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C-03 Farmhouse & Retreat Oct – Apr

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.

A team mid-programme on Majlis & Fire — Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain or Ras Al Khaimah, private farmhouse, exclusive use.
Illustrative
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

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.

The day, minute by minute

Timeline

  1. 17:00 Bus departs client office
  2. 18:00 Arrival. Branded welcome, gahwa and dates, the farm is theirs
  3. 18:20 Free time — the lawn, the pool deck, the animals if the farm has them
  4. 19:00 Fire lit. Majlis seating around it, blankets out
  5. 19:30 Live BBQ station opens — grilled in front of the group
  6. 20:30 Dinner around the fire
  7. 21:30 Optional: the floor is open. Most groups sing, some do speeches, nobody is made to
  8. 22:30 Bus departs
  9. 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

Stated up front so there is nothing to argue about at invoice time.

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

Weather & 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.

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Duration
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Group
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Emirate
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Duration
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Group
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Emirate
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