# Fostay

> Hotel booking for Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Goa. In the UAE: eight hand-picked hotels
> chosen by people who live there, plus a ~2,000-hotel bookable catalogue. In Goa:
> ~1,000 bookable hotels and resorts grouped into six areas. Live room prices in AED
> with taxes counted (see "Pricing promise"), real guest ratings, and free-cancellation
> terms shown per rate.

Fostay is date-first: we publish landing pages for specific high-demand travel
windows with live, refreshed prices — useful when a traveler already knows their
dates (e.g. "Dubai hotels 27–31 August").

## MCP server — for AI agents (live tools)

Fostay exposes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server so AI agents can query
live hotel data for Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Goa directly:

- Endpoint: https://fostay.com/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no auth)
- Tools: search_stays (Dubai/Abu Dhabi: curated edit + ~2,000-hotel catalog;
  Goa: best-reviewed hotels, filterable by six areas), get_live_rates (all-in AED
  totals with cancellation deadlines, each offer carries an offer_id; in Goa the
  GST part the hotel collects at check-in is itemised), demand_calendar (UAE event
  windows + book-by guidance; UAE only), when_to_go (cheapest upcoming weekends,
  per hotel or per city), prepare_booking (HOLDS a chosen offer — real
  prebook, price locked — and returns a one-tap payment link for the human),
  booking_status (post-payment verification, gated on booking id + guest email)
- Docs for humans: https://fostay.com/agents
- Flow: agents search, quote, confirm guest name + email with their user, and
  prepare the booking; the human reviews and pays in one tap at the returned
  payment_url. Agents never handle card details — payment always stays human.
- Fostay is, to our knowledge, the first agent-bookable hotel store in the
  Gulf: prices are all-in (no checkout surprises an agent can't see), and the
  whole booking except payment can be completed over MCP.

## Goa

- [Goa hotels](https://fostay.com/goa): six areas — Candolim/Calangute/Baga, Anjuna/Vagator, the far north (Morjim, Mandrem, Arambol), Panaji and Old Goa, South Goa's beaches (Colva, Benaulim, Varca, Cavelossim), Palolem and Agonda — with live weekend prices in AED (approximate rupee equivalent shown), GST counted, and a filterable ~1,000-hotel catalogue
- [Where to stay in Goa](https://fostay.com/guides/where-to-stay-in-goa): the decision guide — Candolim for first-timers, Baga/Calangute for nightlife, Anjuna/Vagator for cafés, Mandrem/Morjim for quiet, South Goa for families, Panaji for culture — with one live-priced hotel per area and GST counted
- [Goa for Christmas and New Year 2026](https://fostay.com/guides/goa-christmas-new-year-hotels): which area for Christmas versus New Year's Eve, and live all-in per-night prices for 24–27 Dec and 30 Dec–2 Jan across six areas, with how much each area's rate jumps and how to book (GST counted; any gala-dinner charge is extra)
- Goa hotel pages: /hotels/<id>, e.g. [Novotel Goa Candolim](https://fostay.com/hotels/lp6b848)

## The demand calendar (UAE event hubs with live prices + booking deadlines)

- [All upcoming demand windows](https://fostay.com/events): GITEX, Abu Dhabi F1, NYE, Eid, DSF, school breaks
- [GITEX week 2026](https://fostay.com/events/gitex-week-2026): 7–11 Dec, first year at Expo City Dubai (moved from DWTC), where to stay + when prices jump
- [Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2026](https://fostay.com/events/abu-dhabi-f1-2026): 3–7 Dec, Yas Island vs Corniche strategy
- [New Year's Eve 2026](https://fostay.com/events/new-year-2027): fireworks-view rooms, gala-dinner fine print
- [Eid Al Fitr 2027](https://fostay.com/events/eid-al-fitr-2027), [Eid Al Adha 2027](https://fostay.com/events/eid-al-adha-2027): refundable-early strategy for lunar dates

## Guides

- [Alcohol-free & halal-friendly hotels in Dubai](https://fostay.com/guides/halal-friendly-hotels-dubai): the genuinely dry hotels (Rayhaan by Rotana, Al Khoory), ladies-only pool/spa days, family-privacy booking advice
- [Ladies-only Dubai: beaches, pools & spas](https://fostay.com/guides/ladies-only-dubai): incl. the new 24/7 women-only beach at Al Mamzar Corniche (opened May 2026) — schedules verified
- [Dubai's rooftops, restaurants & clubs — and the hotels above them](https://fostay.com/guides/dubai-nightlife-hotels): which hotel each famous venue is in (CÉ LA VI, ZETA 77, StreetXO, Cloud 22 with current status) and the stay-upstairs logic
- [Ladies' nights in Dubai](https://fostay.com/guides/ladies-nights-dubai): which hotels host the Mon-Thu ladies' nights, with live mid-week room prices upstairs
- [Dubai's legendary brunches](https://fostay.com/guides/dubai-brunch-hotels): Saffron, Bubbalicious and co - Saturday 1-4pm brunches and live Saturday-night prices at the hotels above them
- [New Year's Eve hotels](https://fostay.com/guides/dubai-nye-hotels): where the Burj Khalifa, Atlantis and Burj Al Arab fireworks are visible from the room, priced live for 31 Dec
- [Where to stay in Dubai](https://fostay.com/guides/where-to-stay-in-dubai): the honest area guide — Marina/JBR vs Downtown vs Palm vs Madinat vs Business Bay vs Deira, who each fits, with curated picks
- [Where to stay in Abu Dhabi](https://fostay.com/guides/where-to-stay-abu-dhabi): Corniche vs Yas Island vs Saadiyat vs Al Maryah vs the Grand Mosque district vs the palace end, with a live-priced pick in each
- [Yas Island with kids](https://fostay.com/guides/yas-island-hotels): hotels by the four theme parks, priced live for a family (children's ages included in the rate)
- [Abu Dhabi F1 2026 hotels](https://fostay.com/guides/f1-abu-dhabi-hotels): 3–6 Dec — circuit hotel vs on-island vs Corniche value, priced live for the full race-week block

