Adil FahimTransportation
Uber and Careem taxi services are available there and I tried booking them but there waiting time is too long hence cancelled and never use it.
Madinah Airport to Al Rawda Al Aqeeq Hotel — booked the taxi from authorized airport taxi service — Cost 90SAR. This is quite costly as I don’t want to take risk with my family during early morning in new location, usually if I book taxi directly, it will not cost me more than 50 SAR.
Madinah Local Travelling — there are lot of private taxi running in Madinah and they will not cost more than 15–20 SAR from one place to other. I took taxi from Bilal Masjid to Hotel Al Rawda Al Aqeeq and it cost me around 15 SAR in night and 10 SAR in day.
Madinah Ziyarat — If you have limited time in Madinah, better to book taxi, I did the same with 80SAR which covers 5–6 places including Masjid Quba, Masjid Qiblatain and Mount Uhud etc..
Madinah to Makkah Hotel — There are different ways to travel between Madinah to Makkah, like — super fast Train (Harmain), SAPTCO VIP Bus and Taxi.
I prefer to travel via SAPTCO VIP BUS and book the ticket from https://saptco.com.sa/ office directly which is located to Saja AL Madinah Hotel. This cost me around 360SAR for 2 Adults and 2 Kids (Both train and bus works on dynamic pricing hence early you book, you can save more money). I booked the ticket 1 day before so it cost me much extra. You can board the bus from SAPTCO office and VIP bus will take around 5:30–6:00 hours to reach Makkah including 15–20 minutes stop in MIQAT (if you are going to Makkah with intention of UMRAH, mandatory to wear Ihram, read 2 rakat nafil and do the umrah niyat). They will give you Arabian tea and also give 1 food packet. There will be no further stop in the bus and it will directly stop to Makkah SAPTCO bus stop.
Makkah Local Travelling — there are less private taxi in Makkah and I would suggest to you the CAB’s which are having TAXI sign. Makkah Taxis are quite expensive then Madinah. I booked the taxi from SAPTCO Bus Stop to NADA Al Majd Hotel for 40 SAR and they dropped me near Kubri(Bridge) because traffic police is not allowing to enter on Ibrahim Khalil Street and I have to call hotel to understand the location and it took me 10 min to reach hotel by lifting my stuff, kids and also managing the Ihram as well.
Makkah Ziyarat — There are lot of buses available nearby hotel which take around 12–15 SAR per person and start running from 7AM Saudi Time and come back during Dhuhar time. I have a good experience with them and they cover almost good places, including Masjid Nimrah, Jable Noor, Jable Rahamah, Arafat Maidan, Meena Tents etc.. it was a good experience.
Now you time has been completed and you completed Umrah, Tawaf and Ziyarat, it’s the time to come back to your home location but your heart is still there because this is the lifetime experience you have ever get.
Makkah to Jeddah Airport — there are different options available, Harmain Train or Taxi — I prefer taxi as it will pick me up with my all stuff from hotel directly and left me at Jeddah Airport. Cost me 150 SAR. it took around 1 hour to reach from Makkah to Jeddah Airport. I also checked the train which is almost costing me the same.
Now you are ready to board the flight for your home destination…
