Do you need a return ticket and hotel booking to enter Dubai?
Based on 1 discussions with 3 participants · Last activity: 5 days ago
TL;DR
A return ticket and hotel booking can technically be required, but in practice they are not always checked. However, the risk is real — one traveler was forced to buy a return ticket at the check-in counter.
What the community said
Recent firsthand experience: an airline refused to issue a boarding pass without a return ticket. The traveler had to purchase one on the spot at the check-in counter. It's safer to book a return ticket in advance.
1 day ago Return ticket — required at check-in
Another perspective: one traveler's wife visited Dubai 5 times and the traveler himself twice — neither a return ticket nor hotel booking was ever requested. But this doesn't mean the requirement doesn't exist; it's simply not always enforced.
1 day ago Checked roughly 50% of the time