then) it's not near the beach and you were able to use the beach front off Oasis Beach Hotel...anyway, very nice hotel. Reasonable prices for food if I remember rightly, it may have changed by now though so don't qoute me on that!

H