What should be checked while hiring a travel agent for umrah trip?

Umrah is one of the most beautiful rituals which is a Sunnah. Millions of Muslims do this particular act for attaining various benefits throughout the year except on the Hajj. Since we stay in the different parts of the world, going there directly and performing these rituals on our won will be little bit difficult. So we need to choose the right travel agent who helps in doing the Umrah rituals.

How to choose a travel agent?

There are several Muslim travel agency Singapore which helps us to do umrah or hajj rituals in a proper way. To ensure whether we are choosing the right agency or agent are not, discuss with your friends and acquaintances who have performed hajj or umrah already with the same agency and enquire about their quality of service and level of commitment. Check whether they work for the welfare of pilgrims which often vary between travel agencies, so having various options will save you before you finalize one.

Some other criteria that should be checked when buying a hajj or umrah package from the travel agency are discussed below.

Authorized by the ministry of Hajj

Organization of hajj and umrah trips can be done only by the permitted travel agents who should be registered with the ministry of Hajj. There are several websites which lets us to check whether the travel agent we have opted is registered with ministry of hajj or not. Other than these, operator who are organizing hajj and umrah maybe sub-agents for those registered travel agents but we can’t verify them that easily.

Approved by the regulatory body

Even though, the travel agency has been permitted by the Ministry of Hajj for performing umrah and hajj ritual trips through them, we should check that travel agency has been registered with the local regulatory body or protection scheme with respective to the country we are staying. The protection schemes will offers the financial protection if the event of trips getting busted which organized by the agency occurs.

Spiritual guide

Most of the travel agencies include a knowledgeable and experienced spiritual guide or scholar as a part of the trips which have been organized by them such that they act as a point of reference for the new pilgrims who came for hajj or umrah. This guide will be helpful to understand the doubts and questions that arises during the trip and they will be ready to answer immediately.

Even though we might have studied lots of books and heard others experience regarding the journey to hajj and the rites which are extremely important, yet some doubts might arise, which can be clarified with the guide. Having a guide during spiritual trips will be an extra advantage for the first timers.

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