As international travel starts to slowly open up again, we can finally start to look forward to planning trips, and we couldn’t be more excited about it! As the 49th National Day holiday approaches there are a whole host of ways that you can celebrate. Staycations, daycations, but now also the opportunity for international celebrations! Make the most of the long weekend with a fun getaway, we’ve rounded up some of the best! 

Gili Lankanfushi, Maldives
Not wanting to waste a minute of that 4 day weekend, Gili Lankanfushi is just a twenty minute boat ride away from Malé airport. With expert Covid-19 precautions in place, this trip will have you feeling like your ‘in a galaxy experience’. Fill your four night stay with an outdoor movie night (literally any movie you fancy, they will play it for you), snorkel near One Palm Island, relax with a massage at the Meera spa and make your own Maldivian reef fish curry. That sounds like a perfect weekend retreat for us!
Prices start from 4,473Dhs per night for a Villa Suite with breakfast included.

 

Aloft City Centre Deira
Three words we love to hear: stay, shop and dine. This new offer at Aloft gives you 25% off selected stores, plus the hotel has partnered with Majid Al Futtaim to offer really exciting credits on entertainment such as Magic Planet and Ski Dubai. You’ll also receive a 75Dhs voucher per person for the Dreamworks Spa and 150Dhs dining credit. You’re never going to be bored here!
Rooms from 241Dhs.

 

Hard-Rock Hotel Maldives
Play hard, but pause harder in all-inclusive paradise at Hard Rock Hotel Maldives. The amenities at this stunning hotel are seriously next level! I mean alongside the Rock Spa, Watersports and Dive Centre, this hotel even has underwater speakers in their pool!
Four night stays starting from Dhs10,6111.

 

Saii Lagoon Maldives, Curio Collection by Hilton
We can never resist a good offer, and Saii Lagoon’s ‘Stay 3, pay 2’ package just makes *sense*. With a free night for each consecutive two nights stayed, the offer is available across several room types. Plus there’s a whole host of complementaries such as sunrise yoga, cocktail classes, the coral propagation programme and daily breakfast with complementary sparkling grape.
Rooms from 2,000Dhs.

 

Rixos Bab Al Bahr, Ras Al Khaimah
This is Ras Al Khaimah’s first all-inclusive hotel, designed in a pyramid-shaped beachfront resort. You can relax in the gorgeous views of the pool and be sure to receive impeccable Turkish hospitality. The hotel also has 450m of pristine white sandy beach and a whopping eight pools to chill by, and an aqua park. Oh, we’ll just add the 24 hour food and beverage service too…
All-inclusive rooms from 1,200Dhs.

 

Mandarin Oriental
Make the most of being a UAE resident this National Day by indulging in a stay at the Mandarin Oriental Jumeira with 20% off your next stay at the luxury beachfront resort. Relax and look out over the Arabian Gulf and before dining at Portuguese restaurant Tasca and Warayaki-style Japanese steakhouse, Netsu.
UAE resident rate starts from 2,030Dhs.

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