The guy handling the rental paperwork was honestly something else. I booked the car for three days, and when I went to pick it up he said I had to pay three days of airport parking, a total of 654 AED. My English isn’t that bad, and I clearly saw he entered 654 on the card machine with no decimal point. I questioned it right away, and he immediately canceled the transaction and told me to check the contract, saying it was all explained online. I read it carefully and saw it should be around 50 AED. After going back and forth with him, he suddenly said it was actually 65.1 AED. I told him the 654 he said earlier really scared me. He then claimed he’d “misheard.” Come on, there’s no way I misread that number. Anyway, most of the Indian/Pakistani staff there are fine, but you really do need to stay alert. Be extra careful when renting a car. In the end I only used this one for about a day and a half, returned it early, and switched to a bigger-engine car. Gas there is only about 3–4 AED per liter, so you might as well go for a more powerful ride.

The pick-up and drop-off processes were very smooth.