Quick answer: On the Umm al-Qura calendar, Ramadan 1448 starts on Monday 8 February 2027 and Eid al-Fitr falls on Tuesday 9 March 2027, subject to the moon sighting. The last ten nights run from the evening of 27 February to 8 March. The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah stops issuing Umrah visas on 9 March 2027, and pilgrims must enter by 23 March and leave by 7 April. For Ramadan Umrah 2027, secure the last-ten-nights Makkah hotels first, then flights, then visas.
We run the hotel side of this for agents on our B2B Umrah portal. The rest of this page is what we'd tell a colleague who is about to quote their first Ramadan group.
Umrah Ramadan 2027 Dates at a Glance
Put these on every file. The Hijri dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar, which Saudi Arabia uses officially. The Umrah cut-offs come from the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah's calendar for the 1448 season, which also confirms 1 Shawwal 1448 as 9 March 2027.
| Date (2027) | Hijri | What happens | For your files |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 8 Feb | 1 Ramadan 1448 | First day of fasting (expected) | The first twenty days are easier to book than the end of the month. |
| Sat 27 Feb, evening | Night 21 | The last ten nights begin | Clients who want all ten nights in Makkah should be checked in by this afternoon. |
| Fri 5 Mar, evening | Night 27 | The night many pilgrims hope to spend in the Haram | Plan for very heavy crowds around the mosque. |
| Mon 8 Mar | 29 Ramadan | Last fasting day if the month has 29 days | If the new moon is not sighted, Ramadan runs a day longer. |
| Tue 9 Mar | 1 Shawwal | Eid al-Fitr (expected). Last day for Umrah visa issuance. | No new Umrah visas after this date. |
| Tue 23 Mar | 15 Shawwal | Last day for Umrah pilgrims to enter Saudi Arabia | Post-Eid Umrah has to land by this date. |
| Wed 7 Apr | 30 Shawwal | Last day for Umrah pilgrims to leave | Return flights must depart by this date. |
Two cautions. Umm al-Qura is calculated in advance, and the actual start and end of Ramadan are confirmed only after the moon sighting, so either end can move by a day. Some countries also begin fasting a day after Saudi Arabia.
The second caution is sharper. The visa cut-off and the expected first day of Eid are the same day. A group that leaves its visas until late Ramadan has no margin left.
Eid al-Fitr 2027 and post-Eid Umrah
Eid al-Fitr 2027 is expected on Tuesday 9 March, a day later in some countries. Clients who want Umrah over Eid or just after it can still go: their visas must be issued by 9 March, and they must land by 23 March and leave by 7 April. Price any Eid nights in Makkah at the same time as the Ramadan nights, not afterwards.
For Chinese New Year, the Eid holiday peak and the rest of February and March, see our Ramadan and Chinese New Year 2027 peak-dates calendar.
Umrah in Ramadan 2027: a Week-by-Week Booking Calendar for Agents
Most Ramadan problems are timing problems. A room that was free in November is gone by January. A visa issued too early can lapse before the flight. A client who pays late leaves you holding a booking you can't cancel. This is the order we'd work in.
- November 2026, now. Get firm dates and a budget tier from every repeat client. Price and secure the last-ten-nights Makkah rooms first, because they go before anything else. Take a deposit before you commit to anything non-refundable.
- Early December. Book the Madinah nights and any Makkah nights before night 21. Buy flights through your own airline or consolidator channel, since we don't sell flights.
- Mid December to early January. Collect passport copies. Ask every client for vaccination records: the Saudi Ministry of Health requires a meningococcal ACYW vaccine at least 10 days before arrival, and its rules add polio vaccination for travellers from Pakistan, Afghanistan and some other countries. Agree with your licensed Umrah operator what they need from you to file visas, and how your hotel bookings will be recorded on Nusuk Masar.
- January 2027. Reconfirm every hotel and read each cancellation deadline again. Once your dates are fixed, check Makkah to Madinah train seats on the official Haramain railway site.
- Late January to mid February. The visa window for last-ten-nights groups. Some Umrah visas must be used within 30 days of issue, so ask your operator which visa type your pilgrims will get and when to file.
- 8 to 26 February. Ramadan begins and the first-half travellers fly. Pilgrims book Umrah permit time slots in Nusuk, and Rawdah slots for their Madinah days.
