Hajj Tours and Umrah Travel Tips for One and All

by Emily James Hajj Tours - A Few Tips

There are various different travel agents that offer Hajj as well as Umrah Packages. These packages vary from budget packages to deluxe packages to luxury packed tour packages also. Depending upon your requirement and budget you can choose from a variety of packages available with the travel agent. Now, while picking up a travel agent we need to keep a few points in mind so that we get a travel agent who is not fraudulent and manages our complete travel smoothly without getting us into any kind of problems. Hence, there are a few points to be kept in mind so that when you travel you are tension and stress free and all charged up to complete the holy journey to Mecca and Madina successfully in the best of your spirits.

Reliability of the Tour Operator – As we all know that hajj tours and Umrah journeys are long and tiring ones and also require a lot of commuting by road also plus accommodation, flights and meals and permissions for visa and others which becomes highly tedious and full of hassles, hence it is advisable to hire a reliable tour operator for the journey so that all the travel arrangements are taken care of and you can pay maximum attention at your own personal preparation and arrangements for travel.

Air Travel Organizers license (ATOL) – This is one vital point that should not be ignored. It is one of the preventive measures in order to avoid any hassles of fraud by the travel agent during the journey or after the bookings are completed. Do verify whether the tour operator has the Air travel organizer license (ATOL). When the travel operator has ATOL in case of fraud, all your arrangements and payments as well as travel is managed easily. Also, on booking an ATOL protected holiday, an authentication certificate is given to you by ATOL. So, ensure that you get that certificate and keep it safely with you. Also, check out from the Saudi Government website if the travel agent is has his name under the certified travels agents list by Saudi Arabia.

Avoid Cash Payments – When you are booking a tour operator or travel agent for Hajj or Umrah always make the payment via cheque or credit card or debit cards only so that you have a proof of the payments made with you also. This proof could be of great help to you in case of frauds.

Health & Fitness – We always pay attention on making our travel hassle free by doing all the travel arrangements in advance and that to properly, but we never try to pay attention at our own health and habits. As mentioned in the Sharia, the person going on Hajj or Umrah has to be physically and mentally fit, we have to pay attention at our fitness also. Hajj and Umrah Travel both require quite a lot of walking in the sun also and the trip is spread over weeks hence personal fitness is top priority. For remaining fit all through the trip try to do a bit of walking every day atleast for 30 mins, one month prior to the trip so that your trip becomes easy as far as the health is concerned.