Creative commons: EVO- Nightscape of the high-rise section of Dubai
Dubai is similar to Singapore in that it is a small nation. The advantage of visiting a small country is that you save time on travel from one location to another and can do so much more. Dubai offers so much to keep you busy and happy throughout your stay. You must get there first. Book in advance and you pay the full fare. Smart travellers do not book in advance. They wait and search for last minute travel deals. It is no secret that most airlines always have some vacant seats they want to fill and if you approach a travel agent or an airline’s office, you could get last minute travel deals Dubai your destination at an affordable price. Enquiring with each travel agent and airline may be a lengthy process. A shortcut is to go online and visit websites that serve as deal aggregators displaying last minute travel deals from various airlines.
Once in Dubai there is no shortage of activities. The most striking building when you fly in is the Burj tower, dominating the landscape for miles around. The glimpse may be momentary but you can book a helicopter ride with Aerogulf service for about AED 500 and view the skyline of Dubai during a twenty minute ride. The ride takes you over the famed Burj Al Ara, Atlantis the Palm, Downtown Dubai and Dubai Creek teeming with ships and dhows of all sizes. Talking of Dhows you can book a cruise aboard a traditional one, the deck looking the same as it did for centuries. Down below it is a different, air conditioned ambience with unlimited cuisines for you and your family. That done it is time to take a walk into the older part of Dubai, the Bastakia Quarter, take your kids to a couple of museums, notably the Dubai Museum.
Your children will love the Malls, the largest in the world. One has an indoor skating rink and another has a ski slope. There are food courts and you can have some lovely chocolate and coffee concoctions with a Middle East flavor. If you like street food, Dubai is a paradise with Indian, Persian, Moroccan and Egyptian food stalls that serve wholesome and delicious food at absurdly low prices.
Ski Dubai Slope by Filipe Fortes (creative commons)
Give your kids a treat by taking them on a quad biking trip or dune bashing in the deserts of Dubai. You can join a quad bike safari and have three hours of unmitigated fun. This is a fun activity in which the whole family can take part as you follow the guide up and down the dunes. While your kids go dune bashing you can follow more sedately in a dune buggy. It is pure fun. Arabia Horizons offers quad biking Dubai kids deals you should not miss.
Whether you go shopping in malls, dining in restaurants or riding helicopters or dhows or on a desert safari, have discount coupons obtained from an online discount voucher website handy. You save as much as 50 to 70% on bills at each place and can truly enjoy Dubai.