How we rank and recommend
When we order a list of hotels or services, the ordering is set by criteria we state on the page — typically verified walking distance, tracked price band, and confirmed policies such as family-room availability.
Commission rates play no part in that ordering. Several of the hotels we rank highly pay us nothing at all, and we include them anyway because they are the right answer.
Where we cannot verify something, we do not assert it. A page that says “we could not confirm this” is more useful than one that guesses confidently.
First-hand claims
We only describe experiences we have actually had, and we say who had them.
Articles carry the Umrah Index Research Desk byline because they are built from tracked data, direct verification and primary sources. Where a named contributor’s own pilgrimage informs a page, they are named on that page and their account is presented as theirs.
We do not publish invented first-person narratives. Not as a stylistic preference — because presenting research as personal experience is a form of fake endorsement, and because our readers deserve to know exactly what kind of knowledge they are getting.
AI use
We use AI tools to help structure, edit and check our writing. We do not use them to generate facts.
Every price, distance, rule and policy on this site originates from our own tracking, our own direct enquiries, or a cited primary source. AI does not research our articles and is never the source of a claim.
Religious content
We are a logistics and cost publication, not a religious authority. Our pages on the rites of Umrah summarise recognised scholarly sources, cite them, and link to them. We do not issue rulings and we do not adjudicate between scholarly positions. Where opinions differ, we say so and point you to the sources.
Independence
- No sponsored posts, no paid inclusion, no paid placement, no gifted stays in exchange for coverage.
- No agency, operator or hotel sees an article before publication or has any right of review.
- Commercial partners cannot request coverage, position, or the removal of criticism.
Corrections and updates
Errors get corrected as soon as we can confirm them, with a note of what changed. Pages are re-verified on the schedule published in our methodology, and every page shows its last-verified date.
Email corrections to hello@umrahindex.com.