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The very description of Dubai conjures up images of an embellished emirate ‘suffering’ from acute megalomania! This glittering emirate has everything to bewitch its visitors, be it the cloud-kissing ‘Burj Khalif’ or the outlandish ‘Atlantis the Palm’. No wonder, millions flock to this dazzling emirate to bask in the glory of its myriad charms. However, Dubai also wields its own set of quirks. Here are some tips to ensure unperturbed holidays to Dubai.

Visa Requisite

Britons can procure a 30 day visa on arrival in Dubai. Visas can further be extended for another 30 days by paying an extension fee. However, one needs to leave the country on the expiry of the extended period.

Laws Abidance

Dubai is certainly a disciplinarian when it comes to adhering to laws.

Both locals and tourists alike are expected to follow rules and regulations to the dot in this bedazzling emirate.

Accommodations

Although Dubai is jam-packed with budget and luxury hotels, it is sensible to make obvious research to grab best possible deals in advance. Those willing to immerse in the fun of luxury holidays to Dubai can choose the ambience-oozing luxury hotels like Atlantis the Palm, Hotel Burj, etc. However, travellers looking for luxuries without wanting to spend a bomb can choose to stay in one of the budget or mid range hotels peppered across Bur or Diera Dubai areas.

Social Conventions

While enjoying luxury Dubai holidays , one should be extremely careful of not hurting the local sentiments and be courteous and respectful towards the locals.

For example, one should not get overly amorous in public. Although Dubai is relatively liberal, it is advisable to be modest in terms of dressing.

Local Laws

Trafficking or consumption of drugs is intolerant in Dubai. In fact, even some prescribed medicines are also banned here. It is best to procure information regarding the subject well in advance to avoid any sort of hassle.

Shopping Extravaganza

Shoppers looking for great discounts can plan luxury holidays in Dubai during the Dubai shopping festival for best possible deals. Avid shoppers can head to speciality souqs to experience city’s unique and mesmerising shopping scene. Dubai’s opulent malls and traditional souqs offer items at throw away prices during this amazing shopping festival.

Ramadan Festival

This scintillating emirate observes Ramadan Festival with utmost solemnity. Hence, it is advised not to eat or drink in public during the holy month. Flouting this rule may attract severe penalties like jail sentences or fines.

When it comes to your wedding favors there is a wide choice available, but sometimes it is the simplest choices that work the best. So don’t spend hours agonizing over which favors are the best, follow our creative ideas and make your own pretty favor boxes to fill with chocolates.

1. Beautiful Butterflies: Use a simple cube style favor box and wrap with ribbon, present style. Top with a pretty fabric or feather butterfly to coordinate with your wedding colors.

2. Floral Double Act: Again use a cube style favor box and wrap with ribbon. Check out silk and paper flowers in your local craft store or online. Look for two flowers which you could layer one on top of the other, for instance, a flat daisy with a rose on the top. Make the bottom flower the width of the box and the top one the same width as the center of the bottom flower, so that they look in scale.

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Plain and Simple: Choose a box which is symmetrical in design, such as a square, rectangle or round. Purchase a square punch (or one to match whatever shape your box is) in two sizes and card which matches the color of your favor boxes and one other coordinating color, for instance, cream and pink. Use the punches to cut two squares, one each from the two colors. The larger square should be cut from the coordinating color and a smaller square from the same color card as the box. Layer the two together – small on large and center on the top of your box. After sticking them in place glue a small flat backed gem or pearl in the center.

4. Classic Monograms: Design your wedding monogram on your computer or if your have nice handwriting or are artistic you could draw it freehand. Add your wedding date underneath and if there is room a small motif between the two.

Cut these out to match the shape of your favor boxes, making them approximately 2mm smaller and stick onto the lid of your boxes. Use card which is the same color as your boxes and stick to just one color of ink.

5. Pretty as a Picture: Choose a medium width satin ribbon in a coordinating color and tie it around your favor box (square or rectangular work best) so it runs over the top. Bring the two ends together on the side and tie in a bow. Using some card in a coordinating color cut out a square and using a decorative punch cut a shape in the center. Take a small piece of craft wire and a bead, thread the bead on to the wire and affix behind the shape you have just cut out. You should have a pretty cut out shape with a bead in the center. Affix this to your box with some double sided padded tape making sure you attach it to the ribbon as well to hold it in place. Punches are available in a wide variety of shapes including hearts, flowers, butterflies and birds.

6. Glitz and Glam: This one is so easy, but looks a million dollars. Use a cube style box and wrap a piece of satin ribbon, firstly around one side of the bottom half of the box, gluing the ends inside. Then do the same for the lid of the box, matching the ribbon up with that on the bottom. Thread a crystal buckle on to the ribbon and position in the center of the lid, and then glue the ends of the ribbon inside.

Very often, we forget that decorating the nursery to prepare for the birth of a child is something that also needs to be attended to. Many of the parents who are going to have their baby for the first time get so much involved in thinking about the serious issues like pregnancy, childbirth, parenting etc. that they never find any free time that could have been spent in making preparations for the new one in enjoyable ways.

You can anticipate the joy of shopping for your child’s nursery and furnishing it with the necessary paraphernalia, but in reality the flurry of activity can get you quite worked up. Selecting only one design among the vast array of bed linens that can be found on the internet will have lots of folks feeling overwhelmed, even though they’ve picked an animal motif and know they want to buy animal print baby bedding.

It’s a great idea to incorporate zebra bedding into the nursery, but new parents will pretty quickly understand that there are lots of choices they’ll have to make regarding styles and colors before they can actually focus on the ensemble they want to buy for their daughter. Baby girl bedding embellished with zebra motifs are so appealing to both kids and parents that they are in huge supply wherever you go.

Consider whether you want to buy bedding with zebra stripes that come only in black and white or whether you’re hoping to add that kind of pattern to other designs and colors. There are lots of people out there who love that black and white zebra pattern more than any other and who believe that it is one of the best ways to deck out a room for a little girl. They will soon find many great collections available which will give them all of the zebra black and white goodness that they desire.

The Zebra Print crib set by Jo Jo Designs is a perfect example in which zebra pattern is used in micro suede along with pink accents to provide a modern and joyful look to the room. There is a wide variety of beautiful outfits with animal themed designs for those who love to use them along with zebra print, which, certainly, will make your child’s space more colorful.

Baby bedding that’s striped like a zebra works with various animal designs such as putting a big cat next to a giraffe that’s lying near a smiling zebra. It is quite common in patterns that employ many animal characters in them that the zebra print is especially used to create the dust cover for the bedding or to drape the windows and to create stunning bumpers some other solid prints are added to it.