Originally Posted by
Doug 1029
Yes, the hotel could call the police, will they? I doubt it. The question I would ask is why Dubai when there are so many other wonderful places to visit that are more accepting.
Originally Posted by
traveler0909
Thanks Doug for your response. My cousins' fiancée is celebrating her birthday and he wants all of us to be there for the celebrations. You are right, otherwise I wouldn't visit a country that criminalises homosexuality. So what are my chances of getting into trouble?
We were in Dubai several years ago, but stayed in a 5 star international chain hotel.
My opinion is that you would most likely be fine especially if you do not search out other gays (and try to bring them back to your hotel etc). Yes, it would probably have been better if you did not use your work email for the reservation but my guess is that the hotel probably did not even look at the email address to figure out if you are gay or not - the reservation and email address was probably processed electronically without anyone even seeing it.
Again, I'm sure you'd be fine unless you try to take a LGBT activist role during your visit.