A long but straightforward highway run of roughly 420 kilometres from your Jeddah hotel to your Madinah hotel, with the luggage loaded once and a rest stop on the way.
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, Madinah — CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Prices are per vehicle in Saudi Riyal, not per passenger, and cover the full journey with your driver.
Four and a half to five and a half hours in total, including a stop. The road runs north on Highway 5 and Highway 15 past Rabigh and Mastura, dual carriageway for nearly the whole distance.
Leaving Jeddah early morning or late evening avoids the city's peaks. The Madinah end is generally easy to drive into at any hour.
Drivers break the journey at a service area with a masjid, washrooms and food, most often around Rabigh or Mastura. If a prayer time falls during the drive, say so at the start and the stop will be timed for it.
Families with young children usually prefer two shorter stops. Normal stops are included in the fare.
Five hours rewards a little extra space. Two or three travellers with two cases are comfortable in a Camry or Sonata; four or more people or cases should take a GMC, Staria or Chevrolet seven-seater.
Groups of eight to eleven use the Hiace, larger parties the Coaster 18-seater. Fares are per vehicle, so one larger car is usually cheaper than two smaller ones.
The Haramain train from Jeddah's Sulaimaniyah station reaches Madinah in about two hours, and a domestic flight is quicker still in the air. Both leave you with transfers and luggage handling at each end.
The car takes longer but stays a single journey from hotel door to hotel door, which is why families and groups with luggage generally choose it.
Around four and a half to five and a half hours for the 420 kilometre drive, including one rest stop.
Yes. Normal prayer and comfort stops are part of the journey and not charged extra.
No. Ihram applies when you travel on for Umrah; from Madinah the usual Miqat is Dhul Hulaifah (Abyar Ali).
Choose by luggage as well as passengers: two cases suit a saloon, four or more need a seven-seater, and groups above seven use the Hiace or Coaster.
Yes, agreed before travel and inclusive of fuel and tolls.
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