- 27 February to 8 March. The last ten nights. Keep someone on call for clients in Makkah. Hotels near the Haram are full, and a problem at check-in can't wait until morning.
- 9 March. Eid al-Fitr is expected, and it is the last day for Umrah visa issuance.
- By 23 March and 7 April. The last day for Umrah pilgrims to enter Saudi Arabia, then the last day to leave.
Hotel Strategy for Ramadan Umrah Packages
Hotels are most of the cost of Ramadan Umrah packages, and most of the risk. Three decisions shape every file: how close to the Haram, how to split Makkah and Madinah, and which nights to commit to.
Distance from the Haram
Clients pay for walking time, not star ratings. In Ramadan that matters more than usual. Pilgrims go to the mosque several times a day and late into the night, and the central area is congested before and after every prayer. During Ramadan 2026 the authorities also restricted private vehicles in the central zones at peak hours and pointed visitors to shuttles, buses and park-and-ride areas on the edge of the city (Gulf News). A hotel that is "ten minutes by car" can be a long walk in practice.
When we price Makkah, we split it into four tiers:
- Haram-facing. Hotels on the plaza around the mosque. The most requested, the most expensive, and the most likely to sell Ramadan only as a full block. Quote these first if the client can afford them.
- Short walk. Close enough to walk to every prayer, including the late-night ones. The best value for most families.
- Longer walk. Fine for fit pilgrims, hard for the elderly. Say so on the quote.
- Shuttle areas. Districts further out, such as Aziziyah, where hotels run buses to the Haram. Cheaper, but ask how the shuttle runs in the last ten nights, when roads near the centre are closed to traffic at peak times.
Our guide to Makkah hotels near the Haram compares the areas in more detail.
Split stays in Makkah and Madinah
Most Ramadan itineraries have a Madinah leg and a Makkah leg. For a last-ten-nights client, the usual shape is Madinah first, then Makkah from night 21 to the end of the month, flying home from Jeddah after Eid. The reverse suits clients who want the start of Ramadan in Makkah.
The Haramain High Speed Railway links the two cities over a 450 km route, with stops at Jeddah, King Abdulaziz International Airport and King Abdullah Economic City, and trains run at up to 300 km/h (Haramain High Speed Railway). It is the simplest way to move a family between the two cities. Groups with heavy luggage are another matter, covered below.
Meal plans: suhoor and iftar
Read meal plans carefully in Ramadan. A rate sold with breakfast may in practice mean a pre-dawn suhoor service, and iftar may be sold separately or as part of a half-board rate. Don't assume. Check the rate description, ask the hotel when the meals are served, and write the answer on the client's quote. Our hotel meal plans guide explains the RO, BB, HB and FB codes.
The Last 10 Days of Ramadan: Umrah Hotel Rules
The last 10 days of Ramadan are the hardest Makkah hotel dates of the year outside Hajj. Many hotels close to the Haram stop selling single nights for that period and sell the whole block instead. On the official Nusuk Umrah marketplace, the Ramadan 2026 Makkah programmes we looked at were sold as fixed 10-night stays, and the cancellation table on one we checked refunded 50% only within 24 hours of booking, and nothing after that (Nusuk Umrah listing).
So treat last-ten-nights inventory as non-refundable unless the rate says otherwise in writing. If a client wants five of the ten nights, they will probably pay for all ten at the closest hotels. The alternative is a hotel that still sells nightly, usually a little further out.
The moon-sighting risk. If Ramadan starts or ends a day later than the calendar, a fixed block doesn't move with it. Tell clients before they pay. It is a much easier conversation then than after Eid has moved.
Pricing B2B Ramadan Umrah Packages and Taking Deposits
There's no single B2B Umrah packages price for Ramadan. The same room can cost far more in the last ten nights than in the first week, and the risk moves to you the moment you pay for a non-refundable block. If the client then cancels, that is your loss unless your own terms say otherwise. Four rules we'd hold to:
- Collect the client's money for each non-refundable item before you pay for it. A deposit that covers only part of a non-refundable block is a loan to your client.
- Put the cancellation terms on the quote, item by item, copied from the supplier's terms rather than from memory. Our hotel cancellation policies guide shows how to read the charge steps.
- Quote in one currency and give the price an expiry date.
