Only in Saudi Arabia: No singles allowed in this hotel

23Jan/107

Only in Saudi Arabia: No singles allowed in this hotel

Something interesting from Mövenpick Al Nawras in the fine city of Jeddah. This sign has been found on the Internet:

Translation: Single men absolutely cannot rent a room, no exceptions allowed. Families can rent a room only with an original family card (دفتر العائلة) no photocopies allowed. These are instructions from the Saudi MOI.

Apparently someone misused the services of the Mövenpick resort, so everyone else have to pay the price . But they should exclude all single men, not just us Saudis. I am sure single expatriate men won't have this problem because that sign is in Arabic only. Also Mövenpick Al Nawras should have mentioned this on their website as well just to be fair.

Guess I can't go unless I get married or borrow my father's family card . If you know the cause for that policy then please share it!

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http://twitter.com/warki Mark

What in the world…… That’s hilarious lol
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Khaled A. Reply:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:59 pm
thanks man, that made me feel better :p
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G

Thanks for the laugh. Hotel with that policy wouldn’t last a week, in USA. Can someone from Saudia Arabia answer my question. When do men have time to take women everywhere? Aren’t they at work? I go to 5-10 different places some days, and I can’t imagine my husband going with me. Do the women only go out once a week? Is there a hired fake relative to escort the women everywhere? I don’t understand.
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FaisalAjam Reply:
January 25th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Normally, in family’s that can afford it a driver is simply hired (ironically he is a terrible drive 99% of the time) and woman go out at night, since nothing is open in the day. In Saudi Arabia shops close at noon and re-open during the evening. When I first moved to Saudi Arabia from California I was shocked at the differences.
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Yasmin J.

so resorts also are added to the “only families are allowed” list !! w in jeddah !! tell me something single men/ what kind of useful activities other than work do you do?

so sad cuz i know that a restriction like this will do harm more than good, unfortunately فـ الضغط يولّد الانفجار !
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