{"id":374866,"date":"2026-03-08T21:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/374866\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:48:12","slug":"vicky-pattison-and-husband-ercan-ramadan-flee-dubai-amid-rising-panic-as-they-drive-11-hours-to-oman-in-desperate-bid-to-finally-return-home-to-the-uk-after-three-cancelled-flights-and-abandone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/374866\/","title":{"rendered":"Vicky Pattison and husband Ercan Ramadan flee Dubai\u00a0amid ‘rising panic’ as they drive 11 hours to Oman in desperate bid to finally return home to the UK after three cancelled flights and abandoned escape to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vicky Pattison<\/a> has shared an update with fans as she and husband Ercan\u00a0Ramadan<\/a> attempt to flee Dubai\u00a0after the US-Israel war against Iran<\/a>\u00a0sparked chaos in the UAE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The TV personality, 32, revealed they had been driven a whopping 11 hours across the border to Oman amid the ‘rising panic’ in a desperate bid to finally fly home to the UK after their three previous flights were cancelled.<\/p>\n

Vicky and Ercan abandoned plans to try to fly to Australia or New Zealand, but wanted to return home and be reunited with their beloved dogs Milo and Max as ‘quickly and safety as possible’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alongside snaps of their mammoth trip to Oman, she penned: ‘We’re so sorry for our radio silence over the last week, with everything unfolding the way it was and changing so rapidly we desperately didn’t want to say anything insensitive or hyperbolic that would add to the rising panic around the situation’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘We really appreciate all your messages of concern and just wanted to reassure everyone that we’re fine.\u00a0 After 3 cancelled flights and the realisation that we definitely weren’t going to make it on to Australia and\u00a0New Zealand<\/a>\u00a0we wanted to try and get home as quickly and safely as possible’.<\/p>\n

She went on: ‘I understand that there are a lot of people still in\u00a0Dubai<\/a>\u00a0feeling really calm and safe however, we wanted to be back to our babies, work and normality and we felt like Oman was our best option’.<\/p>\n

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Vicky Pattison has shared an update with fans as she and husband Ercan Ramadan attempt to flee Dubai after the US-Israel war against Iran sparked chaos in the UAE<\/p>\n

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She revealed they had been driven a whopping 11 hours across to Oman amid the ‘rising panic’ in a desperate bid to finally fly home to the UK, after three previous flights were cancelled<\/p>\n

‘We made our way to Oman from Dubai with some of our friends via private transfer, we used this company @skyevipcarrental and found them to be professional, reasonably priced and comfortable’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vicky continued: ‘All in all, the journey took us around 11 hours, including around 2-3 hours at the border crossing, checking documents and passports and cost about \u00a3130pp’.<\/p>\n

‘For anyone stuck in Dubai and wanting to get home via Oman, I will put more information on @vickysvacays.. I just don’t want to overwhelm or bore anyone on here. We are going to try and enjoy our last days away and explore Oman hopefully.<\/p>\n

‘The last week has been quite unsettled and we understand people feeling unsafe and uncertain.. we have experienced moments like that, but ultimately feel like it’s important we acknowledge our position of privilege.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She added: ‘We are extremely grateful to be making our way home and are thinking of anyone feeling fearful or unsettled, anywhere in a world that is rapidly becoming an increasingly scary place to be.<\/p>\n

‘Finally just a little Thankyou to @addressbeachresort and @uaegov for keeping us safe, calm and informed when possible. We will keep you updated and are looking forward to getting home in the next couple of days.’<\/p>\n

Meanwhile an influencer trapped in a five-star hotel in\u00a0Dubai<\/a>\u00a0has said Brits who have managed to flee the city \u2018have been lucky\u2019 as she faces a \u00a33,000 bill in living expenses while she remains stranded.<\/p>\n

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Vicky also explained how she Ercan and pals had also abandoned plans to try to fly to Australia or New Zealand\u00a0<\/p>\n

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She explained how the couple wanted to return home and be reunited with beloved dogs Milo and Max as ‘quickly and safety as possible’<\/p>\n

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She penned a long caption alongside snaps of their lengthy journey\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0‘We’re so sorry for our radio silence over the last week, with everything unfolding the way it was and changing so rapidly we desperately didn’t want to say anything insensitive’<\/p>\n

Lily Mann, 25, arrived in Dubai with her boyfriend James Shires, 33, on February 26 with the intention of a week-long holiday.<\/p>\n

The couple has since spent the last two days trying to navigate a way back home after their Etihad Airways flight to Manchester Airport<\/a> was cancelled, leaving them to either pay upwards of \u00a310,000 each for a one-way flight or to wait indefinitely.<\/p>\n

They join the thousands of British travellers stranded in the Middle East after US-Israeli strikes on Iran<\/a> elicited retaliatory strikes by Iran across the region.<\/p>\n

This comes as the UK has halved the readiness time for aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales ahead of a possible deployment to the region, it was reported today.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ms Mann, who also works as a freelance social media manager, told the Daily Mail \u2018the flights home are just not there\u2019.<\/p>\n

She said: \u2018We have been very, very unlucky and people who have got out have been very lucky.<\/p>\n

\u2018The few flights that are showing are business class or first class seats, which are coming up to around \u00a310,000\u2019.<\/p>\n

This has forced them to continue staying in the five-star hotel FIVE Luxe JBR, with the holiday extension costing upwards of \u00a33,000 in holiday costs and dog care.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vicky Pattison has shared an update with fans as she and husband Ercan\u00a0Ramadan attempt to flee Dubai\u00a0after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[75],"tags":[1128,118,3819,18,117,19,18929,17,71,5790,438,100933],"class_list":["post-374866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-australia","tag-dailymail","tag-dubai","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-iran","tag-ireland","tag-israel","tag-new-zealand","tag-tvshowbiz","tag-vicky-pattison"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116195761272204764","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}