Dubai on a budget

worried_jim

Just open a free Starling account now. Card will be with you mid week.

https://www.starlingbank.com/

misscomickat

Managed to find my new credit card, so hopefully that will work.

I'm not being sent by a company in the UK, I'm going to work on a short term freelance project, and no, food isn't covered as standard.

eDicky

cubegame wrote: »

You're away from home on work and still expected to pay for your food?

Who doesn't have to pay for their daily food even when they are not working..?

worried_jim wrote: »

Just open a free Starling account now. Card will be with you mid week.

https://www.starlingbank.com/

Yes, Starling Bank, forget about your credit card unless it is fee-free for overseas use, which seems unlikely since you hardly knew if you even had one...

misscomickat

It's a Halifax credit card. I rarely use a credit card which is why it was in a drawer somewhere

misscomickat

I am a tit. Checked the credit card and it didn't say "clarity", which I know is the one that's free to use overseas. So applied online for a clarity card and was accepted. Then double checked and it seems the card I already have actually *is* a clarity card. So I'll now have two. Whoops.

Sharon87

Dubai can be done on a budget. Just avoid the big malls. The Metro is really cheap to use, even taxis are cheap if you need to use them. I never paid more than a tenner within Dubai itself (more to go to the Palm/outside Dubai, but never more than £30).

Sometimes the weather and humidity means you don't want to walk to the Metro, even if it's 10 minutes walk away! It can get super humid, it's almost like a sauna!

Agree about Carrefore - it's reasonably priced.

bhjm

Luke1066 wrote: »

Why? Dubai brunches are great fun and a good way to meet people.

and getting expensive