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Marilyn Money Diary – Dubai Edition 2

This is a long-running series where Marilyn shares her weekly spending while travelling. #MarilynMoneyDiary In the previous edition, I spent our first week of Middle East travels in Dubai. For our second week, we continue to be in Dubai, but we’ve…

Review: Abu Dhabi Edition, Premier Deluxe Room

We have stayed in many hotels over the past couple of years of travel. None of them stood out to us as much as our stay at the Bodrum Edition. Not only was it the first time we were upgraded…

Review: W Muscat, Marvelous Suite

As Marriott loyalists, we naturally gravitate towards Marriott properties when we were doing our research on a city. This led us to find out about the W Muscat Hotel when we were planning our trip to the Middle East. While…

Front facade of the Holiday Inn Al Seeb Muscat.

Review: Holiday Inn Al Seeb, Muscat

On our most recent trip to the Middle East, we visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman. As our flight from Abu Dhabi landed late at night, we needed a place near Muscat International Airport to crash the night…

Marilyn Money Diary, Dubai Edition

This is a long-running series where Marilyn shares her weekly spending while travelling. #MarilynMoneyDiary In this week’s edition, we’ve travelled all the way to Dubai! It’s our first time in the Middle East and we’re very excited to explore that region…

Entrance of the Al Seef Heritage Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton.

Review: Al Seef Heritage Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton, Dubai

On our most recent month-long Middle East trip, we travelled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE and Oman). This is our first time in the region and we were very excited to experience the different culture here. While we were…

Review: Emirates A380 Economy Class

We embarked on a month-long trip to explore the Middle East. Despite transiting through the region multiple times, it’s our first time actually stepping out of immigration and experiencing the local cultures. On this trip in particular, we visited the…

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