We have arranged transportation for all guests from the airport to the hotel. Please, send us your flight information and hotel booking once you have it, so we can arrange a pick up for you. There is Uber in Cairo but you will need to be able to read Arabic letters/numbers to know which Uber is yours and the Uber drivers speak very minimal English.
Yes, there will be buses to and from for both the ceremony and the reception. Return to Kempinski at 1:30pm. Pick up for the ceremony will be at 11am from Kempinski. Pick up for the reception will be 4:30pm at Kempinski. First return to Kempinski at 11:30pm and the second return is at 1am. If you would like to leave earlier, you are more than welcome to use the Uber app to order a ride.
Please, arrive by 11:30am for the ceremony. There will be bus pick at 11am from Kempinski and from the Hilton. The bus will return back to the hotels around 1:30pm
Muhammed Ali Palace is located about 20 minutes with traffic away from the hotel block and Sound&Light is located 30 minutes away from the hotel. Buses will be arranged to/from for both.
The tours are $230 usd total for 3 days, 3 lunches of tours. The first day (13th) is $100, the second and third day (14/15) are $65. You can bring cash for these tours (USD only) to pay in person, so long as you have RSVP’d to the tour event. If you do not want to go on the tours or want to opt out of parts of the tour, you will have to book a tour to do on your own because we cannot book you for only parts of tours each day. You can go through Grand Travel, the company we are working with for all our tours and wedding.
Yes, there is a dress code. Under our Itinerary tab, just click on each individual event and in the notes section there is a description of the dress code. You can also find pictures of examples for each dress code under the Gallery tab. For the welcome party, it is cocktail attire, which will be a suit and tie for men and a midi to floor length dress or dressy pantsuit for women. For the wedding, it is black tie attire, which will be a floor length gown or dressy pantsuit for women, and tuxedos for the men.
Yes, please let us know if you have any food allergies, and we will make sure there are options for you.
You need to have $20 USD with you when you arrive at the airport in Cairo. Go to the kiosk called National Bank of Egypt and purchase a visa there.
You can exchange your money in the airport once you land in Cairo. You cannot get Egyptian pounds outside of the country. I also recommend converting back any leftover that you have when you are leaving Egypt. For all tours in Egypt you can use USD to pay. For food, gifts, etc you can exchange $100-200 to egp to pay for those.
Yes, Egypt is safe and nearly crime-free. Cairo has, like other large cities around the world, areas that are safe and areas that are less safe. Everything we have planned for our guests are in the safest areas for tourists to go to, as well as the best places to see. In almost every ranking of safest countries around the world, Egypt beats the United States, Italy, and Belgium.
Kids are more than welcome! All of our tours and activities are kid friendly. We just warn you that some of the parties will go until late. However, we are planning on having an entertainment area for the kids at the reception for the wedding.
We are only doing a honeymoon fund and it is posted on our website if you would like to contribute.
Egypt is a more modern country in the Arab world and you will see tourists wearing clothing they would wear in their own country. When we are at the hotel or our private events, such as the welcome party, wedding, desert party, you do not need to worry about covering up. If you would like to be respectful of the culture, we recommend for women to cover your shoulders (no spaghetti straps) and no short skirts/shorts, and this would be for when you are in the public areas such as tours, markets, etc. For men, no tanks or sleeveless shirts (t-shirts are fine) is recommended.
We recommend Kempinski Nile where we have our main hotel block, as it is located right next door to the wedding venue. Another option we have is Hilton Nile, which is around 5-10 minutes from Kempinski Nile. If you need another option, there is Mar Charbel Hotel Cairo, it is 5 minutes from the Kempinski and around $80/night. Keep in mind if you stay at another hotel and want to use our transportation to events/go on the tours, you will be responsible to get to one of the hotel blocks to catch the bus, etc.
You should RSVP no later than August 16th but the sooner the better. However, the hotel blocks are only held until July 15th, so you will need to book the hotel before then if you want the discounted rate.
There is no parking at the reception, so please Uber if you are not taking the buses there.