Umrah Guide · First-Timers · Updated September 2026 Most Umrah mistakes are small, predictable and easy to avoid once you know them. The ones that actually affect your Umrah cluster in five places: the miqat, ihram, tawaf, sa’i and the haircut at the end. A second group has nothing to do with the rites but...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 Makkah · Experience · Updated September 2026 The last ten nights in Makkah are the most crowded and most intense nights of the Islamic year, and your days turn upside down to fit them. In 2027 they are expected to run from the evening of Saturday, February 27 to Eid on Tuesday, March...Read More
Ramadan Umrah · Planning · Updated September 2026 Ramadan 2027 is expected to begin on Monday, February 8 and end with Eid al-Fitr on or around Tuesday, March 9. The last ten nights, when Makkah is at its fullest, are expected to start on the evening of Saturday, February 27. Saudi Arabia confirms the exact...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
First-Time Pilgrims · Miqat Guide · Updated September 2026 For a traveler flying from the USA or Canada, the Miqat is decided by your first city: Madinah first means Ihram at Dhul-Hulayfah by coach; Makkah first means Ihram on the aircraft before it crosses the Miqat line on approach to Jeddah. Jeddah airport is inside...Read More
First-Time Pilgrims · Ihram Guide · Updated September 2026 Ihram is the state a pilgrim enters, by intention at the Miqat, in which nine everyday things become forbidden until the Umrah is finished with a haircut. Men wear two unstitched white sheets; women wear their ordinary modest clothing. The state of Ihram usually lasts four...Read More
Planning Your Umrah · Itinerary Guide · Updated September 2026 For most first-time pilgrims from the USA and Canada, Madinah first is the better order: no Ihram on the plane, two calm days to recover, and Ihram at Dhul-Hulayfah when you are rested. Makkah first is not wrong — it suits experienced travelers, short trips...Read More
