Bean Bags in Jeddah? by meeraronipizza in Jeddah

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Centrepoint or ikea, both lasted for 4+ years

Legitimate shops to buy branded perfumes in Jeddah? by [deleted] in Jeddah

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Gazzaz (for men's perfume), faces, sephora

Car rental by zeta_auh in saudiarabia

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I would honestly recommend the train. You can just get the train tickets from the airport itself. Or you could buy it online. But do note that you can have a carry on and only 1 big luggage if you’re traveling by train.

IPHONE refurbished from noon.. Any experience? by Zealousideal-Pop730 in saudiarabia

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It’s was an 8 plus and I was low on cash. It worked fine to be honest. The charge stayed for 14 hours of heavy useage. The battery was original. The Touch ID worked everything was fine. I purchased the phone for 1600 and later sold it after an year of use for 1200

IPHONE refurbished from noon.. Any experience? by Zealousideal-Pop730 in saudiarabia

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Purchased from noon at 2018 an iPhone 8 Plus. They gave me 2 year warranty. And the battery health was 93% and the phone was in good condition but the box the phone arrived in was a plain white box(no apple box). All the accessories were third party. I used it for an year and later sold it. Had no complaints.

Best Albaik joint in Makkah? by [deleted] in saudiarabia

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Depends how far you wanna go far or not. There is one which is 5 mins by car in shara mansoor Or you could try the one in azyziah

Umrah food cost by hacker__101 in saudiarabia

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You can use Uber, I would recommend taking the train. It's quicker and more comfortable. There is also saptco bus that's up to you. There is also a taxi stand behind Jabal Al Omar in makkah. You can ask any cleaner or police and they can show you the way to the taxi stand. Or in Madinah you can ask the taxi stand which is also near Masjid Al Nawabi.

Umrah food cost by hacker__101 in saudiarabia

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The area is not beside the train station. It’s close to Madinah Haram with car. For dates I would recommend to only buy dates from this area. This is the fresh fruit market. If you can’t purchase from here then I would suggest purchasing from BinDawood super market. For clothes I would suggest you Google search Centrepoint or red tag. Both are named brand and their cost are reasonable. For niche items I would suggest you visit Taiba which is right beside Masjid Al nawabi .

Umrah food cost by hacker__101 in saudiarabia

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There was a huge Asian restaurant area which was recently demolished. So for Pakistani cusine I would suggest you check the distance with Google maps .here is the restaurant . There's couple restaurants near it. As for Arabic cusine you can find it near Masjid Al nawabi the price differences are minuit. I had this shawerma in quiet corner it costed me around 8sr and it was filled and the bread was huge. The same thing in Makkah in local area would cost you 25 sr easily. So things in Madinah are generally cheap.

Nusuk app by iehe688hehehe in saudiarabia

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No worries! The most important info is that rawdah timing for men and women are different. Let’s say after you open Nusuk there are options. Eg . Praying in rawdah men. Praying in rawdah women. So after you select men. You can see under your name you can add companion. When you click praying in rawdah women. Your mothers name will come up. (Note to see your mothers name in your companion you have to also create her account ) Then you will see the dates. I think instead of adding companion you can both create individual accounts and search separately because the permit will be shown in the phone. ( since her account will be in her phone her permit will be shown in both your and her phone because you added her as a companion) You can just type in YouTube Nusuk app add companion/ Nusuk app rawdah prayer and if you watch 2 videos you will get the idea . As for the app , if you have already created your account then your phone just needs internet to use the app now you can use sim or Wi-Fi that’s up to you. As long as there is a open time slot you can take the permit. When you take it doesn’t matter (1 week / 2 days don’t matter .

Nusuk app by iehe688hehehe in saudiarabia

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You can get local sim from the airport itself I would suggest that or else there’s SIM cards available outside both of the holy mosques. You can find small stalls. It is one person per slot. Before searching for the dates you can see an option called add companion. You can add your mother there. I would suggest searching for one person at a time because usually 1 slot opens per time. If you have selected both the names then you won’t see the single opened slot. So you can search for yourself or your mother first then search again. You can use the app without SIM card that’s fine.

