Umrah with children · A guide for US & Canadian families · Updated September 2026 Children can perform Umrah at any age, and each child needs their own passport, visa and Nusuk permit. The two decisions that shape the whole trip are which level of the Mataf you do Tawaf on, and how much you...Read More

Rawdah permits · Nusuk app, step by step · Updated September 2026 A Rawdah appointment is booked in the Nusuk app, one permit per person, and on the scheduled route it can be issued only once every 365 days. Men and women enter at different hours of the day. Most guides show you which buttons...Read More

Umrah for women · Rules, prayer areas & planning · Updated September 2026 Saudi Arabia no longer requires a woman to travel with a mahram to perform Umrah. What still needs planning is where you pray, when women can enter the Rawdah, and what happens if your period starts mid-trip. This guide separates three things...Read More

Umrah guide · Before, during & after · Updated September 2026 Most Umrah mistakes happen at four points: crossing the Miqat without Ihram, small errors in Tawaf, cutting too little hair at the end, and missing Saudi permit rules that have nothing to do with the rituals. Almost all of them are easy to avoid...Read More

Umrah Transport · Guide · Updated September 2026 The Haramain High-Speed Train links Makkah and Madinah in about two to two and three-quarter hours, against roughly six hours by road. It also connects both cities directly to Terminal 1 at Jeddah airport: about 45 minutes to Makkah and about 1 hour 45 minutes to Madinah....Read More

Ramadan in the Haram · Updated September 2026 The last ten nights in Makkah are the most crowded nights of the Islamic year: long prayers after Isha, a second prayer after midnight, then suhoor and Fajr, with millions in the Grand Mosque on the 27th and 29th nights. In 2027 they are expected to begin...Read More

Ramadan 1448 · Umrah planning · Updated September 2026 Ramadan 2027 is expected to run from Monday, February 8 to Monday, March 8, with Eid al-Fitr on or near Tuesday, March 9. The last ten nights are expected to begin on the evening of Saturday, February 27. Saudi Arabia has also published the 1448 Umrah...Read More

Umrah Planning · Pricing · Updated September 2026 In an Umrah package, “quad” means four people share one hotel room, “triple” three and “double” two. The price is per person, per bed, so a bed in a quad costs the least because the same room is paid for four ways. The hotel, the flight, the...Read More

Umrah Planning · Hotels · Updated September 2026 Madinah’s central area is the ring of hotels that opens directly onto the courtyards of the Prophet’s Mosque, and a hotel inside it puts you 100 to 600 meters from a numbered gate: one to eight minutes on foot, on flat ground, with no street to cross....Read More

Umrah Planning · Hotels · Updated September 2026 In Makkah, “walking distance to the Haram” usually means 200 to 800 meters from the edge of the mosque complex to your hotel door: three to ten minutes at a normal pace, before crowds, heat and elevator queues are added. The meters are measured to the nearest...Read More