How to spend your FREE Qatar Airways stopover! DOHA, QATAR - prices, transportation, & travel tips

On a recent (pre-COVID) trip to Vietnam, my friends and I saw a deal for a free stay at a 5 star hotel in Doha, Qatar if you fly with Qatar airlines and layover for 12+ hours. I had never been to the Middle East before and have always been so curious about the culture, the futuristic cities of the Arab gulf, and of course the food. I thought, what better time to take advantage of an international trip and backpack to Qatar in luxury. Culture trip to both the Middle East AND East Asia!

The city was futuristic indeed but also eerily quiet and seemingly unpopulated for having a population close to 1 million. We learned that over 80% of the population is actually expatriates coming to work in various sectors of service and labor.

I really wanted to try Qatari food and looked all over for it and searched through google for some answers as to why there weren't any Qatari restaurants. Since most of the population is migrant workers, the food mostly is a blend of those cuisines as well as a ton of American chains (McD's, Subway, Applebees, etc.). Even though there wasn't much Qatari food, you can still find lots of other Arab, Mediterranean, or Central Asian foods mostly at the Souq Waqif, or around Katara village. I encourage you to try all the different culture's foods, but if you aren't an adventurous eater, you'll have many familiar restaurants to choose from :)

We got our free hotel when we saw one of the flight options highlight free 5 star hotel stay. We can make a video about that if ya'll need more help. This is Qatar airway's main page about the promotion (it's kinda confusing but there is a free promotion and one where you need to pay $28, which is still amazing for a 5 star hotel): https://www.qatarairways.com/en-au/of...

List of locations we visited:
Souq Waqif
Katara Cultural Village
Museum of Islamic Art
Doha Corniche
Doha Tourist Center
Doha City Centre Mall

Other places to check out next time:
Pearl Qatar (man made island housing complex)
Desert Safari tour
Camelback riding
Inland sea

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We'll be making this guide in several languages so that everyone can cash in on these tips! Feel free to check them out if you speak these languages or even if you want to learn!
Mandarin(普通话/国语）:    • Видео  
French:    • Doha, Qatar! Comment passer votre esc...  
Bangla: পরে করা হবে!
Spanish:    • Doha, Qatar! Un viaje en el medio ori...  

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