Hotel seventeen used to be the best about two years ago, but don't know if it still is, you can google it and also get reviews on it

NONNYG:
That's for those who came without plans

@NONNYG pls check your dm

Davidson5:
I need someone to help me out. I will be flying emirates in few days and I have a layover of 23hours. My destination is Holland. Will they allow me to tour Dubai within few hours.
Thanks

Is that the shortest layover on your route for that day? Or there is a shorter layover and you chose the 23hrs layover? If that is the shortest layover, then emirates will arrange a transit visa for you and also put you in a hotel, but pls call emirates airlines to confirm and know what you are expected to do to qualify for that.
I think you will need to book and add the emirate dubai stopover to your package but just call them to confirm, not sure if you will need to pay extra for that as a Nigerian.

uchman:



All my time in UAE, I have not heard of such case, UAE system is near to perfect.
Yes,
Stamp may not be there on your passport but you must have been cleared from UAE immigration.

Your agent may want to extort you with this...

If you read well, you will see I said my passport was not stamped and if you go back and read this thread you will see where I brought the issue to this thread and some people advised me to check with my agent which I did and my agent confirmed I was cleared on the system so I was just trying to tell the poster that his own case is tricky, since he said even on the system it's showing he's still in Dubai so why are you telling me my agent was trying to extort from me cos of this, mind you, I didn't have any issues and I've traveled to Dubai several times after that case so I have no case whatsoever with Dubai

mrversatile:
Good day house, I got a two weeks visa for a holiday trip to UAE in November 2018. I left UAE after a week through the Abu Dhabi Airport which was the same airport I came in through. Sometime last week the agent called me to ask if my passport was stamped when I exited and I told him I submitted my passport but it wasn't stamped. He asked for my flight itinerary which I sent including my boarding pass. But he's saying that on their system that I have not left the country and that I would have to pay a heavy fine. I'm quite confused. I'd be glad if anyone can proffer solution to this issue. Thanks.

Your case is quite tricky, same thing happened to me on one of my trips to Dubai but in my case, the system showed I exited but my passport was not stamped, so since your agent said the system is showing you are still in the country I really don't know what to say other than you should try and clear the fine cos the longer it stays the more the fine will be accumulating and you won't be allowed to enter the country again except you pay the fine.
I keep telling people pls whenever you are leaving any country pls check to be sure that you've been cleared and stamped out

makanaky2017:
Just recently I came across information about Mauritius visa. .Is it ongoing ?How can One apply ?

Mauritius is visa on arrival for Nigerians, as far as you have your return ticket, enough money and proof of accommodation

nkemdi89:
Emirate has been on operation since January na.

Yes they've been operating from the old terminal since last year, I guess this video is about them landing in the new terminal for the first time

klas:


There is no airline called Fly Emirates may be you mean FlyDubai airline which is owned by Dubai government that equally owns Emirate but is not a part of Emirates group.

Even though FlyDubai is a low-cost airline, it is not by any shot as popular as Emirates. It flies to mostly Asian, mid-east and east-African countries.

Exactly you are very correct my brother, fly emirates is just the motto or slogan for emirates, I'm sure he meant flydubai

ariketalks:
Visa Extension, Packing, Unpacking and Why i've been Inactive.

Good day fam. Hope everyone is doing great I'm sorry for the inactivity but here's what happened.
If you read my first few posts, i said i was travelling with my older siblings and along the line, i mentioned that we would be staying 14 days or less. So far we've apent more than 14 days and that's because after 12 days, we realised we hadn't gotten all we came for so we had to extend our visas.
We've also been moving between hotels due to distance. The last hotel was a good 14 stops from the City Centre (by metro). Imagine spending #750 (7.50AED) each before getting to the City centre and from the city centre, you will still spend some change before getting to the main market
These are some of the reasons why i haven't been able to take pictures talk less of posting. Hope you understand.

The view from our current hotel.

