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Interested in everything about renting a car. Do I need a deposit on the card? Is it possible somehow without it? How much does it cost to rent a +/- inexpensive machine? Where did you rent in Dubai? Through the site? How much does gasoline cost?
Interested in everything about renting a car. Do I need a deposit on the card? Is it possible somehow without it? How much does it cost to rent a +/- inexpensive machine? Where did you rent in Dubai? Through the site? How much does gasoline cost?
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There are no fundamental differences between car rental in the UAE compared to other countries. A deposit is required if you do not take full insurance. I took full, the deposit was not blocked. It cost somewhere around 30-35 bucks a day, I rented for 5 days, the longer you rent, the cheaper. I don’t remember the name of the office, I rented it through the hotel, they just drove the car to me at the appointed time, and we signed the documents. You definitely need international driving license, I took care of obtaining them in advance. Gasoline is cheaper than ours. I don’t remember the then price, now Google gives out half a dollar per liter.
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answered 4 years ago
I described all the nuances in great detail here: http://www.alexzimin.com/arenda-avto-v-oae.html
But now is a very unpredictable time, you need to do a covid test before departure, then another test upon arrival in Dubai. If the test is positive in Dubai, then you will have to stay in a hotel for 2 weeks.
I recommend making the right bank card, IDP, and booking a car only after you get the results of the Dubai test.
But now is a very unpredictable time, you need to do a covid test before departure, then another test upon arrival in Dubai. If the test is positive in Dubai, then you will have to stay in a hotel for 2 weeks.
I recommend making the right bank card, IDP, and booking a car only after you get the results of the Dubai test.
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answered 4 years ago
We flew a month and a half ago. Deposit is MANDATORY! From $300 and up. Rental price from $20, gasoline is cheap. But!!!! God forbid you get a parking ticket. We caught a $145 fine! For the fact that the car was not parked in the shopping center according to the markings. And another fine for not having time to pay for parking. In short, everything is cheap, but fines eat away money. Also remember that you need an INTERNATIONAL driver's license (booklet)
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answered 4 years ago
Without a deposit, they WILL NOT GIVE a car in the UAE. Not at all
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answered 4 years ago
Oleg65524, some kind of heresy. A deposit will be taken if you do not take out full insurance. I took a car with full insurance, no deposit was taken. The UAE is no different from other countries in this respect.
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answered 4 years ago
Is different! Penalties! A deposit so that there is something to calculate money for scars from. They will be deducted from the deposit within 2 weeks after the end of the lease. Don't confuse people. Do not give a car without a deposit!
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answered 4 years ago
Oh, those who read this review will hate you and believe that there is no deposit. Well, I wish you luck.
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answered 4 years ago
Thanks to everyone for the answers, but the topic is no longer relevant because we returned from the UAE 2 months ago. We did not have international driving license and we found a wonderful office where we rented a automatic car directly from the showroom (300 km/mileage) Nissan Sunny for $40 per day. Yes, it is more expensive than in large firms, but they handed it over to us without international rights and took a deposit of only $ 200.
And we traveled half the country in 3 days: 4 emirates out of 7 available and saved a lot of money, considering that the cheapest tour starts from $50 and ends with $135.
The deposit was returned to us after 10 days.
And we traveled half the country in 3 days: 4 emirates out of 7 available and saved a lot of money, considering that the cheapest tour starts from $50 and ends with $135.
The deposit was returned to us after 10 days.
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answered 4 years ago
Dali without international rights is a very big rarity, usually distributors approach this very reverently.
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answered 4 years ago
lesyaz 1) Where did you find such an office? 2) Cash deposit? 3) how did you move around the Emirates in quarantine?
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answered 4 years ago
The office was found on Instagram - @gid_uae. Cool guys, I recommend. Indeed, without international rights it was very difficult to find people who agreed to give. But they also have higher rental prices than in large offices. They only took cash deposits.
In quarantine, I moved around the Emirates without any problems everywhere. Not a single fine was issued. @AlexZimin - your advice from the DUBAI post helped us a lot. Rent a car in Dubai from A to Z. Everything is so clear and intelligible. The only thing - I didn’t like the place in Fujairah at all on your tip Sandy Beach. The beach is wild and unkempt, the water was muddy, not a single fish or turtle was encountered. The children were very disappointed, but my husband and I are still satisfied. But we saw the mountains in the UAE, well, plus the Gulf of Oman in our piggy bank of reservoirs))
In quarantine, I moved around the Emirates without any problems everywhere. Not a single fine was issued. @AlexZimin - your advice from the DUBAI post helped us a lot. Rent a car in Dubai from A to Z. Everything is so clear and intelligible. The only thing - I didn’t like the place in Fujairah at all on your tip Sandy Beach. The beach is wild and unkempt, the water was muddy, not a single fish or turtle was encountered. The children were very disappointed, but my husband and I are still satisfied. But we saw the mountains in the UAE, well, plus the Gulf of Oman in our piggy bank of reservoirs))
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answered 4 years ago
By the way, I cheated a little. The emirate of Abu Dhabi was closed due to quarantine. And in the rest everything was open and allowed. Well, you just need to wear a mask, as well as everywhere else.
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answered 4 years ago
We have only been to Sandy Beach once, on our very first trip to the Emirates in 2014. Then there were fish, and the water is clear. According to reviews of a nearby hotel, I read that even sharks are found. The beach is wild. But not wild, equipped there most likely is not. The fact is that there are beach hotels with good beaches around. They probably won’t let them into the hotel territory, and outside the territory it makes no sense to make equipped beaches, because all tourists swim in hotels. Fujairah is a purely beach holiday, a la Egypt. In fact, there isn't much to see there. The very fact that we visited this emirate and swam in the Gulf of Oman in the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean is important there :) And the water temperature there is usually higher in winter than in Dubai. And we were in January, and it was cool to swim in Dubai. On the second and third trips, we did not go there anymore.
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answered 4 years ago