Dubai - Hotel Information

[QUOTE=Barry D]However, being the cynic that I am, I wonder how many days before the next "I am in Dubai for X days next week, can anyone help....." question appears from a single-digit poster[/QUOTE]I'm the same. Answer: all of 3 days.

OK guys,

i must have been blind. I haven't seen the Metropolitan Deira last time in the list.
And yes, it is declared as GREEN and i hope that it still will be green when i'm in DXB.

Mea culpa!

[QUOTE=Jimmy K II]my boss booked me in to the Metropolitan Hotel in Deira. In the Hotel list i is marked as "yellow".[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Jimmy K II]i must have been blind. I haven't seen the Metropolitan Deira last time in the list. And yes, it is declared as GREEN and i hope that it still will be green when i'm in DXB.

Mea culpa![/QUOTE]I can't verify the accuracy on hotel names - there were reports on the Metropolitan Hotel, Deira (green) AND the Metropolitan Palace Hotel, Diera (yellow). Same place, or different places? I have no idea, relying on comments to correct any mis-information.

Hopefully, you'll post a review in the hotel section to clarify which one you stayed at, and the experience you had.

BTW - I was not referring to you (3 days), but to a 2 poster on the dxb thread.

As far as i know, which Metro Hotel it is exactly and as far as i know, if it is GF or no, i'll post an update to the Hotel list.

I have in my travel plans only "Metropolitan Deira" with a romm in "single use"
I'll see, if they charge a visit or not...

So long
Jimmyk

[QUOTE=Jimmy K II]i'll post an update to the Hotel list.[/QUOTE]Feedback ALWAYS appreciated. Nothing like someone asking for hotel info, then you never hear anything more. Especially with some of the lesser known hotels...

I see that in the list Arabian courtyard is listed as Green. I would rather call it YELLOW. On several occasions me and collegues of mine have stayed there and at least been asked to provide a copy of the WG's passport and asked to pay a 200Dhs extra fee!! Some collegues had to pay extra fees for their wives when they were visiting. Perhaps a senior member of the forum would like to decide whether it should be Yellow or not?

Good Luck

Anchor777

[QUOTE=Anchor777]I would rather call it YELLOW. On several occasions me and collegues of mine have stayed there and at least been asked to provide a copy of the WG's passport and asked to pay a 200Dhs extra fee!! Some collegues had to pay extra fees for their wives when they were visiting.[/QUOTE]Copy of passport is STANDARD these days. When the hotel wants the ORIGINAL... that's red.

The extra fee? Depends. If they were charging for wives, sounds like maybe the room was booked as a single, so an additional charge was included.

But will change to either GREEN? or YELLOW? when I publish updated list. Will wait until end of this month for any other comments.

Thanks for the feedback; very few do.

If the place does not charge you more for WG than they do for a wife (presuming you did not register together) I would still call it green.

Green to me means no outrageous charges or severe ID (original PP) requirements.

Yellow means it is either not consistant, or tight requirements.

Red is when it just is not going to happen.

The "Greens" are the establishments that adhere to the discrete, true hospitality tradition, ie. none of my business as long as things do not get out of hand.

This is where I spend my money, where I contact the manager when I leave to tell him how much I appreciate the hotels hospitality, where I assure them I will be back, where I tip the discrete doormen.

I was there last year, not looking for WG, as my wife came out to join me, and they charged a second user charge.

In the executive lounge there is free internet. and free food and drink. no security on that floor, but can not answer for the hotel itself.

Bumz

[QUOTE=11Bravo]
Thanks for the feedback; very few do.[/QUOTE]11B,

I had a quick run through your impressive list and can concur that IMHO it is pretty much correct, based on info from friends etc who stayed here over the last year.

I have quite a few mongering friends and business colleagues due to stay at various hotels in DXB over next few months and will remember to interrogate accordingly as to the GF nature of their particular hotel.

Any REDS will get a post here immediately, info of this type and quality is advantageous to all.

