Dear Nyri, I’m Unnerved! I am taking my first trip to the Middle East and I’m worried about day to day dress, religion, customs and courtesies.

Can you help? Sincerely~First Trip

Dear First Trip! 

No need to worry, this is something you can research online before going or ask your travel agent to provide you with some resources. From personal experience, I would suggest conservative dress, no exposed skin, carry a pretty scarf and make sure you cover your head if required in sacred religious locations. Depending on the country women may not travel without male escorts, so make sure you stay with your group and abide by the rules given. My guides did an excellent job at making sure all travelers were briefed prior to visiting locations that may have specific rules. They also ensured that everyone felt comfortable and welcome.

As a rule I always aim to respect the norms of the locals, it makes the trip much more enjoyable, and at times you simply blend in with everyone else. Hope these tips help, and I know you will have a fantastic trip!

Safe travels~Nyri 

Dear Nyri is back on the job! Give her page a follow @dearnyri and check out the answers to all of these pressing travel questions! Enjoy 💕

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s