It’s vacation time and your kids are SO happy.

You are even happier because you don’t have to wake up THAT early to drag them out of bed, force them to visit the bathroom, nag them into putting on their school uniforms and plead with them to eat something (anything!) before setting out for school.

Everything’s great. Your family settles into their holidays by spending half the day sleeping and the other half glued to their phones.

The days rush by. You go out once in a week to window shop at malls and also pop in to a restaurant or two.

Let me ask you: is this the kind of vacation that you want to have? Where’d the FUN go? Wouldn’t you prefer something like this instead:

You plan your outings in advance and decide you’ll be going out 10 times in the holidays.

The first outing is a simple one. You opt to spend an hour or two exploring The Sustainability City (in Dubai) and feeding the hens, donkeys and goats at the animal sanctuary there.

The second one is a full day excursion to Kalba. You stop over at mountain passes before heading to the Hanging Gardens. Being an animal lover, you also check out Kalba Birds of Prey and Al-Hefaiyah Mountain Conservation Centre. You manage to squeeze in one or two more places as well before heading home, happy and fulfilled.Now, that’s only two days. There are 8 more days of fun activities planned. Don’t you think that you and your family would enjoy this more? You would be exposed to new sights as well as nature. You would learn whilst having fun. It will also be healthier for all of you because there would be more physical activity and fresh air involved.

Perhaps you are already one of these people and that’s great. Or perhaps you want to be one of those people and you find planning and researching (the places) easy and can do it yourself. That’s great too.

However, many others might be too busy to plan and research or might not really have the ability to do so. That’s where Dobuy, Data & Design comes in.

One of our services is itinerary planning. This winter, we have a special holiday package. If you are a UAE resident and want the ENTIRE three weeks of winter vacation planned, it will cost you only AED 500. If you are a visitor, it will cost AED 800 (as that would require more planning and support as the person might not be familiar with the UAE).

What does planning include? Well, I’ll first talk to you about your and your family’s tastes and suggest options. You’d have to also tell me your budget and the number of days you’d like planned. So if it is AED 2000, 500 would be for our services and 1500 is left for the places, food and transport. I’d factor this in when planning.

If you want 13 days planned, for instance, I’d plan each of those days meticulously. You’d have a detailed itinerary of when to set out, where to head along with suggestions for how long to stay at a place and what to do there.

If you are a Muslim, I’ll point out where you can pray. (Prayer times are the most important part of the day so I always work around them.)

I’d also give you suggestions about where to stopover for meals or snacks. I’d also be available via phone or WhatsApp to support you in case there are some hiccups.

Interested in knowing more? Just comment below (for women only!) and I’ll get in touch with you.

If the price is an issue, then I’m open to negotiations, don’t worry.

 Looking forward to hearing from you!

[This article was cross posted on my website and on LinkedIn.]