The only problem we had in egypt was when we went to the pyramids i found it quite difficult to avoid the street sellers and they can be quite nasty if you do try and avoid them.

Other than that we had a fantastic time

Your hotel looks gorgeous. I wouldnt worry i had to laugh when read the reviews of where we have booked our honeymoon. All people on the same week and the ratings are so different.

We went to egypt last year, we went to cairo for 3 nights then 11 nights at sharks bay hilton in sharm.

Cairo was a dive - its such a shame as it could be great but as said above its a tourist trap - the city is horrid and dusty and you are at the constant mercy of people who try and scam you. H2b got really bad food poisioning in cairo even at a 5* resort

Sharm is a huge resort, with a wide range of hotels, you definitely get what you pay for and there are some god awful resorts. We had little problems where we stayed, food was good, wide variety, drinks available all night. We had slightly upset tummys most of the time, but nothing you couldnt manage, take some dioralyte and immodium just in case. It is extremely hot in june when we went, so being AI is a must as you drink sooooo much water. We were in a big resort where there was lots to do, but also lots of space so you could find somewhere quiet and private We had a great time, and would def go back to sharm

I think the reviews suffer from the african complex - the AI quality in africa is a lot lower than in the carribean or indian ocean and i dont think a 5star in egypt is comparable to those elsewhere, as there is a mix of people, some who always go AI and have high standards and those who just go to egypt as its more accessible and cheaper - there are also a mix of reviews. We had so much trouble deciphering trip advisor for egypt and have the same problem with our planned honeymoon to kenya :s

i dint liek egypt but we went to hurgada, the hotel luks nice BUT the only thing i am gunna warn u about is ure all inclusive bar is only 10am til midnite and they dotn half sting u after we did this first time we ever went all inclusive and 2 halfs of lager was like £5, it worked out cheaper to buy a bottle of rum off the niteclub and cokee ( £5 each i tell u lol) i wud always go for a 24hr all inclusive x

I've been to Egypt twice. The first time was in 2000, with my boyfriend at the time and 4 of our friends. I had a really nasy experience in the hotel, which I reported and the bartender got sacked for. then we took a day trip to Cairo on their night train, which was a real adventure! Cairo is a horrible city, really dirty, full of very pushy locals trying to get every last drop of money out of you and again, we got into a really dodgy situation with a company that was running camel and horse rides at the pyramids. We honestly thought we'd all die if we didn't hand over the 85egyptial pounds each they wanted.
Having said all that, we went on a great boat trip up the nile to Dendehra(sp?) temple and got to watch the sun rise from the top of it and we got to go and see some of the most amazing sights ever (including the museaum of mumification!) and we've got some great stories to tell.
Last time I went was with my H2B about 20 months ago for my birthday. We went to Sharm and got to go snorkelling (amazing - definitely do this!), quad biking (fab experience), went on a camel ride with bedoiun dinner and star gazing thrown in (got some great pics of me dancing with a young bedoiun boy who took a bit of shine to me). I felt a lot safer in Sharm, but I would still not go anywhere without my H2B.
We went AI and I have to say that the booze was dire - all tasted the same and it was like paint stripper and the food was a bit samey - we had a laugh at the 'chicken in brown (sauce)' or 'chicken in darker brown (sauce)' that was generally on offer, so we mostly stuck to pizza and pasta as they were made fresh in front of us. I loved their chicken sausages though (obv. being a muslim country you won't get bacon out there), in fact I even miss them a bit LOL!

My advice would be don't go out of the resort on your own, and outside of the resort keep covered up - arms, legs and if going into a place of worship, your head too. If you're blonde, keep your head covered anyway - all the locals were facinated with mine and kept trying to touch it, which was mildly annoying. Hx

Oh, and my boyfriend was offered 800 camels for me at the pyramids, which I thought was hilarious, but he wasn't taking any chances and told the guy firmly that I wasn't for sale and made a swift exit!

LOL - Dan wasn't offered any for me!

forgot to mention that a lot of people told me before i went that blondes get hassled a lot so i actually went dark the day after the wedding, but still got hassled! xx

my sister lives in egypt with her boyfriend. she loves it there. but it always seems scruffy apart from the resorts like sharm-el sheik. good luck xx

I went last year, I'm blonde and blue eyed but didn't get any hassle. Tbh I found the locals who worked in the hotels quite lazy, I had to go and ask them to clean a table in the restaurant and they started huffing and puffing - there was no where else for us to sit and in a 5* hotel I didn't expect that.

My h2b also got bad food poisoning - he had to go to hospital when he came back

I personally don't like the place, however there are nice hotels and if you take hand sanitisor and use it religiously you should be fine, stay away from fruit and salad that's been cut and left out.

i dint have any jabs for egypt hun! every1s different i wudnt go back but my mates been alot of times but she goes sharm where u can go outside to bars etc

yes i have IBS and i tried alot of the hotel food n we even went out for a curry and i dint get any probs

We went to Sharm a few yrs ago and loved it. We are a really active couple so loved diving in the red sea and also quad biking in the desert. I agree with the anti-bac hand gel as the money is dirty over ther. We were in a gr8 hotel and the food and staff were excellent. We did meet a couple on a boat trip thou who said thy were served potatoes for breakfast every day lol. We have both said we would go back in the future. Jst make sure u carry ur anti-bac and u shud b fine xx

they do the towel thing in alot of places further away

My nan lives in egypt and I asked her about it - she has advised me that sharm is brilliant and to avoid hurgada but other than that she just said try not to get scammed money wise, though as I'm going in November it should be alot quieter ..... On a funny note she told me to bring a jumper as its one of the coldest months - 25 degrees in the day lol ! like a manchester heatwave :)