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You’re traveling to Dubai!
This short guide will help you prepare for
your upcoming journey with Alluring
Asia.
Passports & VisaA passport valid for at least 6 months
following the date of your arrival in Dubais required. A visa is not required for US
citizens staying in Dubai for less than one
month.
Click on bulleted items below for more information
• Apply for a passport
• Renew by mail
• Report and replace lost/stolen U.S.
passport• Correct or change U.S. passport
information
• Visa information
Immuzinations & VaccinesWe strongly recommend you seek the
advice of your physician for all travel
vaccinations. For additional information
please visit www.cdc.gov/travel.
TippingGoods and service charges of 10% are
added to bills in most leading hotels and
restaurants. Where it is not included, a tip
of 10-15% of the bill would be appropriate
Airport porter/hotel bellboy:
$1.00 - $2.00 USD per bag.
Your tour guide:
$10.00 - $12.00 USD per person per day.
Driver/assistants:
$6.00 - $7.00 USD per person per day.
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What to Pack
Dubai, while relatively liberal, is still a Muslim city, and as
such you should aim to pack culturally-sensitive clothing.
Bathing suits, tank tops & sun dresses are okay on the
beach, but they may cause issues in public places. Pack
loose, long linens and cottons that extend to your elbows
and beyond the knee.
Dubai locals love dressing up for the evening; pack formal
clothing or a cocktail dress if you plan to have an evening
drink at a city club.
A light jacket is recommended, not for the outdoors, but for
shopping malls and hotels that frequently run their air
conditioning to freezing levels.
Strong U/V filtered sunglasses, high SPF sunscreen, and a baseball cap or sun hat are essential to beat Dubai’s
scorching sun.
Electronic chargers for your camera, phone, iPad, etc. and
extra camera memory card(s).
Electronic adapter and converter. The voltage in Dubai is
220-240.
Reading ListArabian Sands
Author: Wilfred Thesige
Travel, 1959, 400 pages.
Explorer Wilfred Thesig
traveled across the Arab
Empty Quarter in an
attempt to capture the li
of the Bedu People, whotraditional lifestyle exis
unaltered for thousands of years until the
of World War 2. In the spirit of T. E.
Lawrence, he set out to explore the desert
Arabia, traveling among peoples who had
never seen a European and considered it
duty to kill Christian infidels. His now-cl
account is invaluable to understanding th
modern Middle East.
Seven Pillars of WisdoAuthor: T.E. Lawrence,
Memoir, 550 pages.
This is the exciting and
highly literate story of
real Lawrence of Arabi
written by Lawrence
himself, who helped un
Arab factions against th
occupying Turkish army, circa World War
Lawrence has a novelist's eye for detail, apoet's command of the language, an
adventurer's heart, a soldier's great story,
his memory and intellect are at least as go
as all those.
Arabia Through The
Looking Glass
Author: Jonathan Raba
Travel, 1980, 352 pages
Description: Written
during the Oil Boom E
that brought droves of
Arab emigrants to Brita
Jonathan Raban set out
explore Arabia in the footsteps of so many
other great writers. Raban’s observations
expatriate life in the region stand as true
today as they did when he visited in the l
1970s.