What ₹79,500 Actually Covers on an Umrah Package

The commonest question the office gets is not about dates or hotels. It is some version of: what else will I have to pay for once I am there?

It is a fair question. Plenty of pilgrims have been quoted one figure in India and found another waiting for them in Makkah. So here is the fifteen-day package, item by item.

The nine things in the price

1. The air ticket. Return airfare from your departure city, travelling with the group.
2. The Umrah visa. Applied for and processed by our office. You never deal with the consulate.
3. Travel insurance for the whole journey.
4. Hotel accommodation in both Makkah and Madinah, on a sharing basis.
5. Three meals a day, every day, for the whole group.
6. Air-conditioned transport across Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah — including the coach for every Ziyarat in the programme.
7. A passport bag, which sounds like a small thing until you are carrying documents through a crowd.
8. Laundry, washed and pressed during your stay.
9. Five litres of Zamzam, sealed, carried home for you.

The two things that are not

Personal expenses and shopping are yours, which is obvious enough. The other exclusion is worth reading twice: the coach fare for the eight optional Ziyarat beyond Madinah — Maidan-e-Badr, Bir-e-Rauha and the rest.

Those eight are taken by choice. Most groups go; some pilgrims prefer to stay in Madinah. Either way it is decided there, and paid separately. The 18 Ziyarat in Makkah and the 15 in Madinah are part of the package and are not charged for.

Where the hotels are

In Makkah, 1,150–1,250 m from Masjid al-Haram. In Madinah, 600–650 m from Masjid an-Nabawi.

That difference matters more than it looks on paper. In Madinah you are inside a comfortable walk of the Prophet’s Mosque, which is why older pilgrims tend to notice the Madinah leg most. If you want to be closer in Makkah, the Deluxe, Super Deluxe and VIP packages are arranged to order — tell the office your budget and who is travelling.

The longer packages

There are three: 15 days at ₹79,500, 20 days at ₹85,000, 28 days at ₹93,500 per person. The inclusions are identical in all three. The shorter package is not a thinner one — it is simply a shorter stay.

If you already have your own flights and accommodation, the office also does the Umrah visa on its own, for ₹15,000 per person.

Anything above that you are unsure about, ask before you book rather than after. That is what the office is there for.