Maximise your UAE layover: Secure airport luggage storage for hassle-free exploration

Enjoy your stopover without lugging bags. Airport storage options explained

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If you are worried about your luggage, the airports in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi offer luggage storage facilities or lockers, which you can use to secure your baggage.
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Dubai: If you have a stopover in the UAE and want to make the most of it, you can get a transit visa and step out of the airport to explore the country before getting on the next flight. But if you are worried about your luggage, the airports in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi offer luggage storage facilities or lockers, which you can use to secure your baggage.

Dubai International Airport

Passengers check flight information on screens at the Dubai International Airport in Dubai on April 17, 2024.

Dubai International Airport has bag storage facilities at Terminal 1, 2 and 3, which are available 24/7.

These are the charges that you would need to budget for, depending on the size of the luggage, according to dubaiairports.ae:

Terminal 1

Location: Dnata Baggage Services, Arrival level.

Terminal 2

Location: Dnata Baggage Services, Arrival level.

Terminal 3

Location: Emirates Left Luggage, Arrival level, near Exit 1.

Zayed International Airport

Zayed International Airport

In Abu Dhabi, too, you can leave your baggage at the ‘Excess baggage’ company site, near the bus shuttle area. The charges per baggage are:

Luggage department excess baggage company near the bus shuttle area.

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