Good stay overall, but the hotel ruined it by getting greedy and charging my credit card in US dollars - and at an extortionate rate (DHS 3.55 / USD 1 vs. the DHS 3.67 market rate) - without me requesting them to do so (as an aside, I notice that the NBD ATMs are now doing the same thing, although they have at least the courtesy to warn you that you are able to be screwed on the FX rate). As a result, they made a few extra bucks and left me with a very sour taste in my mouth. This is not the first time I've had a hotel do this (one 5* outfit in Delhi pulled the same ruse), but that does not make it right. Hotel rates in Dubai are ridiculous enough without establishments having to resort to such trickery.
- Meridien Al Sondos Hotel
- Le Meridien Dubai
- Dubai Le Meridien
