Budget · Example A
Total for two adults
1,099.89 USD
Meals use June 2025 reference menu prices; reconfirm current and January 2027 prices. Includes a PROVISIONAL hotel-tax reserve of 105.83 USD. Subtotal before the reserve: 994.06 USD. The tax is mandatory, not optional, but this is a calculated reserve — not an observed checkout total or a guaranteed maximum; replace it with the actual charges and never pay any part twice. Qualified illustration, not a checkout quote: hotel prices are dated public room-table observations in whole US dollars; deposits and unlisted extras are unknown, not zero. Hotels are ordered by observed hotel price alone, not quality. A Diplomatic Area base. Some hotel marketing mentions breakfast, but the hotel's services list charges for it and this dated offer is room only, so no breakfast is credited: all 14 use the MTC allowance.
78.56 USD per person per ground day
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Hotel, six nights — observed room price before the listed excluded charges
1 × 343 USD (stay) = 343 USD ≈ 343.00 USD
Source-backed: ibis Styles Manama Diplomatic Area — Standard Twin Room; room only. 343.00 USD as displayed. A dated public room-table price observed 2 October 2026, shown in whole US dollars; not an exact checkout quote. Converted cents add no supplier precision; deposits, holds and unlisted local charges are unknown, not zero; future availability and discounts are not guaranteed.
Public room table (Booking.com), observed 2 Oct 2026: ibis Styles Manama Diplomatic Area — checked 2026-10-02
Provisional tourism levy and VAT reserve (compounded, mandatory)
1 × 53.17 USD (stay) = 53.17 USD ≈ 53.17 USD
Source-backed: Provisional Manama hotel-tax reserve. The room table includes 10% service and lists 10% VAT, a 5% government tax and a 3 BHD tourism fee per night as excluded. Corrected compounded model: a 5% tourism levy on the displayed service-inclusive room price, then 10% VAT on the price plus levy; plus 6 × 3 BHD accommodation fee with a 10% VAT reserve on that fee (3.30 BHD a night). Bahrain's tax guidance includes tourist levies in the VAT base and the tourism authority confirms the 3 BHD per unit per night, but the exact supplier assessment and January 2027 application were not verified: this is a modelled reserve, not an observed payable total or a guaranteed maximum. The taxes are mandatory, not optional; replace the reserve with the actual charges, remove anything already collected, and do not add the 10% service again.
Public room table (Booking.com), observed 2 Oct 2026: ibis Styles Manama Diplomatic Area — checked 2026-10-02
Accommodation fee with provisional VAT, per night (part of the tax reserve)
6 × 3.3 BHD (night) = 19.8 BHD ≈ 52.66 USD
Source-backed: Provisional Manama hotel-tax reserve. The room table includes 10% service and lists 10% VAT, a 5% government tax and a 3 BHD tourism fee per night as excluded. Corrected compounded model: a 5% tourism levy on the displayed service-inclusive room price, then 10% VAT on the price plus levy; plus 6 × 3 BHD accommodation fee with a 10% VAT reserve on that fee (3.30 BHD a night). Bahrain's tax guidance includes tourist levies in the VAT base and the tourism authority confirms the 3 BHD per unit per night, but the exact supplier assessment and January 2027 application were not verified: this is a modelled reserve, not an observed payable total or a guaranteed maximum. The taxes are mandatory, not optional; replace the reserve with the actual charges, remove anything already collected, and do not add the 10% service again.
Public room table (Booking.com), observed 2 Oct 2026: ibis Styles Manama Diplomatic Area — checked 2026-10-02
Breakfast allowance per adult (not a hotel or café price)
14 × 2 BHD (person-breakfast) = 28 BHD ≈ 74.47 USD
MTC gross estimate (not a supplier quote): 2 BHD per person-breakfast for all 14 breakfasts, because no breakfast is included.
Lunch per adult (reference menu benchmark)
14 × 3.2 BHD (person-lunch) = 44.8 BHD ≈ 119.15 USD
Source-backed: Meals use June 2025 reference menu prices; reconfirm current and January 2027 prices. Zaatar w Zeit Bahrain — official PDF menu explicitly dated JUNE 2025, still posted when reviewed on 2 October 2026. It is a historical reference, not a verified current or January 2027 price list. Lunch: taouk wrap 3.200 BHD. Dinner A: potato chicken 5.000 BHD. Dinner B adds hummus with crackers 2.000 and a cheesecake cup 1.500 = 8.500 BHD — a starter, main and dessert. VAT is included and not added again; service, cover and whether any tourism charge applies are not settled, so unlisted charges are unknown, not zero. The Avenues branch in Manama is the reference; Marassi and Samaheej are outside this central base. A price benchmark, not a dining plan.
Manama: official restaurant menu — checked 2026-10-02
Dinner per adult (reference menu benchmark)
14 × 5 BHD (person-dinner) = 70 BHD ≈ 186.17 USD
Source-backed: Meals use June 2025 reference menu prices; reconfirm current and January 2027 prices. Zaatar w Zeit Bahrain — official PDF menu explicitly dated JUNE 2025, still posted when reviewed on 2 October 2026. It is a historical reference, not a verified current or January 2027 price list. Lunch: taouk wrap 3.200 BHD. Dinner A: potato chicken 5.000 BHD. Dinner B adds hummus with crackers 2.000 and a cheesecake cup 1.500 = 8.500 BHD — a starter, main and dessert. VAT is included and not added again; service, cover and whether any tourism charge applies are not settled, so unlisted charges are unknown, not zero. The Avenues branch in Manama is the reference; Marassi and Samaheej are outside this central base. A price benchmark, not a dining plan.
Manama: official restaurant menu — checked 2026-10-02
Additional drinks allowance per day for the two of you
7 × 2 BHD (party-day) = 14 BHD ≈ 37.23 USD
MTC gross estimate (not a supplier quote): Optional budget for additional drinks only.
Airport car allowance, each way
2 × 10 BHD (direction) = 20 BHD ≈ 53.19 USD
MTC gross estimate (not a supplier quote): Planning budget for one car for two adults between Bahrain airport (BAH) and the hotel, each way; not a fare, and no transfer time is promised.
Local ride allowance for the two of you
12 × 4 BHD (ride) = 48 BHD ≈ 127.66 USD
MTC gross estimate (not a supplier quote): Planning budget, not a quoted fare, for rides around central Manama and Bab Al Bahrain.
Optional city activities allowance per adult
2 × 10 BHD (adult) = 20 BHD ≈ 53.19 USD
MTC gross estimate (not a supplier quote): Discretionary; no named ticket is promised. Causeway trips, a Muharraq circuit, Sakhir events and southern resorts are excluded.
Hotel: ibis Styles Manama Diplomatic Area — Standard Twin Room; room only. Cancellation and payment: Non-refundable; dates cannot be changed; pay online.