Dubai Honeymoon

tipper1

Looking at goin to Dubai end June,early July for honeymoon but worried about the heat out there. We are really looking for a place to sprawl off and relax for first week anyway but a lot of sites say that between the temp and humidity it is hard to stay too long outside without looking to get into an air con building. I know us Irish are not made for great heat but is it as bad as that. Really do want to relax in the sun thou.
Any other recommendations for a honeymoon with emphasis on excellent relaxing accommodation ?
We are also thinking of Florida. Cheers.

coylemj

If you're not used to extreme heat, going to Dubai in June/July would not be a good idea. One of the things that hits you (literally) when the temperature is in the high 30s or beyond is that you are inhaling air that is hotter than body temperature so even breathing becomes uncomfortable, your lungs will feel like they're on fire.

Normally, exhaled air is one of the means by which the body expels heat, in high temperatures your lungs become a heat source rather than a heat exhaust so the sweat glands have to go into overdrive and you will dehydrate at an alarming rate unless you drink huge quantities of water. In the dry air the sweat will evaporate so fast you won't be aware that it's happening until you keel over from dehydration or heat stroke

You will not be able to stick the heat outdoors for most of the day and your outdoor activity will be confined to transferring between your car and air conditioned shopping malls and hotels. Just don't go there.

spank_inferno

Dubai is nearly a no-go at that time of year.

Once your in your air-conditioned room your more or less fine, but stepping outside is an assault on your person.

Spring time is more tolerable, march temperatures are around the 30-35c mark.

Gatica

Newstalk travel covered it recently and said the same thing - you can only bear being outdoors morning and after sun-set hours. No one will be out and about outside in mid-day heat.
Basically you won't get to enjoy the sunshine you crave. Find somewhere milder so that you can at least enjoy being outdoors...

veetwin

OP if you want to relax in the sun don't go to Dubai in July. It is simply too hot. Even at night the temp will be pushing 40 degrees and the humidity makes it feel worse. I remember being in the pool and having to get out and go to my room because it was too hot!

cyberspider

I spend alot of time travelling to Dubai with work and in my experience I can tell you to avoid travelling there at all during July/August. In fact a huge percentage of the local and expat population move out because it is so damn hot.

We are not talking about 30's but mid to high 40's and 50+ although officially it never passes 50C as legally business must close when it does. It is just not comfortable to be in at all and you would not really enjoy yourselves. Every breath you take is like being is a super heated oven, your lungs just burn. Even though it is not humid the heat will just sap your energy.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news regarding Florida but is also a bad time of year for these as well. It is the hurricane season so it can be quiet wet. I was thinking of going there in August myself and was put off my some of colleagues for this reason.

What I would recommend is:

- East Africa for a Safari
- Mauritius (sun but not a lot else)
- Windward island in Caribbean (it is hurricane season but less chance of rain on these islands)
- Bali (Weather is perfect)
- California (great weather and lots to see and do)

tipper1

Thanks everyone for your replies, much appreciated.
Between relatively short notice, extreme heat, rainy seasons, etc we are really caught for choice.
We are getting mixed opinions on the rain etc in Koh Samui and Bali if anyone has experience. Also wondering about Dom Republic, St Lucia, any other suggestions.

coylemj

For a honeymoon I would play it safe in terms of location and not go too exotic. Bear in mind that it only needs for one of you to go down with Delhi belly/Montezuma's revenge and your honeymoon is ruined.

I was on a Nile cruise a few years ago, we travelled five star all the way, the boat was brand new and had top notch chefs and food. There was an Irish couple on the trip who were on their honeymoon. The lady went down with a severe tummy bug after a couple of days and we barely saw her or her new husband for the whole week, they were basically confined to their cabin, well she was anyway.

Unless both of you are seasoned travellers (and asking the question you did suggests you are not), I would stay closer to home.

veetwin

Why not a 5 star hotel on the coast in Spain, France, Italy or Croatia? All less than 3 hours flying time and guaranteed sunshine that time of year. No point in flying to the other side of the world just to get sunshine and nice accomodation esp in July. Use the money saved in flights to put towards top class hotels

coylemj

veetwin wrote: »

Why not a 5 star hotel on the coast in Spain, France, Italy or Croatia? All less than 3 hours flying time and guaranteed sunshine that time of year. No point in flying to the other side of the world just to get sunshine and nice accomodation esp in July. Use the money saved in flights to put towards top class hotels

Or in June/July consider a cruise in the Baltic Sea and/or to the Norwegian fjords. It won't be too hot, it will be bright until 11 p.m. and there will be a good mix of age groups and nationalities on board if you book with a continental line like MSC. Just don't book an English line like Cunard or Fred Olsen or it will be bingo on the high seas with very boring food and lots of moaning passengers!