This is new to me, never knew you could extend a 14 days visa, pls can you tell us how you went about extending your 14 days visa? Thanks

clinton21:
Brother's please put me through about this OTB am flying through Egypt this weekend. what should I do so that I won't be affected because the Agent that did my Visa is coming back on Tuesday so that he will do the necessary things before coming back. please I need quick response thanks

Go to the airlines office to confirm, they will tell you if it is needed and what you can do

Enasdan:
thanks so much @ Samee, I'm grateful for responding to my msg, but is there a website or a link where I can check on the system as you rightly posted, thanks

Contact your sponsor(the agency that processed your visa) they will check for you

Enasdan:
good morning all, I travelled to Abu Dhabi for 2 week business trip, e-visa, my Int'L passport was stamped at entry point and I did eye scan at the immigration section, on my departure day at the exit point my Int'L passport wasn't stamped it , it was put in a scanning machine and I did eye scan and exit, no exit stamp, please how will know I was existed successful, when the Int'L passport wasn't stamped for exit, I might travell again with it, thanks

That is not a problem, it will show in their system that you exited, same thing happened to me two years ago when I was on my return trip back, the immigration officer collected my passport entered it into their system but forgot to stamp my passport and I only discovered after getting back to Nigeria, on informing my sponsor he checked for me and said the system showed I exited, after that I've gone back to dubai three more times without any issues just make sure you check properly that they your passport is stamped before leaving the point, cos it will help boost your chances of getting visa to other countries

lightparadox:
Happy birthday.

Oh wow! Thanks a lot

GoldenPluto:
Pls I need help on how to get cheap gold in Dubai.....am trying to start bringing gold from Dubai for sale but am faced with a problem of knowing where and how to get 'em cheap....learnt that I could get 'em for 50% lower the standard price but after my survey in Dubai was told the prices are same all over the world but yet I still see merchants doing dis business and getting dis product for such cheaper rate. Pls guys I need the missing scope in this business.Thanks

From what I was told to be able to buy gold at cheaper rate so you can resale and make profit, you need to enter the gold plaza, not the gold souk where you see all those gold stores, these gold stores are outside the plaza, to be able to enter the plaza you must have a minimum of $10,000 before you will be allowed to enter and also you have to drop $500(not from the 10,000) at the gate for security reasons, when you are leaving the plaza your $500 will be given back to you, in the gold plaza you would be able to buy gold in wholesale price, so I learnt, I'm not sure how true this is, another way people bypass this is if you have someone that has that amount and is going into the plaza you can go with the person and pretend to be together if the person agrees to take you along

Sapphire86:



To me, it wasn't just worth the hype... over sold but under delivered. There was nothing out of the blues order than iPad controlled room.

I pray whatever it is that makes you frequent the hospital will vanish suddenly oooo.

Amen, thanks dear

Sapphire86:



Yes, Suba oooo but I will never stay there again. Wasn't worth the hype abeg

Oh really? Suba used to be great, anyway I make a habit of not staying in a hotel twice, I'm always sampling especially when I hear good things about the hotel and normally I stay in two different hotels during my trips, the first one near the hospital where I go for treatment and a different one after treatment in a different area.

NONNYG:
Awww unfortunately I no longer work there but once you show, let me know. I will see what I can do, cos enjoyment no dey finish for Dubai, how’s is your health now, hope your ok

Thanks, will definately holla at you when I arrive, as for my health hmmm, all I have to say is God is in control

My dear I really enjoyed reading your story, I've been to Dubai countless times though most of them are for medical treatments but whenever I hear anything Dubai I get all excited and get this thrill, I've also been to Abu Dhabi and some of the emirates and honestly the highlight of Abu Dhabi to me was the Grand Mosque not even Ferrari world or Yas Island, whenever I'm traveling to Dubai I get so happy and when coming back I get so depressed that I instantly fall sick in the plane back.
Concerning the transformation of Dubai I really agree with you on how fast they are developing the first time I traveled to Dubai was 2007 and Dubai was still coming up then, the metro wasn't even there then, though it was rolled out at the end of 2007, but between 2007 to now I marvel at the level of developments that have taken place, the once desolate lands that are now beautiful sights to behold.
I'm guessing you stayed at Suba Hotel at Al Rigga right? From your description on using iPad to operate things in the room, I might be wrong anyway there could be other hotels there with similar mode of operation.
Welcome back to Nigeria my dear, as for me I'm getting ready for another trip there but that will be after Ramadan, @NONNYG I hope that your offer for Dubai resorts still holds o, though coming again when it's going to be extremely hot.

