Is a free-transfer leather and fur shop trip from Dubai worth it, and can you negotiate the price?

From messages by 3 participants in 1 source · Last activity: 25 days ago

TL;DR

Travelers report that the shop provides transport and that marked prices may be heavily negotiable—one buyer paid about one-fifth of the tag price. Others still found the products expensive; drivers may drop passengers at a Sharjah mall instead of returning directly to the hotel.

What the community said

The trip may be worthwhile if you are prepared to negotiate: one shopper agreed on a price around five times lower than the tag price. Transport after the visit was provided as well.

25 days ago about one-fifth of the tag price

If you do not want to return to your hotel immediately, ask the driver to drop you at a shopping mall in Sharjah. This replaces the hotel return, so plan to continue independently afterward.

25 days ago Sharjah shopping mall

Do not assume the trip will necessarily result in a bargain: another visitor bought nothing because the items seemed expensive. The driver still dropped them at a mall, and they took a taxi back to their hotel.

25 days ago taxi from the mall to the hotel