THERE ARE NO TRAVEL AGENCIES IN RIYADH

When I recently went to Egypt, I booked a couple of 'tours' through the hotel (and we weren't at a big fancy Western hotel, either).  They were very reasonable!

Try this site.
The GM is a very close pal of mine if you need any assistance.

http://uniquechoiceweb.com/uc/index.htm

expatmama wrote:

THERE ARE NO TRAVEL AGENCIES IN RIYADH...?

There are others also. The top ones are:

1. Emirates Holidays: http://www.emirates-holidays.com/ (most expensive but organized)
2. Fursan Travels: http://fursan.com.sa/
3. Al-Tayyar Group: http://altayyargroup.com/ (Site under development but they are really economical)
4. Sarh Travels

If you were sponsored by your company - they usually provide travel agent contact info that they deal with periodically throught out the year. Since they deal with the company, you can get great discount deals as well.

Most corporate organizations deal with one or two travel companies who offer and provide excellent priority services at special pre-defined rates/discounts.

Thank you all! But still as I understood there are no such agencies as I used to in Russia (and you in Europe): you buy a package tour to Hurghada, Egypt for instance, to to some resort in Turkey for week or two, And you're provided with cheap charter 2 way trip, good 4-5* hotel with all inclusive (of course if you buy through the agency it is cheaper than if you book it by yourself )+ insurance+transfer.
Why it is so complicated here?

Please have a look at my post above. There are such packages.

I sent an email request to Kanoo Travels in Riyadh and was immediately called by their travel rep with whom I am discussing a possible holiday this summer. Initial observations of the service provided is absolutely awesome.

Please contact:


Hariharan Ekambaram
Officer in-charge
Kanoo Holidays – CP
PO Box.753, Riyadh -11421, Saudi Arabia
Tel:+966 1 4634454
Fax:+966 1 4658252
Mobile:+ 966 (0) 503416974
kanootravel.com

expatmama wrote:

Thank you all! But still as I understood there are no such agencies as I used to in Russia (and you in Europe): you buy a package tour to Hurghada, Egypt for instance, to to some resort in Turkey for week or two, And you're provided with cheap charter 2 way trip, good 4-5* hotel with all inclusive (of course if you buy through the agency it is cheaper than if you book it by yourself )+ insurance+transfer.
Why it is so complicated here?

you cant compare what Europe and Russia offers you with here! Here they have for an example Nas airlines, which is considered cheap airlines,bt it is far from being cheap while its prices match and almost exceed normal airlines... they should check ryanairlines in Europe and get an idea abt cheap fares!

check xpedia.com.. u might find good deals with that one!