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Travel companion for Abu Dhabi and the UAE

Rasha travels out of Dubai as company for the journey: Abu Dhabi for a day, a weekend in Ras Al Khaimah or Fujairah, a night in the desert, or longer trips abroad planned well in advance. For guests who would rather see the country with someone who lives in it. Social companionship only, and the fee is for her time and company, agreed before anything is booked.

Abu Dhabi in a day

Ninety minutes down the E11 and the day is easy: the Grand Mosque in the morning light, lunch on the Corniche or Saadiyat, the Louvre Abu Dhabi when the afternoon gets hot, dinner before the drive back. She has made the trip often enough to know when the road is tolerable and when leaving an hour later saves you forty minutes.

Weekends in the northern emirates

Ras Al Khaimah for the mountain and the quieter beaches, Fujairah for the other coast, Hatta when Dubai is too warm to be outdoors. Two nights is the natural length. Hotels are booked in your name; she travels as a guest and asks for her own room unless the arrangement says otherwise.

The desert, properly

An evening camp with dinner under the sky, or a night at one of the reserve hotels inland. It is the trip visiting guests remember longest and the one that most rewards a companion who is not pretending to enjoy it.

Longer journeys abroad

Possible, with a week or more of notice: flights, visas and hotels arranged in advance and in writing, the itinerary agreed before departure and kept private afterwards. She decides for herself which invitations she accepts, and a trip is only confirmed once she has.

What travel changes about the arrangement

Longer time together, so clarity matters more, not less. The dates, the rooms, the length of the days and what the fee covers are all settled in the message exchange before anything is booked. Fees are for her time and company; nothing else is offered or implied on a trip any more than at a dinner table.

Rasha, a Moroccan travel companion based in Dubai
About Rasha

Independent, Moroccan, and at home in this city.

Rasha is 27, of Moroccan heritage, and has lived in Dubai for several years. Arabic, English and French; warm rather than performed; and discreet by habit, not as a selling point. Read her story.

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Three questions about travel companion for Abu Dhabi and the UAE

A few days for a day trip, a week or more for a weekend or anything that needs flights. Weekends fill first, and the season between October and April fills earliest.

You do, in your own name. She will tell you which route and which part of town makes the day easier, but she does not book or handle payment for travel.

Yes, with enough notice and the itinerary agreed in advance. Longer journeys are accepted selectively and are confirmed only once she has said yes to that specific trip.

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One message is the whole process

Tell her the date and the occasion

A private reply within 24 hours. No account, nothing to pay online.

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