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Monday, October 01, 2007
A guide to budget accommodation in Dubai
There is not much in the way of budget accommodation in Dubai. Cheap guest house style accommodation that is common in Asian destinations does not fit in with Dubai's grand master plan of being a luxury holiday and shopping stop-over destination.
Hostels
There is one hostel in Dubai, the UAE YHA, though it is not the most convenient location.
Guest Houses
There are budget accommodation options available, but booking online is generally not possible. Most of these places don't even have a website, let alone booking facilities, and their contact details are via a yahoo address.
If you are looking for a guest house in Dubai they can be found in the Deira and Bur Dubai area (the Dubai Creek area). I found a number of places that had single room accommodation for 150 UAE Dirham (about $40 US) . As a comparison, the cheapest room I could find on any hotel booking site was 300 UAE Dirham (about $80 US).
These guest houses are spread out all over the city as well, so it is not like you can just turn up in an area and look around, like say in the Khao Sanh Road in Bangkok or Colaba in Mumbai.
Mirage Guest House, an example of a basic Dubai guest house.
Hostels
There is one hostel in Dubai, the UAE YHA, though it is not the most convenient location.
Guest Houses
There are budget accommodation options available, but booking online is generally not possible. Most of these places don't even have a website, let alone booking facilities, and their contact details are via a yahoo address.
If you are looking for a guest house in Dubai they can be found in the Deira and Bur Dubai area (the Dubai Creek area). I found a number of places that had single room accommodation for 150 UAE Dirham (about $40 US) . As a comparison, the cheapest room I could find on any hotel booking site was 300 UAE Dirham (about $80 US).
These guest houses are spread out all over the city as well, so it is not like you can just turn up in an area and look around, like say in the Khao Sanh Road in Bangkok or Colaba in Mumbai.
Mirage Guest House, an example of a basic Dubai guest house.
Labels: dubai, guest house, hostel, hotels, uae
Posted by James Clark - editor of itravelnet.com
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