If you’re sitting here wondering whether to book Umrah or start saving for Hajj, you’re asking the right question. After helping thousands of UK Muslims plan these journeys over the past decade through our Manchester travel agency, I’ve seen this confusion countless times. Let me break it down in a way that actually makes sense. […]

With more than a decade managing Ramadan Umrah packages between Aqdas Travel and I, I’ve taken hundreds of UK families through it. The questions are always these: “What Ashra should we pick? “Is it really that crowded?” “What does that price really entail?” And let me give you the straight dope. Realities of Ramadan Umrah […]

Here’s the unusual insight I discovered after arranging more than 800 Umrah trips: Almost all British Muslims select their airport based on location, and nothing else. They are leaving £200 a ticket and hours of pain-in-the-neck hassle on the table. I am the owner of Aqdas Travel, Manchester – a Hajj and Umrah travel specialist. […]

A month ago, for example, I had a grandmother from Manchester in my office who almost fell apart. She had put aside £15,000 for her family Umrah trip, money which was now lying in an offshore account held by a fraudster. The “agency” she’d trusted? A WhatsApp business account with a cloned logotype and no […]