Thread: Cairo on DL

Originally Posted by mrs767er

you're dealing w/high temps any of those dates so weight will be an issue. Get your zeds in order for CDG. If you get the zed lows on AF, make sure you have an extra option for maybe AMS on KLM or--we looked at Royal Jordanian thru AMM but that means another overnight and possible wt probs too. Prepare for hotel nr CAI--there is a decent Novotel w/DL discounts via accorhotels.com.
(BTW--Petra is awesome for a "side" trip)
Happy to assist w/other details--we just went this past Jan/Feb.
Keep in mind July 1 is our holiday wkend.

Hi mrs767er,

How did you do the side trip to Petra?
Did you use a guide?

Thanks for your help

Originally Posted by mrs767er

we flew into AMM
Our guide was:
Murad "moohwad"
email him seleen4@yahoo.com
mobile 00962 7 960 54 0889
I did the donkey ride up (mild heart condition) as far as possible--we started maiun entry and exited the back hills.It was a very long day trip from the hotel.
This guy and his group work w/DL crews out of the Intercontinental Hotel--many of the otehr major Amman hotels are within walking distance from one another but the city is long way from airport. You pass AMM to get to Petra so pickup there might be a good idea instead of doubling back to city.
You can fly into Cairo, do Egypt with MS zeds,. zed to AMM on (RJ) Royal Jordanian (short flt) see Petra and fly out of AMM to JFK on DL . Just an idea.


There is also a fellow who took some DL crew folks to a Bedouin campout:
Julian
00962-7888-66-420
Have not sued his services
Our co-pilot and wife did the 3 night desert/sea combo and loved it

I really appreciatte your help.
I am sorry to have so many questions.

Are the flights on MS usually okay to get on? Same with RJ? Do you think the flights out of AMM would be less restricted than Cairo?

This is what I am thinking:
JFK - CAI spend 3 days
MS - SSH - Spend 3 days returning to CAI
CAI - AMM Spend 2 days
AMM - JFK


Thanks again for all of your help. I have emailed Murad

Originally Posted by mrs767er

Hope everyone is getting something out of this thread!

Absolutly, planning to this trip with my oldest daughter. Most likley next year.

Originally Posted by mrs767er

I personally would never go to Sharm--partly that I'm not diver/snorkler (he's PADI) but I understand it's gotten so horribly touristy and cheap. Some people refer to it as the land of black socks and sandals, referring to the tourist population. I guess I'd equate that with a US waterpark or amusement park (ack--TUBE tops and hiney cracks!!) from yrs of reading forums on subject. I have not been, tho. I would seriously suggest minimizing CAI, going to Luxor--valley of kings is amazing!! Karnak and Luxor temples--amazing! Nile River--amazing!
It seems like you have so much on your plate when you inject the water sport into what most would deem an historical/cultural trip. If your priority is diving, I'd skip Egypt and go elsewhere but that's MY opinion. If you want to see Egypt and Petra, I'd skip diving.
That's just alot of short hops/early flights for standby. MS should be fairly good to nonrev but it's so cheap to buy tkt on the spot, too, if you can't get on. There are SO many flts/day.
I think AMM is better for RTN to JFK at times, but I haven't monitored recently.
Just some food for thought. Keep the questions coming and I'll try to find answers. Hope everyone is getting something out of this thread!

Definately have canceled plans for Sharm. Hubby and grandson want to snorkel the Red Sea so we are considering Duhab. Maybe only for 2 days though.

Do you have hotel suggestions in Cairo, Luxor, and Petra?

I have emailed your guides in Petra and Luxor.

[QUOTE=mrs767er;57586]I(ack--TUBE tops and hiney cracks!!) /QUOTE]

LOL This is the comment that made us put any thoughts of Sharm out of our heads!

Originally Posted by mrs767er

We had points to use at Luxor--Sheraton, but we started at the Novotel Pavillion for one night (Accor discounts can be as much as 75% off) I would go thru the travelnet link for resx.com (you have to register and it's not the most user-friendly) to get ideas of prices and they show Nile cruises, too. We also use ASU Guide and you pay for that--monthly or annually.
Our Cairo guide, Abdo was great--like having a pal w/car. Great driver! Tell him you're airline and I sent you.
Cairo hotels--can't really help becuase we had teh Heliopolis Fairmont I bought at auction year prior--OMG--it was a HUGE suite w/bells and whistles but really close to CAI so the trip to Giza etc was long! Abdo is from Fayoum--that could be a major cool side trip from Cairo because they just found 57 tombs (in May). Abdo is a student so he doesn't charge like the official guides YET.
Amman--hmmm--I'd rely on Murad for Petra hotels--or Julian for the Bedouin camp. We had to go from AMM to city (45 mins) to Intercontinental Hotel then back to get to Petra. Petra Town is a dump,there is one interesting sounding place--let me figure out what the name of the hotel is--it's not in my travel files for Jordan.
I woudl start sorting thru the tripadvisor forums, too--just be cautious about touts in any of the Egypt forums--so irritating.

We are making our plans to go to CAI. I am going to purchase ZED tickets on RJ and MS to go through AMM if we need to. When it get's closer do you know of anyway to check the loads on either of these airlines?

It looks like their rules for carry ons include weight restrictions. Have you flown on RJ or MS and had any issues with your carryon. We weren't going to check any bags if we can help it?

Thanks for all your help.