hello, we have just booked our first ever trip to egypt for august 14 this year. we are very excited. hope you dont mind me asking, although a lot of thiese questions will be 'old news' for you !

are we better getting our visa's from the consulate before we go? we will be wanting to travel to cairo so i know we need one.

i have heard about the new bus 'al gouna?' to take us to cairo. has anyone any info/details on this? we wont be able to fly as our budget will not stretch to that as well as all the other things we want to do.

i only have a solo card-natwest- and at the bank they have told me althoughit has maestro/cirrus on it there will be nowhere to use it in sharm? so what is the best way for me to take money/ i will be getting it changed out there and only taking around £100 in LE when we go for first days or so expenses.

where are the best places to book trips? i dont really want to book with our reps as they do tend to overcharge and i would rather go with a recommended sharm company/operator?

thanks in advance, im sure there will be many more questions in time. we are just sooooo excited!

we are staying b&b at the sonesta beach resort!
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