Guides
Money-saving and consumer guides for the UAE, written to be useful rather than clever.
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Shopping & Consumer
How to compare grocery prices in the UAE before you shop
A free government tool compares supermarket prices for you. Here is how to use it well, and why a bigger pack is not automatically the better price.
Money & Household
Renting a home in the UAE
Dubai and Abu Dhabi run genuinely different tenancy systems. Knowing which rules apply to you is the point of this guide.
Shopping & Consumer
UAE sales and promotions: sales vs. raffles, explained
Seasonal sales and the raffles that often run alongside them sit under two genuinely different sets of rules. Here is what each one actually covers.
Money & Household
Subscriptions and auto-renewals in the UAE: how to cancel
A bank product and a gym membership follow two different rules. Knowing which applies to your subscription decides what notice to expect and how to leave.
Things to Do
Free and low-cost days out in Abu Dhabi
Six places in and around Abu Dhabi, with what is free, what costs money and where official sources differ, so there are no surprises at the gate.
Shopping & Consumer
How to read a discount in the UAE: what the rules require
A discount percentage does not, by itself, show whether something is a good deal. Eight checks before you buy, and what UAE rules say about prices.
Money & Household
Cutting your DEWA bill in Dubai: using less at home
What DEWA advises for using less electricity and water at home, how its slab tariff works, and which charges do not depend on use.