Dubai Tourist Trap Tips by plant_girl

Watch out for the 'unlicensed' taxi drivers at the airport - these are the guys that rush up to you when you first emerge. The licenced (beige) taxis are located further to the left of the door. We 'fell' for it (we had just come off what ended up as a 23 hour trip from the other side of the world!), and while it worked out OK (we didn't crash, and we did get to our hotel- albeit the wrong way down a one way street!), we paid a bit more than we should have for the ride to our hotel.

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At Least Do This: Make sure the driver does know where he is going - some of them are fine. Also, know how much you should be paying - you may get lucky in an unmetered cab if the traffic is bad and you pre-aranged the price!
Alternative: Catch a metered beige cab, located a bit further to the left of the exit.