Thread: DL to Dubai Labor Day Weekend

I visited Dubai in November of 2009, I am not a DL employee so I flew out on EK and back on KLM. Dubai itself even in November has very high temperature, while there the temp was high and it was humid, at night the temp would go down. I stayed at the Four Points in Bur Dubai, it was quite convenient and right in front of a metro station. Dubai is known for it's mega malls and souks and as mentioned by mrs767 the airport itself is a big shopping mall (landside when you check in it might be calm but airside it usually is a zoo). I visited a couple of places but my fave was the Jumeirah mosque and while there you get good tips on were to visit in Dubai, we also did a desser safari (that was a bit too touristy). We visited for 3 days and thsat was more than enough. If you end up going enjoy the Emirates.

Regards,

Chepos

Thanks for all the info. I think if the numbers stay the way they are we're going to give it a shot. Looking like 62 seats leaving ATL (17 up front) and 75 leaving DXB (20 up front). There would have to be a crazy amount of cargo to leave with that many seats open....right? Knock on wood! Mrs767er and chepos, any must sees and or must do's? Also how were things priced over there? Thanks again for all your help!

Hello,

I thought Dubai was fairly reasonable, hotels are a bit on the expensive side (the chan hotels that is). We did the Sherator Four Points with hotel points,but the beachside hotels were prohibitive. We passed by the Burj, we did not go inside but I did not think it looked as impressive as I thought it would from the outside. We also visited the palm island and looked at the Atlantis and saw what that was all about. As a sidenote we bought a pass on one of those touristy double decker busses that you see in the major cities and did Dubai that way, it takes you around the city to see the major sights. We did a boat ride along the creek at night and that was quite the sight, especially when the call to prayer came about- quite special. Dont waste your money on SkiDubai, it's pricey and always half empty, just look at it from the outside (it's located inside one of the mega malls. I visited both the Gold souk and the spice souk, you meet some very interesting people from all corners of the world (particularly Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Banglasesh). If you have any other questions just let me know.

Regards,

Chepos