Sapphire86:
.....

Let's digress a bit and talk about the malls in Dubai. So the biggest mall is obviously the Dubai Mall; next is the Mall of Emirates (MOE), followed by the Deira City Centre and then you have the Mirdif City Center and last Al Ghurair City Centre. Al Ghurair is the smallest mall in Dubai but it's about 5 or times the size of Ikeja City Mall. It is one of the oldest malls but it is more beautiful than Dunes Abuja or even Jabi Lake Mall. It is huge and beautiful.

Al Ghurair mall is home to Swissotel Al Ghurair, it is a 5 star hotel - beautiful and of course expensive. What it means is that you can from the hotel connect to the mall and as of today, the mall has 5 entrances/exits.

Contrary to what i thought some days back that the food stores were centered around the food court area, yea it is true but what i didn't know was that there are food courts on every floor of the mall and today i went to all floors. The last floor had KFC, Italian Pizza, Wendy's (American franchise) Mc Donald's and many, many more. It was organized and peaceful. Nobody was harassing anybody 'please these chairs belong to KFC only) like they do in Nigeria. I had lunch today at Mc Donald's so dinner will be somewhere else.



*sorry for the picture angle, it will get better.
P.S. if you enjoy the story, comments and or like.

If I can add to your write up, I don't think Al ghurair Center is the smallest mall in Dubai, it is the oldest in Dubai.... true but we still have Reef mall which is smaller than the Alghurair center and there is Ibn Battuta mall, Mercato mall, the Village Mall, Burjuman mall, the outlet mall, Century Mall, festival city mall, wafi mall, Dubai Marina mall, the dragon mart and a host of others

Sapphire86:
Got my Dirhams & luggage and headed out to take a taxi to my hotel because the hotel which so nicely offered me complimentary airport shuttle did not honor their word. It wasn’t new to me; some Dubai hotels are fond of standing you up when it comes to airport shuttle. I knew the drill, so I went and boarded a cab. Nicer hotels or should I say 5-star hotels were already waiting for their guests’ arrival so maybe next time I should aim for a 5-star hotel so that I wouldn’t be ‘scammed’. I ended up with a bill of 35.50 AED for a ride to my hotel and I couldn’t even be angry. Last time, it was 54 AED but it was in Bur-Dubai but this time it’s in Deira and next time it would be in Downtown Dubai (Amennn).

I got to my hotel and I must say now I understand how Nigerians feel about the ‘change’ they voted into power. I have been scammed!!! That’s how I honestly feel. It is a nice hotel (4-star for that matter) don’t get me wrong but I still feel scammed. They over sold and under delivered! There were services they listed on their site as provided but when I got to the hotel, they said they didn’t offer and never had offered such for example, complimentary area shuttle. I asked for currency exchange and was told I had to also make a short journey. I just couldn’t believe myself; I truly have been scammed! Right now, I have come to expect less from this hotel else I leave with a broken heart. But let’s give credit where it’s due, the hotel has something I really like – the rooms are controlled by an ipad. The lights, tv, movies, dining, cleaning and even utilities are all controlled from the ipad. I don’t need to go to the switch to put off the lights, I’d just press a button on the ipad and the lights go off – that’s fantastic (as if I will not go back to status-quo in Nigeria very soon). You can even browse on the ipad but I don’t because the keypad are in Arabic; I never asked if it could be changed since I brought my laptop. I promised myself I would visit the gym and use it (in fact there was a mental picture of me gyming before I came here) but as they say ‘it’s easier said than done’; thankfully, I’m more petite than heavy so I should be eating instead of getting trim (right?).


