World has changed into a global village and now everything seems so nearer that a person do not find any difficulty in communication with others. Advancement in technology has made the things easier, cheaper and comfortable and one can take advantage of it easily. Internet or WiFi becomes a trend and almost every home has access to that. Cherry on the cake are the free apps and sites that can be downloaded free and then can be used after that. WhatsApp, Viber, Line, Skype and others are the in trend calling aps that are communicating people from all across the world for free.
Same is the case with Hajj or Umrah pilgrims, who have come through different regions of the world to the holy land of Makkah and Madina to perform the sacred rituals that they have dreamt all in their lives. They can make calls or even can message to their loved ones that they left behind for the holy purpose. But many of the pilgrims prefer Sims and local calls because they are somehow better than the above mentioned calling apps in a way or more.
Having a Saudi sim will quite be beneficial in a way that you can inform your transfer company about your arrival on the holy land when you landed on Jeddah airport. That is of high importance as some of the airlines like Royal Jordanian that bestows a direct flight to Makkah have recently started using the Hajj terminal instead of the international terminal.
Wifi is not something that is available for free on roads. Obviously first of all you have to get a connection of it or if you are try to use the mobile data, then it also requires a Sim that is valid in the country of the pilgrimage. Internet access is usually inside of hotels and restaurants that you are visiting therefore you will still need a sim to get in touch while outside.
Many of the telephone companies pertaining to numerous Muslim countries bid special offers and special rates to make contact to the one in the Saudi Kingdom for the holy purpose. They offer the special hours and charge on the basis of hours that are way cheaper than the regular calls. Through these special offers, you can contact your loved ones and talk to them in detail as much as you want because of the low rates the companies bestows.
By using Saudi Sim and data packages endeavor by the company whose sim you are using, you can avoid voice roaming and data roaming charges on your home country line. This facility is sort of a good thing as you will be able to comfort yourself by this.
As the pilgrims are new in the country and did not know much about the call system or of which company’s sim you have to buy you can ask for help for someone you know or can search it on internet beforehand. This will save your time and energy both and you can spend that time inside the Grand Mosque praying and bowing before Allah.
As you are new in the country, therefore getting hold of emergency contacts and other eminent numbers that you can contact in case of an unfortunate event can be piece of cake if you have a Saudi sim in Saudi country. Mostly of these are loaded with local important contacts. Sims, distributed during the time period of Hajj, have all sort of contact number regarding the Hajj officials that are preloaded in the sim on buying.
You can contact with your travel agent any time you want, even if you are outside. Outside do not have internet access in most of the times so in case you have separated from your
group or forget the way to your hotel, you can contact your Umrah travel agent immediately and can ask about that. Similarly, you can feed some closely related people’s numbers in your phone that you or others on your behalf can call in case of some sort of emergency.
Make it sure that you can have information regarding sims and Data packages beforehand so that you will not have to hesitate which to buy and which to not. Data and voice sims are different from each other so make your choice after giving a careful consideration per best is to buy two if you can able to. The most eminent of the three mobile companies offering Sims are Mobily, Zain and STC that have different packages for calls and video calls that you can use to get in touch with your loved ones.
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