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The headline rate is rarely what you pay. A car advertised at AED 90 a day can land closer to AED 140 once a second driver, a child seat and airport d...
The thing most visitors get wrong about driving in Dubai is the buffer. They hear a rumour that you can do 20 over the limit and never get flashed, tr...
A warning light, a flat that goes soft on the way to Hatta, or a car that simply will not turn the engine over in a mall car park. It happens, and in...
The honest answer is that it depends on where you are driving, not on which one is newer or cooler. An electric rental can be the cheaper, calmer choi...
Yes, you can rent a car in Dubai as a tourist, and for most visitors it is straightforward. If you hold a passport, a valid driving licence from home,...
Most visitors get to the rental desk in Dubai expecting to pay and drive off, then hit the one snag nobody warned them about: the deposit. A credit ca...
The roads here are wide, the cars are fast, and the rules are stricter than most visitors expect. If you can drive in your home country you can drive...
Both of these malls switched to barrier-free parking in the last two years, and the change trips up first-time visitors more than anything else. There...
Renting an electric car in Dubai used to mean a Tesla or nothing. That changed fast. BYD now sits in most rental fleets next to the Model 3 and Model...
You booked a car for the moment you land at DXB, and now the board says your flight is two hours behind. The first worry is usually the same: will the...
Dubai drives on the right, in left-hand-drive cars with the steering wheel on the left. If you have driven in the United States or most of Europe, you...
Most people land at DXB worried they've forgotten some special permit. You almost certainly haven't. To rent a car in Dubai as a visitor you need a va...