- Price transport, ziyarat and the visa package from your licensed operator as separate lines, so a change in one doesn't reopen the whole quote.
How much margin to add is your call. Our hotel markup guide covers the usual approaches, and the arithmetic of a Ramadan file looks like this.
A worked Ramadan Umrah package for travel agents (illustrative)
Say a Lahore agency is pricing a couple for 14 nights: 4 nights in Madinah from 23 February, then the last ten nights in Makkah, checking out on Eid morning. The figures are made up to show the arithmetic. They are not current rates.
| Item | Net (USD) | Refundable? | Client price (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madinah hotel, double room, 23 to 27 Feb (4 nights at 110) | 440 | Yes, until the deadline shown | 495 |
| Makkah hotel, double room, 10-night block, 27 Feb to 9 Mar | 3,600 | No | 4,030 |
| Haramain train, transfers, ziyarat, visa package | Operator's price | Operator's terms | Your price |
| Hotels total | 4,040 | 3,600 at risk | 4,525 |
The hotels carry a 12% margin (USD 485 on USD 4,040, split across the two lines). The number that matters is the USD 3,600 that can't come back. Before you pay for that Makkah block, the client should have paid you at least that much. If they need time to pay the rest, hold the refundable Madinah nights and let the deadline do its job.
If you want the portal to produce the client quote with your markup applied, use the AI package builder. Hotel bookings themselves are made at net. For complete B2B Umrah packages, hotels are the part we supply.
Handling Ramadan Umrah Groups
Groups magnify every Ramadan problem. Twenty pilgrims on one non-refundable block means twenty payments to chase, twenty sets of vaccination records, and one name list that has to match the visas, the permits and the hotel booking letter for letter.
Many Makkah hotels sell triple and quad rooms, which suits families and keeps the per-person price down. Check that the room type you book really sleeps the number you've sold. Our group hotel booking guide covers rooming, release dates and attrition, and the points below are specific to Ramadan:
- Train baggage. Each Haramain passenger may bring one large bag of up to 25 kg, no bigger than 65 x 55 x 35 cm, plus one small item such as a backpack (HHR baggage rules). If the group carries more, send the extra bags by road.
- Wheelchair users. The train's wheelchair bay is in the Business coach, and everyone on one booking travels in the same class. Book the wheelchair user and a companion separately if the rest of the group travels Economy.
- Elderly pilgrims. In Ramadan 2026 the authorities provided designated prayer areas, priority pathways and electric carts for elderly worshippers. Ask about the 2027 arrangements when you brief the group leader.
- One Umrah each. In recent Ramadans the ministry has asked pilgrims to perform Umrah once during the busiest period and to book their permit in advance (Gulf News, March 2025). Tell the group leader before anyone promises a second Umrah.
One limit to plan around: DMC Quote has no rooming-list upload or group-request module. You book the rooms on the portal, and for anything larger you talk to the partner desk first.
B2B Umrah Visa, Nusuk Permits and the Rawdah
This is the part of Ramadan Umrah 2027 that a hotel portal can't do for you. DMC Quote isn't a licensed Umrah operator, and visas aren't something we supply. The rules below come from Saudi official sources as of November 2026. They have changed twice in the last year, so confirm them with your operator before you file anything.
Which visa your clients travel on
- Tourist eVisa. Citizens of the 68 countries on Saudi Arabia's eVisa list, among them the UK, the US, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Turkey, can apply online. It is a one-year, multiple-entry visa allowing up to 90 days in the country, and it covers Umrah but not Hajj (official Saudi eVisa portal).
- Umrah visa. Pilgrims from countries that aren't on that list, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, usually travel on an Umrah visa obtained through a licensed Umrah company or its external agent, as part of an approved service package on Nusuk.
- Multiple-entry Umrah visa. Since 20 July 2026 the ministry has issued an Umrah visa valid for 365 days from issue, with up to 90 days in the country in total. Each visit still needs a service package from an approved provider on Nusuk and an Umrah permit, and the visa isn't activated during the Hajj season (Pilgrim Experience Program).
- The 30-day rule. In November 2025 the ministry cut the time allowed to use an Umrah visa to one month from issue, after which an unused visa is cancelled (Outlook Traveller). Ask your operator whether it applies to the visas your clients will get.
