Find out how much money you need to take to vacation in the UAE in 2021. Current prices for food, entertainment and excursions. How much to plan for shopping and souvenirs? At the end of the article, we calculate the cost of a weekly trip for one person.
Food
Exchange rate: 1 UAE dirham (AED) ≈ 19 RUB.
Most tourists go to rest in Dubai and other emirates on a package tour with meals, so they hardly spend on food.
If you took a tour without meals or are driving on your own and want to save money, then here's a tip - you can eat inexpensively in Dubai in local establishments, restaurants of Thai, Indian, Pakistani and Chinese cuisines. Salads and soups are inexpensive in Arab cafes and restaurants for tourists. Big Macs, fries and cola at McDonald's will cost 25 AED, and shawarma on the street - 4-10 AED.
Here are the prices for dishes in cafes and restaurants in the UAE in 2021:
- soups - 7-16 AED
- rice with chicken - 20-35 AED
- bagel - 55-65 AED
- plate with seafood - 80-110 AED
- fried fish and side dish - 50-70 AED.
Lunches and dinners in hotel restaurants are expensive - from 45-50 AED, for modest menu service they take from 65 AED. How much money do you need for food in Dubai? To indulge yourself in nothing, plan at least AED 300 per day.
shubinan: "How much did we spend per week in Dubai for a family? We mostly had to eat in fast food restaurants, namely in McDonald's. They had the cheapest offers - lattes at 5 dirhams and dinners at 10 dirhams. We spent 32,160 rubles on food in restaurants and 5303 rubles for shops ".
Excursions and entertainment
If you want to experience Arab culture and monuments, buy guided tours or travel on your own. Look for excursions in the UAE on the Tripster or Sputnik8. Prices for excursions in the United Arab Emirates:
- sightseeing tour of Dubai - 88 AED
- "Indian Ocean + 4 Emirates" - 191 AED
- tour in Abu Dhabi - 200 AED
- observation deck at the Burj Khalifa - 140 AED
- desert jeep safari with dinner - 185 AED
- sea excursion "Atlantis, Dubai Marina, Palm Jumeirah and Burj Al Arab" - 165 AED
Check out 9 of the best excursions in Dubai.
Another way to discover Dubai is with the Hop On Hop Off double-decker sightseeing buses. They run every 20-30 minutes on several routes past the main attractions of the resort city. Bus tickets cost from 200 AED.
Entrance fees to amusement parks in Dubai are expensive. To spend a day at Wild Wadi Water Park, you have to pay AED 283, and at Aquaventure Water Park - AED 355. Diving training in Fujairah - one dive in the pool + two in the sea - costs 850 AED.
Find out what to see in Dubai.
Shopping and souvenirs
Shopping lovers are delighted with the United Arab Emirates. You can buy any clothes and shoes here. Cheap souvenirs, such as magnets and mugs, are brought to the UAE from China, so they are not very popular among tourists.
If you want to bring authentic gifts, we advise you to pay attention to the graceful metal coffee pots dalla, which cost from 20 AED. Many take souvenir daggers bigot, which cost from 40 AED, fragrant Arabian spices, oud oil perfume and incense bakhur... Tourists are happy to buy sweet dates home at 30 AED per kilogram.
Transport
The cheapest transport in Dubai is the subway. Prices for one trip start at 4 AED, and a day pass costs from 20 AED. To save money, buy the NOL Silver Card transport card. In other emirates, tourists only use buses and taxis.
How much money do you need for a taxi in the UAE? Passengers are served by cars with meters. If you catch a taxi on the street, boarding will cost 5 AED and the minimum fare is 12 AED. The road from the Burj Al Arab hotel to the Burj Khalifa skyscraper will cost 40 AED, and from the Dubai airport to Dubai Marina - 80 AED.
Find out how to get from the airport to Dubai and Sharjah.
Conclusion: how much money to take in the UAE for a week
Emirates is not a cheap country. Wherever you are on vacation - in Dubai, Sharjah or Abu Dhabi - you will not be able to save a lot.
For budget vacation for a week in the UAE in 2021, take with you at least $ 200 per person: food - $ 120-150, excursions and entertainment - $ 40, shopping and souvenirs - $ 20, 2 metro trips daily - $ 15.
To relax in the Emirates comfortable, take at least $ 500 with you: food - $ 200, 2 excursions + desert safari - $ 120, shopping and souvenirs - $ 150, daily metro + 3 taxi rides - $ 50.
How much money do you need in the UAE to feel like in an oriental fairy tale? For royal rest take $ 1500 at Arab resorts: food - $ 800, 3 excursions + diving training or a visit to the spa center - $ 370, shopping and souvenirs - $ 260, daily taxi rides - $ 70.
Fresh wind: "The order of prices: a taxi from the airport to the hotel 900 rubles, travel from the hotel to the beach about 400-450 rubles one way, snacks in such eateries as KFC - about 400 rubles per person (a burger, something else and a drink ). Cafe-restaurants are much more expensive. "
Igor and Tatiana: "Dubai is an expensive city. If you want to feel comfortable, expect 80 USD per person per day. This is only food and transport. For excursions and entrance fees, set a separate budget."
