The wife is heading to Thailand on 23rd July for the summer and o wasn’t planning join her but have reconsidered (lucky her 😂) so I thought myself and our son would head over for a few well but fancy andrew days in between so just after any suggestions ?

Fire say if anyone has any decent places worth 3 nights to visit 

Some of the ME airlines offer a free or discounted stopover 

from Google 

Here are the specifics for each airline:

• Etihad Airways

  • Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE. 
     
  • Offer: Up to two free nights in a mid-range hotel or one free night in a five-star hotel, for qualified passengers with a layover of 24-72 hours. 
     
  • How it works: Book a round-trip flight with a layover in Abu Dhabi, and you can extend your stopover. 
     
• Emirates

  • Location: Dubai, UAE. 
     
  • Offer: Dubai Connect provides complimentary hotel accommodation, meals, and transfers for a connecting stopover of 8 to 26 hours. 
     
  • How it works: The service is available for passengers with qualifying layover times. 
     
• Qatar Airways

  • Location: Doha, Qatar. 
     
  • Offer: While not a free stay, Qatar Airways offers very attractive discounted hotel rates, with five-star hotels starting from around $23 per person per night for a stopover of up to four days. 
     
  • How it works: You can experience Doha for an extended period with these significant hotel discounts, along with discounted city tours and cultural experiences. 

48 minutes ago, Stillearly said:

Some of the ME airlines offer a free or discounted stopover 

from Google 

Here are the specifics for each airline:

• Etihad Airways

  • Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE. 
     
  • Offer: Up to two free nights in a mid-range hotel or one free night in a five-star hotel, for qualified passengers with a layover of 24-72 hours. 
     
  • How it works: Book a round-trip flight with a layover in Abu Dhabi, and you can extend your stopover. 
     
• Emirates

  • Location: Dubai, UAE. 
     
  • Offer: Dubai Connect provides complimentary hotel accommodation, meals, and transfers for a connecting stopover of 8 to 26 hours. 
     
  • How it works: The service is available for passengers with qualifying layover times. 
     
• Qatar Airways

  • Location: Doha, Qatar. 
     
  • Offer: While not a free stay, Qatar Airways offers very attractive discounted hotel rates, with five-star hotels starting from around $23 per person per night for a stopover of up to four days. 
     
  • How it works: You can experience Doha for an extended period with these significant hotel discounts, along with discounted city tours and cultural experiences. 

Thank you 

Qatar interests me as my son wouldn’t mind looking around the cultural / historic side of things plus a little mooch into the desert

4 minutes ago, AJSP said:

Qatar interests me as my son wouldn’t mind looking around the cultural / historic side of things plus a little mooch into the desert

I would love to do a stopover in Beijing to compare it to '92 when I first arrived there on a 2 year contract but I have been told that it would only disappoint me and it would be better to keep my memories locked in place ..

 

On a more practical (and adventurous!)note how about flying Air Astana with a long stopover in Almaty? 

I found this purely by random ..

 

 

The best thing I did in Doha was managing to find my transfer departure gate.

3 hours ago, Jambo said:

The best thing I did in Doha was managing to find my transfer departure gate.

Apart from that the Izzies are bombing it.

& I'll be there on New Years Day🤪.

Not trying to be a downer.... but, the way things are beginning to cook in Europe and the Middle East be prepared for possible delays.