Budget · Example A
Total for two adults
1,841.74 USD
Includes a PROVISIONAL hotel-tax reserve of 121.48 USD. Subtotal before the reserve: 1,720.26 USD. The tax is mandatory, not optional, but this is a calculated reserve — not an observed checkout total or a guaranteed maximum; replace it with the actual charges and never pay any part twice. Qualified illustration, not a checkout quote: hotel prices are dated public room-table observations in whole US dollars; deposits and unlisted extras are unknown, not zero. Hotels are ordered by observed hotel price alone, not quality. A Creek base for the older trading districts. The rate's food-and-drink discount applies at the hotel and is not applied to the outside restaurant meals here. Room only: all 14 breakfasts use the MTC allowance.
131.55 USD per person per ground day
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Hotel, six nights — observed room price before the listed excluded charges
1 × 740 USD (stay) = 740 USD ≈ 740.00 USD
Source-backed: Al Bandar Rotana – Dubai Creek — City View Room, king bed (rate includes a 20% food-and-drink discount at the hotel); room only. 740.00 USD as displayed. A dated public room-table price observed 2 October 2026, shown in whole US dollars; not an exact checkout quote. Converted cents add no supplier precision; deposits, holds and unlisted local charges are unknown, not zero; future availability and discounts are not guaranteed.
Provisional hotel-tax reserve (listed percentages, mandatory)
1 × 88.8 USD (stay) = 88.8 USD ≈ 88.80 USD
Source-backed: Provisional Dubai hotel-tax reserve. The room table includes 10% service and lists 5% VAT and 7% municipality fee as excluded; we provisionally apply their 12% sum to the displayed service-inclusive room price, and add the listed Tourism Dirham (20 AED per room-night at Al Bandar Rotana and Sofitel, 15 AED at The First Collection Marina). The supplier's taxable base and compounding, and the January 2027 assessment, were not verified: this is a calculated reserve, not an observed hotel total or a guaranteed maximum. The taxes are mandatory, not optional; replace the reserve with the actual charges, remove anything already collected, and do not add the 10% service again. No free Tourism Dirham is assumed.
Tourism Dirham, per room-night (part of the provisional tax reserve)
6 × 20 AED (room-night) = 120 AED ≈ 32.68 USD
Source-backed: Provisional Dubai hotel-tax reserve. The room table includes 10% service and lists 5% VAT and 7% municipality fee as excluded; we provisionally apply their 12% sum to the displayed service-inclusive room price, and add the listed Tourism Dirham (20 AED per room-night at Al Bandar Rotana and Sofitel, 15 AED at The First Collection Marina). The supplier's taxable base and compounding, and the January 2027 assessment, were not verified: this is a calculated reserve, not an observed hotel total or a guaranteed maximum. The taxes are mandatory, not optional; replace the reserve with the actual charges, remove anything already collected, and do not add the 10% service again. No free Tourism Dirham is assumed.
Breakfast allowance per adult (not a hotel or café price)
14 × 35 AED (person-breakfast) = 490 AED ≈ 133.42 USD
MTC gross estimate (not a supplier quote): 35 AED per person-breakfast for all 14 breakfasts, because no breakfast is included.
Lunch per adult (menu benchmark)
14 × 65 AED (person-lunch) = 910 AED ≈ 247.79 USD
Source-backed: Al Fanar, Al Seef branch — official PDF menu, undated, reviewed 2 October 2026. Lunch: chicken biryani 65 AED; dinner A: chicken machboos 65 AED, each with the described half chicken and rice. Dinner B adds lentil soup 25 and luqaimat 28 = 118 AED per adult — a starter, main and dessert from the regular menu, not a set menu; no limited-time dessert is used. The menu states that prices include 5% VAT, so VAT is not added again. Cover and service are not set out separately, so any unlisted charge is unknown, not zero. The Al Bandar Rotana room's food-and-drink discount is not applied to these unrelated restaurant meals. A price benchmark, not a seven-day dining plan or a January price guarantee.
Dinner per adult (menu benchmark)
14 × 65 AED (person-dinner) = 910 AED ≈ 247.79 USD
Source-backed: Al Fanar, Al Seef branch — official PDF menu, undated, reviewed 2 October 2026. Lunch: chicken biryani 65 AED; dinner A: chicken machboos 65 AED, each with the described half chicken and rice. Dinner B adds lentil soup 25 and luqaimat 28 = 118 AED per adult — a starter, main and dessert from the regular menu, not a set menu; no limited-time dessert is used. The menu states that prices include 5% VAT, so VAT is not added again. Cover and service are not set out separately, so any unlisted charge is unknown, not zero. The Al Bandar Rotana room's food-and-drink discount is not applied to these unrelated restaurant meals. A price benchmark, not a seven-day dining plan or a January price guarantee.
Additional drinks allowance per day for the two of you
7 × 30 AED (party-day) = 210 AED ≈ 57.18 USD
MTC gross estimate (not a supplier quote): Optional budget for additional drinks only.
Airport car allowance, each way
2 × 100 AED (direction) = 200 AED ≈ 54.46 USD
MTC gross estimate (not a supplier quote): Planning budget for one car for two adults between Dubai International (DXB) and the hotel, each way; not a fare, and no transfer time is promised.
Local ride allowance for the two of you
12 × 40 AED (ride) = 480 AED ≈ 130.70 USD
MTC gross estimate (not a supplier quote): Planning budget, not a quoted fare. Dubai Marina is far from the Creek, so a Marina base needs longer rides to the older districts.
Optional city activities allowance per adult
2 × 200 AED (adult) = 400 AED ≈ 108.92 USD
MTC gross estimate (not a supplier quote): Discretionary; no named ticket is promised. Theme parks, observation decks and desert safaris need their own prices.
Hotel: Al Bandar Rotana – Dubai Creek — City View Room, king bed (rate includes a 20% food-and-drink discount at the hotel); room only. Cancellation and payment: Free cancellation before 19 January 2027; nothing to pay until 17 January 2027.