Dubai to Salalah Bus Fare
The bus journey is pretty economical. In fact its unbelievable rates. We paid OMR 18 (in 2013) for both ways ticket i.e. Salalah to Dubai and Dubai to Salalah. One way ticket was OMR 10. If you are staying away from Dubai office of GTC, the tickets can be booked by Beautiful Salalah International, Office in Salalah. They charge OMR 5 service charges for booking each ticket. Contact Beautiful Salalah International +968 9120 6678 or email info@beautifulsalalah.com
In my opinion, Booking via Beautiful Salalah International is the easiest way to book the ticket else you have to go to Deira office, find parking for your car, waste time in going to Deira office.
Experience of Salalah to Dubai / Dubai to Salalah by Bus : Great Value for Money
Luggage:
You can lock your bigger bags and put them in the bus luggage compartment. You cannot travel with a lot of hand carry as there is a small over head compartment. Although, you can put hand carry luggage on your seat or besides your leg, if it cannot accommodate in the over head compartment.
Seats:
Seats are okay as you can expect in a bus, don't compare with airline seats. The seats do not have big leg space so expect to be tired at the end of the journey. Keeping the luggage besides your leg will make your leg space even lesser. So pack a small hand carry or put the luggage in the bigger bags and put them in the luggage compartment.
No Seat Numbers:
There are no seat numbers on the booked tickets. Before the start of the journey, the passengers have to rush inside the bus well in advance and grab the best seats or if you are travelling with the family, you have to grab the seats together. Else all the passengers will not get the seats together. We have seen passengers sitting away from the family as the seats were not available together and passengers arriving early or managing to get inside the bus early have kept the places for them and not willing to move to another seat.
Stops on the way:
There will be several stops at restaurants during Dubai to Salalah or Salalah to Dubai journey for going to washroom and eating. The food served in these restaurants is not very hygienic and options are limited. It is advisable to take something with you for eating during the journey. Avail all these stopovers to get out of the bus, stretch your muscles and breath the fresh air. You can offer prayer on these stops as well.
Food and Water:
Food and water will not be served on the bus, you can bring your own food and water or else eat / buy at the stop over restaurants.
Why you should travel from Dubai to Salalah by Bus?
The advantage of travelling with bus is:
- Cheaper ticket than airplane. Its a great value for money. For a big family this reduces the airline flights cost by two third.
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- No tension of driving from Dubai to Salalah.
- No requirement of having driving license / vehicle registration / vehicle insurance.
- No need to book hotel for travel night (as journey from Dubai to Salalah is on night time in the bus).
- Specially useful for single passengers or friends or for those who loves to travel by road.
When you shouldn’t Travel from Dubai to Salalah by Bus?
If you can afford air ticket, then best is to travel by air. The journey will be of 2 hours only.
If you are good at ling journey driving, drive your own car. You don’t have to pay ticket for each passenger when traveling in your car but have to pay for each passenger in bus journey. Driving your own vehicle will also give you freedom during the travel to stop wherever and whenever you want (although most of the area on the way is dessert and barren). In your car, the journey will cost you only for the fuel (the price of Petrol in Oman is cheaper than that in UAE). The documents required to cross the border with the vehicle is the valid Vehicle License (on your name else you will need additional authorization letter from the leasing company), valid Driving License and Insurance for the vehicle in both the countries.
Have a safe and memorable trip to Salalah