Dream - Many people want to perform Umrah but are hindered by high costs. Umrah registration through travel agencies generally requires a significant amount of money, including visa fees, accommodation, transportation, and other administrative costs. Therefore, lately, many people have been going for Umrah independently, like the story shared by the TikTok account owner @backpackersayur.

The following is the translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any html tags: "The man who went for umrah during last month's fasting period is willing to take care of the journey to Jeddah by himself. He even bought the tickets and booked the hotel independently. It may seem troublesome, but going for umrah independently can save on travel budget."

"In order to be able to focus on worship, the meals can be prepared since Asr prayer. The position of Ramadan makes it difficult to go back and forth to the hotel every prayer time," wrote the video caption. He departed from Solo and took a flight directly to Jeddah with a transit in Jakarta. He admitted to only spending Rp5 million for the round-trip plane ticket."

"From Indonesian immigration to Saudi immigration, everything went smoothly. At Saudi immigration, I wasn't even asked anything. We are officially allowed to perform individual umrah according to the Constitution," he said. Before embarking on an independent umrah journey, this man first sought information in backpacker and independent umrah groups."

He didn't expect that there are quite a lot of Indonesians who choose to do independent umrah. There, they can contribute to renting a bus to reduce the cost. He also booked a hotel for around Rp700 thousand. "The first Madinah hotel is only 700 thousand, the room is spacious and even has a kitchen, and it's only 5 minutes to the mosque," he wrote.

The man then moved to a hotel with a price that was not much different, only around Rp100 thousand. With an extra cost, he got more complete facilities, including three meals a day and only 2 minutes away from the mosque. After spending time in Madinah, he continued his worship to Makkah. He and some independent umrah pilgrims rented a bus to go around the city. They shared the cost of around Rp200 thousand per person. With that, the total cost he spent during the 14-day journey was only Rp17 million.

"While if done through an agent or travel agency, the cost can be Rp35 million or twice the cost of independent umrah. Of course, with more comfortable and adequate facilities. 'The plane ticket is only 5 million Solo-Jeddah round trip. The cost of hotel, visa, muthowwif, meals, etc. is around 12 million. This is for 14 days and during the month of Ramadan,' he explained."