Hotel contracts on Nusuk Masar
Since 10 June 2025, Umrah visas have been issued only after the pilgrims' accommodation is booked in a hotel licensed by the Ministry of Tourism and the contract is documented on the Nusuk Masar platform by the Umrah company or external agent (Gulf News).
A hotel booked on any wholesale portal, ours included, is not recorded there automatically. Before you book hotels for Umrah-visa pilgrims, ask your operator how they will document them, or whether they need to contract the hotels themselves. The rule is about Umrah visas: tourist eVisa holders apply for their own visa online.
Nusuk permits and Rawdah visits
Every pilgrim needs an Umrah permit from the Nusuk app, booked for a date and a time slot. In Ramadan 2026 the authorities again told pilgrims to obtain permits digitally and keep to the scheduling system. In Madinah, a visit to the Rawdah in the Prophet's Mosque is also booked through Nusuk, and the standard rule is one permit per person every 365 days (Gulf News, citing the ministry). Ramadan slots are in high demand, so clients should book as soon as they are able to.
Health requirements
The Saudi Ministry of Health's Umrah rules for 1447H (2026), the latest published at the time of writing, require a meningococcal ACYW vaccine for all Umrah pilgrims at least 10 days before arrival. Conjugate vaccines count for five years and polysaccharide vaccines for three. Travellers from Pakistan and Afghanistan, and from several other countries, also need polio vaccination (Saudi MOH, PDF). Check for the 1448H version before your groups travel.
Official sources to bookmark
- Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for the season calendar and rule changes
- Nusuk for Umrah permits, Rawdah bookings and approved packages
- Saudi eVisa portal for the eligible country list
- Haramain High Speed Railway for timetables and tickets
For airport transfers and ziyarat, ask our partner desk what is available for your dates, or book them through your licensed operator.
What a B2B Portal Can't Do for Ramadan Umrah
Better you hear this from us now than in the last week of Ramadan.
- We don't sell flights. Book them through your own airline or consolidator channel.
- There are no booking amendments on the portal. A date or name change means cancelling and rebooking under the cancellation terms, which matters if Ramadan moves by a day.
- We don't issue visas, document contracts on Nusuk Masar or book Nusuk permits. Those sit with licensed operators and with the pilgrims themselves.
- Some Haram-facing hotels sell their last-ten-nights blocks only through their own channels or through Umrah companies, so they may not appear on any wholesale portal for those dates.
- Vouchers are issued under Travel DMC Group, not under your agency name.
If your Umrah business depends on those parts, keep your licensed operator for them and use the portal for hotel net rates.
Booking Ramadan Umrah Hotels on DMC Quote
Makkah and Madinah hotels sit in the same search as the rest of our 1.5M+ hotels, at net rates. What matters for a Ramadan file:
- Net rates. You see the trade price and set your own selling price. Supplier names are not shown.
- Hold, then pay. On refundable rates you can hold a booking and pay from your wallet before the deadline. An unpaid hold is released automatically, with reminders 24 hours and 6 hours before.
- Earlier deadlines. The cancellation deadlines shown on the portal are set earlier than the supplier's own, in Singapore time (SGT). Convert them for your client, and set your client's deadline a day or two before ours.
- Fees before payment. Mandatory fees payable at the hotel and the supplier's remarks are shown before you pay.
- Vouchers. A PDF voucher per booking, issued under Travel DMC Group with our 24/7 emergency line, +65 8034 8190.
- Wallet and team. Wallets are topped up by bank transfer, in USD, INR, AED, GBP and a few other currencies. Colleagues can have their own sub-user logins.
The rest of our Umrah offer is on the Umrah booking portal page. Agents in the main source markets have their own pages too: Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and, for agencies inside the Kingdom, Saudi Arabia.
How to Register for B2B Umrah Packages on DMC Quote
- Fill in the free agent registration form with your company details. An IATA number is optional.
- Upload your business registration or trade licence when asked. Our team reviews every application.
- Once approved, top up your wallet by bank transfer and search Makkah and Madinah hotels at net rates.
- Email the partner desk at [email protected] about transfers and ziyarat for your Ramadan dates.
Registration is free, with no subscription and no minimum volume. The registration guide lists the documents by country, and the B2B Umrah portal page has the wider Umrah offer. Register free →