Swissotel vs Anjum vs Pullman ZamZam: Which Makkah Hotel Is Best?
You cannot answer that from the published distances, and the reason is more interesting than the ranking. The problem with comparing them Look up any of these three and you will find distances to the Haram ranging from around fifty metres to around five hundred, for the same building. None of those numbers is a […]
Umrah Packages with Private Rooms (No Sharing)
Most people who ask us this already have what they are asking for, and it is worth saying that before anything else. The confusion Every headline price in this market is quoted on quad sharing, which means four people to a room. That phrase makes people picture being allocated a bed alongside strangers. For the […]
Quad Sharing vs Private Room Umrah Packages: Which Should You Choose?
This gets treated as a price question and it is not one. The supplement is easy to look up. What nobody tells you is what the two options are actually like to live in. What the choice really is A quad is four people, one bathroom, four suitcases and one room, for however many nights […]
Best Hotels in Makkah Near the Haram for Umrah
The best hotel in Makkah is a district before it is a property, and almost every guide to this gets it the wrong way round. Why a top ten list is the wrong answer Three reasons. Individual properties change constantly in Makkah, so a ranked list is stale within a year. Nobody holds allocation everywhere, […]
Umrah Packages with 5-Star Hotels Near Haram (Makkah and Madinah)
Five star packages start at £690 per person for seven nights, covering both cities. That puts you 200 to 500 metres from the Haram in Makkah and 100 to 250 metres from Masjid an-Nabawi in Madinah. Which looks like the same product and is not The two cities work completely differently, and almost nobody explains […]
Best Hotels in Madinah Near Masjid an-Nabawi
In Makkah the question is how far. In Madinah it is which side, and almost every guide to Madinah accommodation gets that wrong by copying the Makkah approach. Why distance is the wrong question here Central Madinah hotels sit roughly 100 to 250 metres from the mosque across every tier, on flat ground, around a […]
