Egypt 2026
La Toussaint · Family of 6 · Lyon Saint-Exupéry
131 days
until departure
2 Open Decisions — everything else follows
1
The Boat
All Friday Oct 23 from Aswan: MS Tulip €2.9K (cheapest) · Storia dahabiya €3.9K (sailing charm + plunge pool) · Sonesta €5.3K (best family, sailing confirmed) · DWA €5.97K (best reviews) · Private charter €7–14K
June 2026 — quotes out, prices rising
Compare the 11 boats →2
The Red Sea Spot
El Quseir (best house reef, authentic village) vs Marsa Alam (dolphins + dugongs) — quoting both
July 2026
Compare the spots →✓ Locked In
- ✓Dates: 14 days, Oct 18 – 31 (fixed Jun 7)
- ✓Outbound: Transavia TO 8042 DIRECT Lyon → Cairo, Sun Oct 18, 14:30 → 19:45, €2,370 — Transavia reopened the date!
- ✓Cairo → Aswan: Air Cairo SM 90, Wed Oct 21, 10:20 → 11:40, ECO FLEX ~€760 (2 free bags/pp)
- ✓Return: Transavia TO 8067 DIRECT Hurghada → Lyon, Sat Oct 31, 19:25 → 23:35, €1,884
- ✓Cruise day: Friday Oct 23 from Aswan — all serious boats fit
- ✓Hotels picked: Steigenberger Pyramids (Cairo ×3) · Mövenpick Family Villa (Aswan ×2) + Old Cataract tea
- ✓6 travelers · Mixed booking: agency for cruise + guides, rest direct
- ✓Rejected: AJet 1-stop + Geneva (backups), Istanbul overnight stop, LOT Warsaw, late-night CAI→ASW
Budget
17 150 €
Estimated · 15 000 € cap
Decisions
2 open
Boat · Red Sea Spot
Agencies
5 contacted
0 awaiting reply
Next Actions
- BOOK FLIGHTS (option n°1, imminent): Transavia ×2 (add checked bags online!) + Air Cairo ECO FLEX — total ~€5,014 + bags. Names = passports
- BOOK HOTELS right after: Steigenberger Pyramids 3n (2 Deluxe pyramid-view, free-cancel) + Mövenpick Aswan Family Villa 2n (request direct quote) — free-cancellation rates
- Book Old Cataract Legendary Afternoon Tea — Thu Oct 22, 3pm, $60/pp, 24h ahead
- BOAT QUOTES IN: Memphis DWA €6,699 (best — named boutique boat, FR guide) + ETP/Reem generic group cruise ≈€6,700 (Tulip/Sonesta/dahabiya are OFF-CONTRACT; unnamed boat, EN guide, shared tours) + Gréements 2N (écarté). PENDING: dahabiya prices from L'Égypte Autrement + Baltayan (follow up Jun 12). ACTION: ask Reem for the special-request DAHABIYA price + named boat + FR guide → then choose. Ladder on /budget
- After flights: Pyramid interior tickets Mon Oct 19 (egymonuments.com, quota 300/day, availability confirmed) + GEM slot Tue Oct 20 (tickets.gem.eg)
- Choose Red Sea spot: El Quseir vs Marsa Alam (transfer quotes requested)