FF

[quote=Fifty Fifty]I have quite a few mongering friends and business colleagues due to stay at various hotels in DXB over next few months and will remember to interrogate accordingly as to the GF nature of their particular hotel.

Any REDS will get a post here immediately, info of this type and quality is advantageous to all.[/quote]Obviously, "[i]RED[/i]" information is critical, but still feedback confirming the continuing friendliness of any hotel is also worthwhile. I do try and provide the "last report" date as an indicator of a hotel's info [i]staleness[/i] in the list. After all, just because a hotel was friendly (or not) in 2005 does not mean it's the same today.

Feedback is appreciated, and demonstrates a punter's willingness to give back something, rather than just take (with questions).

Hi there,

in general i don't understand at all the hotel policies of RED, or GREEN.
OK, when the flood of prositutes in a hotel gets too frequent, some guests might be disturbed and have the impression to stay in a cheep brothel.

But this is also always a question of discretion by the men bringing back the ladies to the hotel.
When i'm fucking drunk and bring back very loud some WG's then i understand very well, that the hotel won't tolerate this too often :-)
But when i'm just coming back with the WG as i'd come home with my wife or girl friend, nobody will be discussed or disturbed.

For travellers like me, on open policy (GREEN) gives in my opinion a better recommandation to the hotel than to be on the list as RED, becaue these are the places to avoid.

Some hotels like e.g. the MERIDIEN AIRPORT or also the SOFITEL City Center are absolute favourite places in terms of tolerating WG's. In the Meridien, the doorman even opens the door and welcomes you with y big smile, even when you bring home the 2nd or 3rd WG this day. No supplement charges, no questions.

What's your opinion about that?
So long, have fun!
Jimmyk


btw.: A very big thanks to 11Bravo, Sporadic and all the other experts keeping these very useful informations up to date!

[QUOTE=Jimmy K II]But when i'm just coming back with the WG as i'd come home with my wife or girl friend, nobody will be discussed or disturbed.[/QUOTE]Remember where you are; this is not western europe, america, thailand. Here, it is ILLEGAL to have sex outside of marriage, to say nothing of with a wg. Certainly, law is rarely enforced, but it COULD be. Thus, the hotel could be guilty of "aiding and abetting" a crime. One of those "how far do we go to not interfere with the customer without running afoul of the local authorities..."

I have no problems with the hotel taking a passport/visa copy of the girl's documents. Demanding ORIGINAL documents - no. As for "additional" charges... guess it comes down to how the room was booked, single or double.

[QUOTE=11Bravo]Remember where you are; this is not western europe, america, thailand. Here, it is ILLEGAL to have sex outside of marriage, to say nothing of with a wg. Certainly, law is rarely enforced, but it COULD be. Thus, the hotel could be guilty of "aiding and abetting" a crime. One of those "how far do we go to not interfere with the customer without running afoul of the local authorities..."

I have no problems with the hotel taking a passport/visa copy of the girl's documents. Demanding ORIGINAL documents - no. As for "additional" charges... guess it comes down to how the room was booked, single or double.[/QUOTE]You're right, we are in a muslim country.

And like so often, it's always a question of behaviour, means how the gentleman behaves himself in the public.

When I start deep french kissing in the lobby i don't have to wonder, when i get in trouble.

Behave yourself in a discreet and modest way, and you won't have too many problems.

So long, have fun!

Jimmyk

[QUOTE=11Bravo]I can't verify the accuracy on hotel names - there were reports on the Metropolitan Hotel, Deira (green) AND the Metropolitan Palace Hotel, Diera (yellow). Same place, or different places? I have no idea, relying on comments to correct any mis-information.
[/QUOTE]

The three Metropolitan Hotels on the list are correctly named.

I often stay in the Metropolitan Hotel in Diera. The other one just round the corner is the Metropolitan palace Hotel and this is the one the taxi drivers also mistakenly take you to. Both are near the clock tower but one is on the main road to Sharja. The other, the older and cheaper one, with no qualifiers in the name, just "Metropolitan Hotel" is very resonably priced and is green, sometimes asking for a copy passport and sometimes not.