In order to keep your living cost in Dubai at low level you should thinking about money and planning your income and spendings always in realistic way. If you are earning 300 000 AED per year, than probably it will be hard to save more than half of that. However If you are smart and having 25 000 per month, you should be able to save at least 10 000. All depending on your lifestyle, as already mentioned in other articles, some aspects of living costs in Dubai has drop down. On the hand if go out every night, drink a few beers in the bars , flying out every two weeks and driving Porsche, you cant expect to save anything out of these 25k. Remember , try to avoid temptations. In Dubai , there are everywhere. Sometimes avoiding temptations is hard, but it is a must if you want to save.

In order to make great savings and substantially cut living costs in Dubai, you should stop competing with others. Remember, you don't have to compete with anyone. You should always be proud of what you have. When coming to Dubai , you usually don't know uhow long you will stay here. This mean that you should not go for expensive stuff, especially furnitures or household items. Try to find inexpensive ones, or better, go for used ones. You should be rather proud if you buy something cheaper than others or cheaper than regular price. Try this, I bet you will. You will feel smarter than others guys in Dubai. In UAE you can see very expensive cars, luxury boats or apartments. It will be very hard for you to show something that someone else does not have it. You may have golden alloy wheels or even golden car. But for sure, there is someone else who already has it, and you wont beat hi

Before you buy anything in Dubai, you have to compare prices. You just cant afford not to. Check other shops in the area, go to other areas, like Sharjah or what is most common, check online. Go to Amazon or Ebay and see what are the prices there. Once selling my used staff, I met people who have no idea what is the actual price of new items. In these way I managed to sale 2 years piano 30% more then the current price in the Jumbo Electronics. There are of course other ways to lower you living costs in Dubai. Check Living Cost in Dubai to learn more.