# Majlis & Fire

> A farmhouse evening, not a farmhouse day. Arrive at six, eat around a fire, leave at eleven — and the client keeps the whole working day.

Package C-03 from Offsyte, corporate recreation in the UAE · [Farmhouse & Retreat](https://offsyte.ae/catalog/farmhouse-and-retreat-days/) · Web page: https://offsyte.ae/packages/majlis-and-fire/

- **Duration:** 6 hrs
- **Ideal start time:** 17:00 pickup — nobody takes a day off, and the light at the farm is best at seven
- **Departure window:** 16:30–18:00
- **Group size:** 20 min — 60 max
- **Emirate / venue:** Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain or Ras Al Khaimah — private farmhouse, exclusive use
- **Season:** Oct–Apr
- **Booking lead time:** 7 days — the shortest lead time in the catalog

## Price per person, excluding 5% VAT

| Group size | Per person | Billed for at least |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 20–29 people | AED 420 | 22 people |
| 30–49 people | AED 360 | — |
| 50+ people | AED 320 | — |

A group smaller than a band's "billed for at least" figure is still served, and is invoiced for that many people.
Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 26–29 are billed as 30 people at the rate for 30–49 people; groups of 45–49 are billed as 50 people at the rate for 50+ people.

Payment: 50% advance on signature. 100% cleared 3 working days before the event. Numbers lock 7 days prior.

## Why this is not the retail version

The comparison is not a retail product, it is **C-01 The Northern Retreat at AED 580** — our own full-day farmhouse offsite. So the question a client will ask is why this is AED 360, and the answer is honest: **it is less.**

C-01 is eleven hours, a facilitated programme, three meals and a full media crew. This is six hours, one meal, a fire and the property. What it costs the client is **an evening instead of a working day** — which for a team that cannot lose a Tuesday is the difference between booking something and booking nothing.

**The thing it does better than the day version is the fire.** A farmhouse in daylight is a nice venue. At nine in the evening with a fire lit and forty people sitting on the floor around it, something happens that a hotel function room has never once produced, and that is the entire product.

**Seven days' notice, no programme to design, no weather-dependent activity.** When a manager decides on Sunday that the team needs something before month-end, this is the only package in the catalog that can be delivered that week.

## Timeline

- **17:00** — Bus departs client office
- **18:00** — Arrival. Branded welcome, gahwa and dates, the farm is theirs
- **18:20** — Free time — the lawn, the pool deck, the animals if the farm has them
- **19:00** — Fire lit. Majlis seating around it, blankets out
- **19:30** — Live BBQ station opens — grilled in front of the group
- **20:30** — Dinner around the fire
- **21:30** — Optional: the floor is open. Most groups sing, some do speeches, nobody is made to
- **22:30** — Bus departs
- **23:00** — Arrival at drop point

## Included

- Return coach transfer from client office
- Exclusive evening use of a private farmhouse — no other group on the property
- Welcome gahwa, dates and soft drinks
- Bonfire with majlis seating and blankets
- Live BBQ station — grilled on site, full dietary coverage
- Soft drinks, water and karak throughout
- Branded welcome setup
- Photographer, half day — 40+ retouched stills within 5 working days
- Same-day 60-second social edit
- Event coordinator on site

## Not included

- Alcohol — most farmhouses are unlicensed
- Overnight stay (that is C-02)
- Facilitated programme (that is C-04)
- 5% VAT

## Weather and backup plan

- **Trigger:** Rain, or wind above 25 knots (which ends both the fire and the grill).
- **Fallback:** Every contracted farmhouse in the network has a covered majlis or barn — the fire moves to a fire pit under cover or becomes a brazier, and the evening runs. This is a condition of entering the supplier network, not something checked per booking. Full cancellation reschedules free within 60 days.
- **You are told by:** By 12:00 on the day. The build is light enough that a same-day call is genuinely possible on this package, unlike B-03.

## Customisation options

- Live oud or guitar, 2 hrs: AED 1,500
- Upgrade to a premium grill — lamb ouzi, seafood: AED 65/person
- Extend to an overnight — becomes C-02: Priced on C-02
- Outdoor cinema screen after dinner: AED 2,800
- Shisha station (licensed venues only): AED 1,400
- Team quiz or awards segment with an MC: AED 600
- Branded blankets as gifting: AED 90/person
- Videographer + edited reel: AED 1,200

## Questions about Majlis & Fire

### How much does Majlis & Fire cost per person?

AED 420 per person for 20–29 people; AED 360 per person for 30–49 people; AED 320 per person for 50+ people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 22 people in the 20–29 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 26–29 are billed as 30 people at the rate for 30–49 people; groups of 45–49 are billed as 50 people at the rate for 50+ people.

### How long does Majlis & Fire take, and when does it start?

6 hrs. Ideal start: 17:00 pickup — nobody takes a day off, and the light at the farm is best at seven. Departure window: 16:30–18:00.

### What is not included in Majlis & Fire?

Alcohol — most farmhouses are unlicensed; Overnight stay (that is C-02); Facilitated programme (that is C-04); 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.

### What happens to Majlis & Fire if the weather turns?

Trigger: Rain, or wind above 25 knots (which ends both the fire and the grill). Fallback: Every contracted farmhouse in the network has a covered majlis or barn — the fire moves to a fire pit under cover or becomes a brazier, and the evening runs. This is a condition of entering the supplier network, not something checked per booking. Full cancellation reschedules free within 60 days. You are told: By 12:00 on the day. The build is light enough that a same-day call is genuinely possible on this package, unlike B-03.

### How far in advance do we need to book Majlis & Fire?

The booking lead time is 7 days — the shortest lead time in the catalog. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

## Read before you book

- [The best corporate event venue in Dubai, by purpose](https://offsyte.ae/blog/best-corporate-event-venue-dubai/): No venue in Dubai is the best one, only the right one for the job. Eight jobs a company event has to do, the venue each needs, and what it costs per person.
- [Cheap corporate event venues in Dubai](https://offsyte.ae/blog/cheap-corporate-event-venues-dubai/): The genuinely cheap venue options for a Dubai company event, what each one costs per person, and exactly what you give up to get the lower number.
- [Small corporate event venues in Dubai, with prices](https://offsyte.ae/blog/small-corporate-event-venues-dubai/): Where a company event for 12 to 50 people works in Dubai, what each venue costs as a total rather than a rate, and why the floor matters more than the rate.
- [Corporate event venues in Dubai, with prices](https://offsyte.ae/blog/corporate-event-venues-dubai/): Eleven venue types available to a company in Dubai and the UAE, what each costs all-in per person rather than as a hire fee, and which one your event needs.

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