Bloke travels to Dubai for £64 to meet friend for trip to water park and mall

Bloke travels to Dubai for £64 to meet friend for trip to water park and mall,Callum Ryan, 22, took two flights and a bus to get to the UAE city of Dubai via Sofia, Bulgaria, and Abu Dhabi to meet a pal baving challenged himself to a tiny budget

Bloke travels to Dubai for £64 to meet friend for trip to water park and mall

We Brits love a bargain whether it’s an £11 flight to France or a free hotel upgrade. But, one holidaymaker has busted most of our records by flying to Dubai for just £64.

Callum Ryan, 22, got a Wizz Air flight from Luton to Sofia in Bulgaria for £21.99, before flying to Abu Dhabi with the same airline for £35.16. He then travelled by bus from the airport to Dubai set him back £7.51, making his total travel spend one way just £64.66.

The impressively cheap spend means Callum travelled to the glamorous UAE city for less than many people's weekly shop. In fact, the average cost of filling up a 55-litre Ford Focus with petrol sits at £79.13, according to the most recent figures on racfoundation.org.

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But, the lad says it was actually almost half the cost of filling up his own car – which costs £120. We’d rather a trip to Dubai than a new tank of petrol!

Callum, a social media creator, decided to take the trip to visit a friends and get some much-needed sun. Plus, he shared the deal as part of a budget holiday challenges series he creates.

Callum Ryan at departures before his bargain flight to Dubai (Image: Callum Ryan / SWNS)

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Callum at the airport where he boarded a Wizz Air flight

Callum at the airport where he boarded a Wizz Air flight (Image: Callum Ryan / SWNS)

Alternatively, you can take a stroll and check out sights like the Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Fountain, the Jumeriah Mosque and Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood. If that’s not your style the city also has an incredible waterpark and even an indoor ski resort!

Shopping fans should always head to the Dubai Mall – one of the largest in the world. It’s filled with luxury shopping, fine jewellery and some unexpected extras like the VR amusement park, a haunted house, a KidZania fun park, a giant dinosaur fossil and a cinema.

To get to Dubai, Callum set off from Luton on June 2 and arrived in Bulgaria the next day, eventually reaching Dubai at 11.11pm. He checked in to Citymax Hotel Bur Dubai for four nights which worked out at £21.75 per night, because he split the bill with his pal.

Callum did an off-road excursion in the desert whilst on his Dubai (Image: Callum Ryan / SWNS)

Callum returned to the UK on June 7, and his return journey totalled £72.85. He took a different route with Wizz Air, stopping off in Albania.

Previously, Callum has flown to Ibiza to sip on a pint challenging himself to do so for less than the cost of a pack of beer in the UK. He managed to do so for just £13.22.

Plus, he jet off to Budapest to try out one of Europe's biggest spas. He spent less than £40 to enjoy the spa including his flight.