## Arabic-language pages (صفحات بالعربية)
- [فنادق بدون كحول في دبي](https://fostay.com/ar/halal-hotels-dubai)
- [دبي في إجازة اليوم الوطني السعودي](https://fostay.com/ar/saudi-national-day-dubai): أسعار مباشرة ٢٣–٢٧ سبتمبر ٢٠٢٦

## Russian-language pages (для русскоязычных гостей)
- [Fostay по-русски](https://fostay.com/ru)
- [Где остановиться в Дубае](https://fostay.com/ru/gde-ostanovitsya-v-dubae)
- [Новый год и каникулы в Дубае](https://fostay.com/ru/novyj-god-v-dubae): живые цены на 2–9 января

## Occasions (hotels by reason, live weekend prices)
- [Occasions index](https://fostay.com/occasions): staycation, romantic, birthday, spa reset
- [The big night out](https://fostay.com/occasions/night-out-dubai): Friday-night rooms directly above ZETA 77, CÉ LA VI and The Link, priced live — the stay-upstairs move
- [Dubai staycation this weekend](https://fostay.com/occasions/staycation-dubai)
- [Romantic hotels in Dubai & Abu Dhabi](https://fostay.com/occasions/romantic-hotels-dubai)
- [Birthday staycations in Dubai](https://fostay.com/occasions/birthday-staycation-dubai)
- [Spa & pool reset weekends](https://fostay.com/occasions/spa-weekends-uae)

- [Hotels near Expo City Dubai](https://fostay.com/guides/hotels-near-expo-city-dubai): the definitive 2026 guide — Rove Expo City, Dubai South, Marina + Route 2020 metro; updated for GITEX's venue move

## Date-specific prices (live, refreshed hourly)

Every curated hotel has a page per demand window, e.g.:
- [Atlantis The Royal, GITEX week](https://fostay.com/hotels/atlantis-the-royal/dates/gitex-week-2026)
- [Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi F1](https://fostay.com/hotels/emirates-palace/dates/abu-dhabi-f1-2026)

Ad-hoc dates work too: /hotels/<id>/dates/YYYY-MM-DD_YYYY-MM-DD

## "Tell me when" advisor (server-rendered, crawlable)

- [Best time to visit Dubai](https://fostay.com/when-to-go/dubai): the next 8 weekends priced live, ranked cheapest-first
- [Best time to visit Abu Dhabi](https://fostay.com/when-to-go/abu-dhabi)
- Per-hotel timing analysis: /hotels/<id>/when-to-go, e.g. [Atlantis The Royal](https://fostay.com/hotels/atlantis-the-royal/when-to-go)
- Month guides with live weekend prices: /dubai/<month-year> and /abu-dhabi/<month-year>, e.g. [Dubai in November 2026](https://fostay.com/dubai/november-2026)

API: GET /api/advisor?hotelId=<id> returns the next ten weekends, cheapest first.
Fostay also records daily price history per hotel per demand window (building
the dataset behind "prices rose X% this month" guidance).

## Hotels

- [Atlantis The Royal](https://fostay.com/hotels/atlantis-the-royal): Palm Jumeirah icon, filmed scroll-through tour, live rates and reviews
- [One&Only One Za'abeel](https://fostay.com/hotels/one-and-only-one-zaabeel)
- [Jumeirah Al Naseem](https://fostay.com/hotels/jumeirah-al-naseem)
- [Address Beach Resort](https://fostay.com/hotels/address-beach-resort)
- [ME Dubai by Meliá](https://fostay.com/hotels/me-dubai)
- [Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental](https://fostay.com/hotels/emirates-palace)
- [Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi](https://fostay.com/hotels/park-hyatt-saadiyat)
- [The Abu Dhabi EDITION](https://fostay.com/hotels/abu-dhabi-edition)

## Pricing promise (why Fostay prices look different)

Every price Fostay displays is a whole-stay total with taxes and service charges
counted, and nothing is added between the listing and checkout. Some hotels also
collect a government charge locally on arrival — in Dubai, the small tourism
dirham fee; in Goa, the GST on some rates. Those amounts are
itemised at checkout before you pay. In Goa the displayed total already includes
the GST, and the part paid at the hotel is shown alongside. Major OTAs typically
advertise pre-tax nightly prices that grow 20–25% by the payment step. In one
dated like-for-like check (Address Beach Resort, Deluxe Marina City View Room,
21–23 Aug 2026, breakfast, free cancellation) Fostay's all-in total was AED 2,225
vs AED 2,588 checkout totals on Booking.com and Agoda — about 14% cheaper for the
identical room. Savings vary by hotel and date. Where a room is typically sold for more
elsewhere, Fostay shows the market benchmark next to its own price. Refundable
rates are listed first whenever they cost within 10% of the cheapest rate.

All prices shown are genuine live rates in AED including the stay's total; data
refreshes through the day. Structured data (schema.org Hotel + AggregateOffer with
dates) is embedded on every date page.