The great thing about planning Umrah from London is you get something other UK visitors to the site don’t enjoy – choice. Real choice. Six international airports, a host of airlines and packages from £600 budget jaunts to luxurious £2,500 trips. But here’s what no one tells you: that choice can quickly get overwhelming. More […]

Secret: your Umrah Travel Formalities already covers compulsory Saudi insurance up to a value of SR 100,000 (which is around £21,000). But there are some serious gaps in that baseline coverage — and they could leave you dangerously exposed on the path of your pilgrimage. Over the past two years, since we began supporting more […]

I’ll be straight with you: the first time I organized an Umrah group from our mosque, I screwed up in every way possible. Twenty-three pilgrims, three WhatsApp groups (don’t even ask) and one extremely stressed co-ordinator who learned more about that pilgrimage than any course could ever have taught me! On the off chance that […]

Here’s something I’ve learned after booking hundreds of Umrah packages for expectant mothers through our ATOL-protected agency: pregnancy doesn’t disqualify you from this sacred journey, but it does require honest conversations with your GP and smart planning. Yes, you can perform Umrah while pregnant, and Islam places no restrictions on it. The wife of Abu […]