After everything we went through we're just happy to be here in Dubai. Of course the city
has a reputation for being quite expensive, but we're going to visit three main spots here in
Dubai, starting out here in the Dubai Mall, Burj Khalifa area and see what we could do to keep
costs down and make Dubai just a little bit more affordable.
When you come to Dubai Mall
area there are three things that you can get for free. One is walking around this whole mall it's
so beautiful there's so much to see. Second is the fountain show at night starting from around
5pm and I think it's every half an hour, right Steve? (mm-hmm). The third one is the aquarium, part of
the aquarium you can see from inside. If you want to pay for it and go see the whole thing you can.
So, of course, eating in the Dubai Mall isn't free, but you could come to some cheap eats, Five Guys,
Timmy Hortons is here as well and of course there's an entire food court where you can get
a meal for two, for under 100 AED, which is less than 30 USD. We're gonna head inside now and figure out
what the cheapest spot is to eat here in the Dubai Mall.
(The) food court!
Wooo Thai food!
Thai in Dubai, tom yum noodle soup for Gokce of course (I love this) chicken not beef unfortunately and then
for me we got shrimp red curry with rice.
After a quick bite, it was time to check out Dubai's free and famous fountain show.
Modeled off of Las Vegas, but tremendously bigger like everything in Dubai.
While the mall and the fountain area are beautiful,
we were really excited to head over to see the real affordable side of Dubai.
So we finished up with the mall and the Burj Khalifa area for now,
in the meantime to get around Dubai, the most affordable way is of course the Dubai Metro.
And then of course if you want affordable taxis you'll be looking at the Careem app, which also
does bike rentals. Time to hop on the metro.
So, just to get a one-time use card, it's actually 2 AED and then it's 4 AED
to go one zone in the Dubai Metro, it's actually really affordable to get
around Dubai, by the Dubai Metro, even more so than in New York City.
So, the great thing about booking a hotel or an apart-hotel in the Bur Dubai location,
is you kind of have the old town right at your feet but if you choose wisely enough
you can hop on the metro and be to Downtown Dubai, or the Jumeirah Beach in 20 to 30 minutes by metro.
So, it's an ideal location and a great way to save money. The hotel here of course was only 55 USD a night.
(Booth Attendant): You can go now.
Thank you so much, all right let's go!
So, today we're heading to Old Dubai and Deira and the easiest
way to get there from Bur Dubai is to take an abra, which is an old traditional style boat it's
1 AED for the normal abra, we opted for the upgrade to a 2 AED seated abra.
It's very clean and very nice actually, I really like this.
The top thing you could do in Deira is to check
out all the different souks that Dubai has to offer. From its famous gold souk to the spice souk,
there's plenty of window shopping you could do and even some bargain shopping that you could find
right here in the souks of Dubai.
(Shop Keeper):Very delicious and (okay) so nice.
And after you finish up with the souks you can check out the nearby coffee museum.
Coming here you pay 10 AED you're getting to see the coffee museum
and having coffee, perfect deal for me! (heck yeah) (laughing)
So, I don't know if we're lucky if we came at the end of the day, but
we wound up getting another coffee on the house.
You could definitely spend an entire day here
shopping and bargain hunting but we're gonna go get food
(Food Seller describing different type of samosas)
Samosas? Okay, which one are you buying?
We just got mixed. (Mixed? yes a lot of food!)
Just 10 AED, it's incredible how much food we got.
See that's how we do the Dubai cheap!
If you're looking for something a little more local, there's
plenty of spots in old dubai to grab a delicious shawarma. You could have an entire meal for two
people for under 10 USD. Dubai definitely can be affordable if you know where to look.
Welcome to the Palm here in Dubai. We are going to see if we can keep the whole area
affordable because this is definitely one of the more expensive areas in all of Dubai.
It's 10 AED one way on the monorail, 15 AED for a round trip (to Atlantis), to Atlantis from our stop.
So, we're at Atlantis, let's see how much we could see without, paying for much. (laughing)
Even if you don't go into the aquarium, there's plenty of these tanks that are
out in the open in the middle of the lobby area then you just see all the colorful fish
I'm sorry you're so ugly, aww, its not your fault.
Staying at Atlantis is not the cheapest way to do Dubai of course, but we were curious about the room rates.
Around mid-January the prices are around 1,000 AED (per night), you get an access to the water park
and also the aquarium. If you're coming for a day only, you have to pay. The water park is 350 AED
for a person and the aquarium is 135 AED(per person) and if you're two people staying here will be for free if
you're gonna visit those places.
There's cheap eats here, we're gonna find them something better than
Starbucks though or Cold Stone. I'll find a good deal anywhere just to wait and see.
No shot that's cheap but, one can dream maybe one day.
which one did you order?
The one with the shawarma fattah and it's like lamb, yogurt, hummus, chickpeas, everything.
Wow, this actually looks really good! (Woo, that's a lot of food!)
It's like 10 USD, 38 AED for a shawarma or if you want to get a platter it's
like 50 to 60 AED which is like 13 to 15 USD, not a bad way to spend your money here.
Atlantis here is definitely not a budget-friendly option, but it's one of those places if you do have
the budget for it you could get outsized value for your money, maybe one day we'll come back ourselves.
Welcome to Dubai Marina!
Exactly and we got here by taking a regular taxi this time and it was 26 AED.
So, we made it to the Jumeirah Beach, it's off the marina walk and it is a free public
beach though there are chairs in palapas we're going to figure out how much it is to sit there
I just went over and asked how much the palapas are and I was told that one palapa is 110 AED
So, honestly so far it feels like this is similar to Miami, but much nicer than Miami.
We're just find out out that there's no alcohol spots on the boardwalk and we respect that. So, we were told we gotta
go find a happy hour in a hotel and of course happy hours have good drink deals. gochee town is a great
Gokce found us a great spot for happy hour it's called Wavebreakers.
It's part of the Hilton Jumeirah Beach property... (Cheers!)
So, the beer here was 36 AED on happy hour, half price
you could get cheaper beers for like 25 to 27 AED at JBR during happy hour, but the
good thing is this one was actually a 50 Cl pour of Carlsberg.
Look at the colors! (I know!)
We're heading back to our hotel (yeah) and then we'll continue on to show you how
Dubai could actually be more affordable than you think, or at least you could
get better value for your money than you think so (absolutely!) Iyi geceler (have a good night)!
For this last one, we are definitely breaking our affordability goal.
But instead of doing the standard elevator experience to the top of the Burj Khalifa,
you can enjoy some food and drinks and a beautiful sunset, for only a little bit more
money, from the Atmosphere Lounge on the 123rd floor of the tower. quite exciting
Quite exciting, when we were going up on the elevator, my ears were like (crackling noise) hurting a little.
Are we on the very very top of this building?
Almost, I think there's like a few more floors above this.
I mean, it just feels like I'm on a plane, everything looks so small and
everything feels so away just for tonight it feels good.
Okay, we did not do Dubai in budget,
clearly but this was not something we ordered, they gave a cake and now these cocktails
as a birthday gift and I don't even know what this is, but I can't wait to try, it's so exotic!
I love it!
It's happening! (laughing)
Look at this the cockpit is right open, there's no door here, this is so cool!