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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 09:16

Morning ladies!

I'm trying to plan an adventure to Salalah....according to the Oman Air website you CAN fly direct (Weds and Saturdays) but I'm not having much joy finding this when booking.

The only option is to stop off in Muscat - which makes the trip around 6 hours.

Has anyone had any success booking the direct flights? If you've had to stop off, is the journey worth it?

A 6 hour flight is not long, but want to work out if it's worth it (could go to Hong Kong in an extra hour!)

Thanks in advance, as always,

K

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Latest post on 18 July 2012 - 10:25

BTW - agent at work says direct flights are only on Wednesday and friday with oman air. <em>edited by ishehere on 18/07/2012</em>

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Latest post on 18 July 2012 - 10:24

as always, a million thanks ladies :)

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 18:33

I rented a small car which was sufficient even driving through the mountains.

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 18:04

We've hired vehicles from Mark Tours each time we've been to Salalah. With all the rain during the khareef some of the back roads can get slushy so we've always had a LandCruiser. The Mark Tours guys will meet you at the airport or your hotel whichever suits you.

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 15:16

Just another quick question - if anyone has any hire car tips when there, that would be great! eg is it better to hire from the airport, from the hotel, or before we arrive...thank you :)

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:49

only 1000 dh on my quick search - much less than oman air quoted me!

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:48

air arabia flies to salalah? this is fabulous news! i LOVE air arabia (and 100 dh in a cab to the airport from my house.) thanks ladies! fares are about the same as Oman Air thou......

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:41

air arabia flies to salalah? this is fabulous news! i LOVE air arabia (and 100 dh in a cab to the airport from my house.) thanks ladies!

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:33

We always just taxi-ed when we used Air Arabia, so can't help with long term parking, sorry. There are some awesome drives and adventures to be done through Oman, thats for sure...it's just that it took us 7 hours to get to Abu Dhabi once and I'm permently off road trips that are over 4 hours. The long straight roads make life simpler but they are monotonous, anything through the mountains or down the coast is spectacular.

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:27

We were looking at flying from Sharjah with AirArabia, the cost seems quite good. Has anyone tried this route and how easy is it to leave your car at Sharjah, or is there some other way to get to the airport?

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:22

You could go FlyDubai to Muscat and then Oman Air to Salalah...might save some time the schedule from Muscat Airport is here http://www.omanair.com/FlightSearch/timetable.do

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:19

When I went, I booked through a travel agency so air/hotel/transport to and from airport was included. To be honest, I don't remember if it was a direct flight or not. I do remember it was a very easy trip though so I'm assuming it was. Either way, it's a great place to visit.

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:17

We'd love to do the drive- but yes 1,300 km- one day- we know some people have done it and it's an amazing adventure. It's not that big there so you could stay in one place- we stayed in the Hilton. There is a really good but slightly old blog that features the trip here http://salalahtrip.blogspot.com/ Things might have changed a little bit.

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:14

urgh, just read 12 hours...flying it is.

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:14

about 10 hours or more and apparently it's a very dull drive! i did a quick search on here....

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:11

does anyone know how long the drive takes? I really want to go, but want to fly and hire a car, hubby wants to drive, grrr. It's 1000km from Muscat and that terrifies me!

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:09

Hi there! Some of us have been from the office and it is worth the trip http://www.expatwoman.com/dubai/monthly_travel_adventure_Trip_to_Salalah_Oman_8611.aspx Some flew direct some went via Muscat. Car hire there is quite cheap and worth it to explore the area- there's mile upon mile of untouched beaches and lots of sights to see. It feels really different to here. Plus it's the Khareef festival at the moment there and it's a lot cooler. If you do go have a fab time! HTH thank you so much! i was hoping to go eid week. did your team stay in one place or move around and stay in a few different places?

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:07

Hi there! Some of us have been from the office and it is worth the trip http://www.expatwoman.com/dubai/monthly_travel_adventure_Trip_to_Salalah_Oman_8611.aspx Some flew direct some went via Muscat. Car hire there is quite cheap and worth it to explore the area- there's mile upon mile of untouched beaches and lots of sights to see. It feels really different to here. Plus it's the Khareef festival at the moment there and it's a lot cooler. If you do go have a fab time! HTH

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:06

am going in September for b'day and to dive....... so just getting options for flights at the moment...... may even drive down there. To be honest you reminded me. :)

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 10:02

yep just got the same - so i have sent to work travel agent..... so much easier; another reason to love Dubai - always got a "man" in the background to do everything...... :) i wish i could say the same! struggling on myself! are you planning on hiring a car? with the flights, car hire and hotel, an wondering if this is really worth it...

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 09:57

yep just got the same - so i have sent to work travel agent..... so much easier; another reason to love Dubai - always got a "man" in the background to do everything...... :)

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 09:51

Thank you! In case this helps anyone else: Dubai to Salalah: WY0616 Wed, Fri 19:50 Arrive 21:40 Salalah to Dubai WY0613 Wed 17.10 - 19.00 Friday 16.10 - 1755 Now, if only the website would work and accept a booking instead of telling me there's internal errors! :)

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 09:35

I looked to go there awhile back, and didn't come across a direct flight.

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Latest post on 17 July 2012 - 09:24

think it's WY0614 http://www.omanair.com/FlightSearch/timetable.do search for Salalah

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