Expat package comparable to £120,000/yr
Jan 29th 2008, 12:56 pm
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Re: Expat package comparable to £120,000/yr
I think that set of lights was the very first one in Lebanon - at least from my recollection...
Jan 29th 2008, 1:29 pm
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Re: Expat package comparable to £120,000/yr
Jan 29th 2008, 1:30 pm
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Re: Expat package comparable to £120,000/yr
Jumeriah Beach Hotel's club costs 55k (maybe a bit more now) for a family, so for a single person would be a bit less, but I know the waiting list is long. Le Meridien Mina Seyahi's list is closed...Ritz Carlton Beach club is around 70k I think, it may be more, someone did tell me it was 90k but i'm not sure if this is correct...At the other end of the scale are Oasis Beach Club and Dubai Marine and Beach Resort...both much cheaper and neither has a waiting list...
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Jan 29th 2008, 1:31 pm
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Re: Expat package comparable to £120,000/yr
Clearly people assumed that I was mentioning the Boxster as the epitomy of a sports car - in reality, I was mentioning it (I said Porsche Boxster or similar) so that there would be some idea of the lifestyle I want - comfortable without being flashy... so I could get help on deciding how much I need to be offered! I'm not trying to spend all of my money on my car, but I don't want to drive something cheap either. Maybe in 10 years I'd consider driving a supercar, but I generally think guys in their mid-twenties driving around in Ferraris look like jackasses :-)
Jan 29th 2008, 1:44 pm
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Re: Expat package comparable to £120,000/yr
Jumeriah Beach Hotel's club costs 55k (maybe a bit more now) for a family, so for a single person would be a bit less, but I know the waiting list is long. Le Meridien Mina Seyahi's list is closed...Ritz Carlton Beach club is around 70k I think, it may be more, someone did tell me it was 90k but i'm not sure if this is correct...At the other end of the scale are Oasis Beach Club and Dubai Marine and Beach Resort...both much cheaper and neither has a waiting list...
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Jan 29th 2008, 1:51 pm
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Re: Expat package comparable to £120,000/yr
Beach clubs are very expensive, and getting more so every year. See if your employer has a corporate deal going with any. They are really only good value for money if you are there all day every weekend. And yes, you still have to pay for drinks and food, although most give a discount for members.
If it is mainly a gym you are after there are better and cheaper alternatives and most buildings/complexes have one anyway.
If it is mainly a gym you are after there are better and cheaper alternatives and most buildings/complexes have one anyway.
Jan 29th 2008, 1:57 pm
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Re: Expat package comparable to £120,000/yr
Beach clubs are very expensive, and getting more so every year. See if your employer has a corporate deal going with any. They are really only good value for money if you are there all day every weekend. And yes, you still have to pay for drinks and food, although most give a discount for members.
If it is mainly a gym you are after there are better and cheaper alternatives and most buildings/complexes have one anyway.
If it is mainly a gym you are after there are better and cheaper alternatives and most buildings/complexes have one anyway.
I just got confirmation about 5 minutes ago - Dubai is 100% for certain now, so this is no longer a theoretical exercise, I'll be there in 6 weeks!
Jan 29th 2008, 2:00 pm
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Re: Expat package comparable to £120,000/yr
I was thinking of it as a socializing spot and a good way to meet people in Dubai, but at that rate, I can go pick up dozens of the Russian girls discussed earlier in this thread... ha-ha!
I just got confirmation about 5 minutes ago - Dubai is 100% for certain now, so this is no longer a theoretical exercise, I'll be there in 6 weeks!
I just got confirmation about 5 minutes ago - Dubai is 100% for certain now, so this is no longer a theoretical exercise, I'll be there in 6 weeks!
congratulations by the way...
Jan 29th 2008, 3:48 pm
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Re: Expat package comparable to £120,000/yr
I had initially planned on starting in the coming September, but I think the Dubai offer is too good to miss - even if I waited 2 years to start, I'd still be about a year under the average student age.