Dh still wants to book a holiday to dubai in Oct?

[Redrobinrose]

He think this will all soon blow over

Reasons for going there, it's not too far to fly, the sea is nice and warm, and the beach nice, nice standard of hotels and restaurants

Perhaps they didn't help themselves by filling it up with duck-lipped influencers on freebie trips.

He's mental. If he wants sunshine and a nice beach there are literally hundreds of other safer options.

Yes quite possibly. Why wouldn't it be?

So, for example, your ancestors (let’s say great grandparents for the sake of argument), were mass murderers. You’re not, but they were. Someone tells Jane that Bob next door is a mass murderer, Jane’s response is ‘yeah but drysherry’s great grandparents were mass murderers so I don’t know why you’re complaining about Bob’

Doesn’t make any sense does it?

https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studies/united-arab-emirates/

I agree with everything you've said here.

Obviously unwise currently due to uncertainty.
Wait before deciding.

defo not

I suspect not. But @Redrobinrose won't be able to get travel insurance right now. People are having issues with travel they've already booked as it is...

Relying on them to turn a blind eye is quite risky. Sometimes they don't.

Well, he should get a bargain.

Is this a pisstake?
Leave him book it if hes that stupid.
Id be saying you can book all ya like but i wont be getting on the plane.
Shameful ignorance on his part.
Is he like this in your everyday life?
I actually couldnt live with such a fool.

This reminds me of the week before the covid lockdown when my sister merrily announced she’d booked a holiday to Greece for the Easter holidays. She was convinced everything would be back to normal quickly. I guess optimism is a good trait.

Yes, very worrying!

To get back to the thread - OP, I wouldn’t be booking to go there at the moment. Personally it’s not on my list of places to go anyway, but either way it doesn’t seem wise to tie up your deposit money on a trip that might not happen and might not be insured.

It sounds bloody awful, a city built on conspicuous consumption where ‘dripping with gold’ is considered to be a good thing. All the while knowing that there is forced labour supporting this lifestyle.

Where you’re relying on people turning a blind a to you being able to live your private life in private and you’re not able to relax and behave naturally in public.

There is literally no part of this which sounds remotely appealing.

There is a world of difference between this and drunk young women (interesting that it’s only the women you don’t like) staggering down the road wearing clothes that leave nothing to the imagination. If you don’t like that, there are many other places to go on holiday

I love Dubai and have holidayed there a lot over the last 15 years. However he’s off his fucking head to book anything now. Park the idea and see what the situation is like in September. But I think it’s very unlikely and it will take them years to build trust with western tourists after this.

Will you even get insurance if you were to book now? If he thinks it'll all blow over soon then it'll be no great shakes to wait til it has.

If you park the issue over whether you think people should go to Dubai - I would suspect that any travel insurance would be invalid as he would be booking a trip in the middle of national/international conflict knowing there is a risk and while there is a live foreign office advisory note published. I’d wait and book in aug/sept if he really wants to go and when you know if things have settled down and the govt advisory has been lifted.

Until then, yes, he’s mad (or just stupid).

Don’t be silly. There are plenty of countries to visit that are not built by modern day slaves and are not serviced by modern day slaves.

So you are fine supporting a country that actively, willingly and knowingly has slave labour?

With so many other beautiful places to go in the world to visit such a horrible plastic place that actively encourages slavery is beyond that pale.

There isn’t anything nice about it. And no I don’t think people who travel there have a conscience nor care about other people who are actively abused.

I don’t care about their laws - countries can have the laws they want and as a tourist you should obey them.

Dubai is a very fake place, built by modern day slavery. If you like shopping malls, hotels, restaurants then go for it. If you like nature, animals, showing affection, green spaces then maybe other parts of the world. I have a friend who loves it, and a friend who hates it.

It could be months before flights are back to normal. Anyone with any sense would go elsewhere

It’ll probably be faster than that but still booking rn seems a bit much. At least wait a few weeks.

Why would anyone want to visit a mall in the desert where immigrants from poorer countries are treated like slaves?!

Can’t understand why anyone with any conscience would visit there even before all this trouble started.

Cyprus? I don’t think so.