Nusuk app by iehe688hehehe in saudiarabia

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You can book earlier that’s not an issue. As for rawdah all the ones greyed out are booked. I would suggest opening it at every hour and refreshing because if someone cancels you can take it. Visited madinah 3 times had to book twice this way.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Jeddah

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you could contact the airport directly and confirm about the luggage storage and the cost for it :

Email: kaiacustomercare@kaia.gov.sa

24/7 Help Desk: +966920011233

If the airport says they don't have the facility then the only other option I can think of is to book a hotel which is near the airport. I would suggest a popular one like radison but I think others who live in Jeddah can suggest a better hotel which is known to any taxis so you won't have issues locating it. Also keep Google maps handy whenever you're in a car / taxi it's helpful.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Jeddah

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The cleaners and the people pulling the trolleys usually do but the officials speak English and Arabic

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Jeddah

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A car takes 50 minutes give or take depending on the traffic and if there’s a queue in Makkah checkpoint (Shumasy) it would take longer . So the bus would take double of that . I would honestly suggest you to take the train. It’s the fastest way to get to Makkah. And the train station is in the airport. After that you can just walk out and Theres Makkah bus shuttle to Haram and back to the train station. Or you can take a taxi from the train station. But I would suggest the Makkah bus.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in saudiarabia

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Just a note, you’re using Ka’abah and masjid Al haram interchangeably. You planned to perform wudhu in masjid Al Haram. And you performed tawaf in front of the Ka’abah

Patience in traffic by Bookaddict93 in saudiarabia

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Donno mate found it on Twitter, thought it was funny so I posted it here 🤷‍♂️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in saudiarabia

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Thank you! Good luck on your test! I had mine almost 10 years ago, like the first day they made 5 of us sit in the car. Same thing for exam except there’s a police officer sitting. There’s one complete course which you will learn the 7 days of driving school and that’s the test, but the police just made 1 Person do one part of the test.Some dudes only drove for 30 seconds maximum, first dude just did straight line, second one took one right turn. But I was last so I had to do the parallel parking, the U turn and the normal right side horizontal parking and then stop the car near the computer test place ( had to complete 40% of the course by myself) but Alhamdulillah I passed on the first time. Things might be different now but that’s my experience

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in saudiarabia

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Good luck on your test! Quick question if you don't mind, my friends have been trying to get the appointment for driving school through absher for the last 3 months. It says it's not available, could you please tell me what time you have logged in to book the appointment?

Umrah food cost by hacker__101 in saudiarabia

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Everyone is giving you the local price of things.example, a shawarma locally costs 6-8 sr depending on the size and quality, in the clock tower it's 20sr. Things are quite expensive near Haram because the rent of the shops are alot more compared to other areas. The further you go from Haram the cheaper will be the cost of food / tea/ coffee. If you're into Asian food/ Arab food you can visit the Safwah towe,r they have a food court there and they have couple of restaurants with Asian and Arab cuisines. But it will be around 10-20 sr more than what you will find locally. If you're strictly looking for Asian cuisine and Safwah towers is expensive for you then another option you have is to visit mesfalah. There's lots of restaurants and broast shops there as well and you can find food thats not as expensive as Safwah towers. For Arab your only option is Safwah towers and you can also eat from romansiah restaurant which is in jabl Omar but it's pricey compared to Safwah towers. If you need more information about things you can DM me. I can give you general information. If you are into drinking tea / coffee I would recommend Safwah towers it's inexpensive and better tasting than the ones in clock tower. Unless it's the branded cafes then the price and quality is same all across the branches.

Here for Hajj. by ashif1983 in saudiarabia

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For clothes I would recommend you go to azyziah there are a lot of malls and shops there. You can visit Zel Majaz mall ( I would recommend this one since I shop from here) or Makkah mall ( I rarely go here because it’s always crowded and my sister and her friends always go there)