Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
We’ve heard the horror stories about the expense, accommodation, food, drink, travel etc. Listening to Adel Taarabt on 5Live before this afternoon’s game explaining why so many Moroccans leave the country, average annual wage €7,000 as opposed to €27,000 in Spain, for example. How did 30,000 afford to go to Qatar or has Spain emptied of Moroccans?
Qatar really wasn’t anywhere near as expensive as was made out. We ate in the mall of Qatar mostly, because our Villa was pretty close. Loads of variety, and prices comparable or even slightly cheaper than home. If you were adventurous and ate in the Souq, it was cheap as chips (and the kebabs were great).

Ubers were significantly cheaper than home. Public transport was reliable, and free.

There were 7 of us in a villa for 10. Booked it via the fifa portal with out much trouble. Again- it really wasn’t that expensive.