Spent my first night in the hotel and woke not having adjusted to Dubai time. My phone and watch were still on Nigerian time and by the time I woke up, Dubai was already popping. This trip just feels different; normal me would have been in the closest mall to me but this time I’m holed up in my room. I guess my head is screwed on right; I’m not just looking to spend more but I’m also searching for inspiration. I’m in another country all by myself with no distractions; just me and some very much needed fresh air so I’ve got to make use to this opportunity after all it is a business vacation.


Finally, I gather momentum and decide to go to shopping. I chose Mirdif City Center; I hadn’t been there before and felt that it would be an experience and believe me, it was! The traffic I experienced getting there made me shed silent tears in the cab; all I could think of was the fare meter. It felt like a journey from hell; for a split second I felt the cab driver was just taking me on a merry-go-round because it seemed like we would never get there but atlas, 50 Dirhams later we were there! I already knew I was never coming back to this mall again but the moment I stepped in, all my annoyance about the cab fare vanished because guess what? The whole mall was on sale! I opened my mouth (in my mind) because I have never experienced such before – the whole mall on sale?? It was going to be an interesting experience.

Next time take the metro to Rashidiya metro station and from there take a cab to Mirdif City center, that will be cheaper, hope you had a great time there?

Well done @Justi4jesu!

solotraveler21:
I can finally take a vacation from work, so I’m planning to go to Cebu, Philippines. I’ve been there before when I attended one of the international romance singles tours being held there, this will be my first time coming back. When I went there before it was only for a few days, but this time I want to stay for two months.

I’ll be going there in the summer since I read it’s the best time to visit. Since it’ll be a long time, I decided to rent out a house instead of staying in a hotel. It’s not that I’m being a cheapskate, it’s just that it’s a really big amount to spend. My worries though is that I might not get allowed to rent since I’m a foreign tourist.

This will going to be a solo vacation. I need advice regarding my accommodation. Can someone give me suggestions where to stay and what I’ll need? Any response will really be appreciated.

Try Airbnb

BlowJobs:
ITS OFFICIAL!!!!!!!!!...

LADY K will now be known as Mrs K...

This time yesterday morning, i was so nervous.

it is 5:25am right now. Waking up in our hotel room this morning, i keep smiling watching her sleep, her hair coiled over her face and her 'backside" positioned so that when she farts, the diffusion starts right from my side of the bed . Well, i signed up for this. I haven't seen changes right now except this round, golden looking metal on one of my left hand-fingers closest to the left pinkie finger.

I have a plane to catch later in the evening.. short trip (pics definitely)

Congrats BJ wishing you a blissful married life!

TWoods:


Don't waste your time and money, emigrate through other means.

I'm sending you a pm so I don't derail the thread.

Beautyaddy:


Looool! All I can see from her post is an intended immigrant trying to use the student visa as a means to achieve it

Exactly so if you can see through me already I wonder how it will look like to the VO, that's actually why I've been delaying my application, so which way forward, if any at all? �

TWoods:


You finished your bachelor's 20 years and you obviously haven't used it at all with respect to a career... so why should the VO believe that you really want to spend 2 years in an Agronomy masters program for career advancement? An MBA is better, even at that... you might find it difficult convincing them why an MBA is now useful to you after 20 years.

Exactly my point, that's why I'm dragging my feet applying, I know it will be tough getting the student visa, so which way if any at all?

Hello house, I had my undergraduate degree about twenty years ago and didn't bother going back to school, but now I want to go back for my masters, do I stand a chance of getting a study visa? My bachelors degree was Bachelor of Agriculture and now I want to go for MS in Agronomy or Crop and Soil science all Agriculture fields, but I'm a business lady, running my own business, please house what do you think? I've also worked in some administrative roles in the past, should I go for MBA instead? But I really prefer Agriculture

adex0802:
the school is good I also apply for masters in MBA with concentration in economics for spring 2018 admission letters just out on Friday.

Thanks, but I trying to decide between Tamuc and UGA( university of Georgia, Athens) cos Tamuc needs both Toefl and Gre while UGA needs only Gre, Toefl is not needed for Nigerian students and UGA has better rating for Agriculture compared to Tamuc but I'm yet to make up my mind

TWoods:


TAMU is a great school.

Thanks alot