Hajj and Umrah - Travel Tips

Hajj and Umrah, the two most important pilgrimages of the Muslim community living all over the world is a dream of all the Muslims and they wish to undertake this holy and spiritual journey atleast once in a lifetime. Hajj Tours are long journeys and have to be planned well in advance and these journeys are exhaustive so require quite a bit of advance planning in terms of stay, commuting, legal issues and health as well.

Travel Agent Information – Many a people prefer travelling with family or relatives in a group while many make an individual trip. As Hajj is a long journey and involves a lot of booking as far as commuting and accommodation is concerned, rather than trying booking on your own, it is advisable to involve travel agents in the same. Once you assign the task to a travel agent, all the bookings from flight, accommodation, internal commuting by road or rail is taken care off without you getting into all the hassles. Only point that you need to pay keen attention on is the reliability and authenticity of the travel agents. There are two ways which would help you get reliable travel agents – one is asking your friends or relatives who have been on Hajj Tours or Umrah earlier and their experience with the travel agent they hired. A few good testimonials would give you a choice of travel agents you could rely upon. Another method is online search. Now, for hiring an authentic and reliable travel agent a simpler way is to search online websites a list of approved Hajj Travel agents by ministry of hajj, kingdom of Saudi Arabia for UK. 

                         

 

Visa and Packages – The Visa Application is available with the Saudi consulate near you. But, if you are booked with a travel agent, you need not get into all these hassles, the travel agency will look after it. As far as the Hajj and Umrah Packages are concerned, you have a variety of choice depending upon your requirements and budget. Packages include deluxe to budget ones from 10 days to 2 weeks. They not only include travel bookings, hotel accommodation, daily breakfast and meals, internal commuting by road or other mode of transport but complimentary benefits like free city tours, free workshops on Hajj preparations, lectures by religious leaders during the journey and more.

    

Tips on Travel – A few most important points to be kept in mind is confirmation about visa and all your bookings from your travel agent in time to avoid any hassles during the journey. Reading all the terms and conditions of travel agency before signing them, thoroughly is necessary. Many a times travel agencies tweak the terms & conditions in such a way that in case of any mishap or damage, they do not get into any kind of soup and are safe. That’s why, either read them through completely or if you have a lawyer friend, take him along for the same.  

The above are just a few tips on travel to Hajj or Umrah, for making your spiritual journey and experience you would cherish forever.

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