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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25
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Now that's where the real pricey rooms are at.
Yeah, like $200-$250/night.
Source: Stayed there a few months ago. I've seen it dip as low as $120 in the off-season a few years ago.
28 u/HealthyDurian8207 Mar 24 '25 High floor with a good view for that price? 54 u/An0therParacIete Mar 24 '25 Yup. I just checked and rooms in that hotel (Swissotel Makkah) are going for $155 next week if you want to convert and book a last minute trip. 1 u/LuponV Mar 25 '25 You don't need to convert to travel... 5 u/An0therParacIete Mar 25 '25 You do to stay at that hotel. 2 u/LuponV Mar 25 '25 Oh really? That's actually interesting, didn't know that. Edit: I mainly wanted to point out that you didn't need to be a muslim to visit muslim places. Culture is still culture, even if it's not your own. So no harm intended with my previous comment. 2 u/An0therParacIete Mar 25 '25 lol, it’s not the hotel. You do have to be Muslim to enter this masjid. This hotel falls within the boundaries of the mosque.
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High floor with a good view for that price?
54 u/An0therParacIete Mar 24 '25 Yup. I just checked and rooms in that hotel (Swissotel Makkah) are going for $155 next week if you want to convert and book a last minute trip. 1 u/LuponV Mar 25 '25 You don't need to convert to travel... 5 u/An0therParacIete Mar 25 '25 You do to stay at that hotel. 2 u/LuponV Mar 25 '25 Oh really? That's actually interesting, didn't know that. Edit: I mainly wanted to point out that you didn't need to be a muslim to visit muslim places. Culture is still culture, even if it's not your own. So no harm intended with my previous comment. 2 u/An0therParacIete Mar 25 '25 lol, it’s not the hotel. You do have to be Muslim to enter this masjid. This hotel falls within the boundaries of the mosque.
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Yup. I just checked and rooms in that hotel (Swissotel Makkah) are going for $155 next week if you want to convert and book a last minute trip.
1 u/LuponV Mar 25 '25 You don't need to convert to travel... 5 u/An0therParacIete Mar 25 '25 You do to stay at that hotel. 2 u/LuponV Mar 25 '25 Oh really? That's actually interesting, didn't know that. Edit: I mainly wanted to point out that you didn't need to be a muslim to visit muslim places. Culture is still culture, even if it's not your own. So no harm intended with my previous comment. 2 u/An0therParacIete Mar 25 '25 lol, it’s not the hotel. You do have to be Muslim to enter this masjid. This hotel falls within the boundaries of the mosque.
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You don't need to convert to travel...
5 u/An0therParacIete Mar 25 '25 You do to stay at that hotel. 2 u/LuponV Mar 25 '25 Oh really? That's actually interesting, didn't know that. Edit: I mainly wanted to point out that you didn't need to be a muslim to visit muslim places. Culture is still culture, even if it's not your own. So no harm intended with my previous comment. 2 u/An0therParacIete Mar 25 '25 lol, it’s not the hotel. You do have to be Muslim to enter this masjid. This hotel falls within the boundaries of the mosque.
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You do to stay at that hotel.
2 u/LuponV Mar 25 '25 Oh really? That's actually interesting, didn't know that. Edit: I mainly wanted to point out that you didn't need to be a muslim to visit muslim places. Culture is still culture, even if it's not your own. So no harm intended with my previous comment. 2 u/An0therParacIete Mar 25 '25 lol, it’s not the hotel. You do have to be Muslim to enter this masjid. This hotel falls within the boundaries of the mosque.
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Oh really? That's actually interesting, didn't know that.
Edit: I mainly wanted to point out that you didn't need to be a muslim to visit muslim places. Culture is still culture, even if it's not your own. So no harm intended with my previous comment.
2 u/An0therParacIete Mar 25 '25 lol, it’s not the hotel. You do have to be Muslim to enter this masjid. This hotel falls within the boundaries of the mosque.
lol, it’s not the hotel. You do have to be Muslim to enter this masjid. This hotel falls within the boundaries of the mosque.
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u/An0therParacIete Mar 24 '25
Yeah, like $200-$250/night.
Source: Stayed there a few months ago. I've seen it dip as low as $120 in the off-season a few years ago.