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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 13:31

Sorry for the cryptic thread title! We have friends coming out to Dubai in a couple of months. They are not married but obviously wish to share a hotel room. I am aware of the laws of the land but cannot help feel there must be a way around this apart from seperate rooms! TIA

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 22:15

the police do get lists of all residents in hotels. so they know who is staying. Isn't of everyone? i though that the CID visit each and every hotel each night to get a list of those staying and a copy of their id... thought this happened in all the GCC countries.yes, thats what i said. i think i misread - took resident to mean UAE resident not hotel resident.... it's late, brain is disengaging :)and do you think i am the person to get into a tango with when your brain is disengaging. tut tut either way, we are saying the same thing :)

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 22:11

the police do get lists of all residents in hotels. so they know who is staying. Isn't of everyone? i though that the CID visit each and every hotel each night to get a list of those staying and a copy of their id... thought this happened in all the GCC countries.yes, thats what i said. i think i misread - took resident to mean UAE resident not hotel resident.... it's late, brain is disengaging :)and do you think i am the person to get into a tango with when your brain is disengaging. tut tut

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 22:06

the police do get lists of all residents in hotels. so they know who is staying. Isn't of everyone? i though that the CID visit each and every hotel each night to get a list of those staying and a copy of their id... thought this happened in all the GCC countries.yes, thats what i said. i think i misread - took resident to mean UAE resident not hotel resident.... it's late, brain is disengaging :)

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 22:00

the police do get lists of all residents in hotels. so they know who is staying. Isn't of everyone? i though that the CID visit each and every hotel each night to get a list of those staying and a copy of their id... thought this happened in all the GCC countries.yes, thats what i said. i think

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 21:57

Isn't of everyone? i though that the CID visit each and every hotel each night to get a list of those staying and a copy of their id... thought this happened in all the GCC countries. Most hotels have CID officers that work in the hotel.

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 21:49

Consequences ! Ooh, is this a new game we're playing, Jewel? Sorry don't get your point . It is no game . As Mrs laughan wrote " it is sensible advice". If caught there may be consequences !

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 21:46

the police do get lists of all residents in hotels. so they know who is staying. Isn't of everyone? i though that the CID visit each and every hotel each night to get a list of those staying and a copy of their id... thought this happened in all the GCC countries.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 21:44

the police do get lists of all residents in hotels. so they know who is staying.

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EW EXPERT

Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 21:43

While the odds are low you may be found out - it IS important that people are aware there are serious consequences if things go wrong and your embassy CANNOT help you if you break local law (they hopefully can get you legal counsel but who wants to go there?) One thing to bear in mind is if it is an interracial couple - you may attract more scrutiny and more questions and even complaints from conservative hotel guests (who won't know you're not married, but the police will act on complaints). Your friends have to weigh the odds for themselves, I wouldn't advise them in any way shape or form myself

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 21:38

Consequences ! Ooh, is this a new game we're playing, Jewel?

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 21:31

Consequences ! The only answer I would give to those who ask about hotel rooms for unmarried people, is that it might be ok, but please remember you are breaking a law and you are far away from home, and do not forget that your embassy cannot and will not help you. i think this is very sensible advice.....

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 21:28

The only answer I would give to those who ask about hotel rooms for unmarried people, is that it might be ok, but please remember you are breaking a law and you are far away from home, and do not forget that your embassy cannot and will not help you. i think this is very sensible advice.....

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 21:23

I am so surprised at some of the comments on here. Why are most of you saying it is 'ok' to break the law, and nobody will care, as long as nothing goes wrong. If one of you falls over and knocks yourself on the head, then die, or have a heart attack, the other person will be held, for many things, sox, drinking, murder....all kinds of things can happen.... WHY? why put yourself in this situation? It gives the DM plenty to write about. What kind of message do you, who say this is ok, send to your children? Are you the same people who go to Barracuda and think it will be ok? Are you, the same people whose kids have drinking parties and think you will be ok since you live in a private compound? The only answer I would give to those who ask about hotel rooms for unmarried people, is that it might be ok, but please remember you are breaking a law and you are far away from home, and do not forget that your embassy cannot and will not help you.

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 21:09

It's not a problem. I've worked for two hotels in Dubai, and like another poster said, there would be no business in Dubai if they were sticky about this rule / law. If there are two people sharing a room, both need to show their passports. If four are sharing, the same thing. All passports are copied and kept on record. This is for a number of reasons, security being the main one. If anything happens to a guest, the hotel has to have a record of them staying there. Also, on the flip side, if a guest does something wrong, like commit a crime or refuses to pay their bill, he or she can be traced by the police and barred from leaving the country. Not being legally married is the least of a hotel's concerns.

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 14:19

As long as they stay out of trouble they will be fine... But if they get into any trouble at all, any trouble (ie remember the case of the woman who cried rape - also got charged with her bf or having s3x), then the hotel room will become an issue as this will be seen as proof that they were also having s3x.

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 14:12

I dont really think it's a problem. We have stayed in lots of hotels in the UAE. I always booked under my name, and nobody ever checks on my husband. I dont have his same lastname, we are from different countries, I dont usually use my wedding ring when I stay at a hotel (scared to lose it), and we look young (many ppl think we are actually dating, not married), we have never been asked anything. Even if they asked them your friends can say they are married, I dont think they are going to ask for a wedding certificate, I dont carry mine around!. How can the hotel prove they are not married???.

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 14:10

Im sure when you book, they just put your reservation under one name (remember the hotels take photocopies of your passport so they will be well aware your not married) Not every married woman has a passport in her married name - I don't. We always just book under one name and have never had any trouble.

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 14:08

Understand the worries...but Dubai would have hardly any tourists if the hotels all said you had to be married to share a hotel room My best friend and her bf have been coming here for the last 6 years and always share a room. no problems. My sister and her bf came last year and shared a room - no worries at all. Im sure when you book, they just put your reservation under one name (remember the hotels take photocopies of your passport so they will be well aware your not married) I don't use the same last name as my husband. So different names in passports means nothing.

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EW GURU

Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 14:07

Just remind them not to play tonsil hockey in the lobby, not to get drunk in public, and to play along as if they are married. They will be fine.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 14:03

Understand the worries...but Dubai would have hardly any tourists if the hotels all said you had to be married to share a hotel room My best friend and her bf have been coming here for the last 6 years and always share a room. no problems. My sister and her bf came last year and shared a room - no worries at all. Im sure when you book, they just put your reservation under one name (remember the hotels take photocopies of your passport so they will be well aware your not married)

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 13:59

Thanks girls - I shall pass this on! ;)

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 13:50

Just ring hotel first and check to be sure. I would NOT recommend this. It is a law that unwed couples cannot rent a room. So if you ask they will have to tell you it is forbidden. If you say nothing, they will not ask. Classic case of "Don't ask, don't tell."

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 13:37

Rent a serviced apartment rather than hotel room?

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EW EXPERT

Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 13:37

book the room in one name - they will assume you are a married couple ie say mr and mrs so and so when greeting you, so just go along with it. they won't ask for a marriage certificate. i do this regularly and am not married and there's never been a problem.

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 13:37

Most hotels are fine with it in Dubai I find but there are a few exceptions. Just ring hotel first and check to be sure.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 13:36

LOL! Yes - that is the sensible answer - but I know for sure that there are many unwed couples out there! Anyone?

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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 13:33

Get married?

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