Hi everyone,
I'm a 22 yo man and I'll be going around Iran with two female friends in August. As we are 3 we won't be able to play it like we are a couple, so I was wondering what kind of issues we might encounter and what strategy we should adopt.
-> will it be possible to share the same room (the three of us)?
-> is it okay to introduce ourselves just as friends?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Ben
Hi Ben,
That is not big deal here and it is okay to introduce yourselves just as friends and there is not any problem.
Enjoy your time here!
@Reza.J -- Really? You don't think that hotels will be reluctant to let the three of them share a room? That arrangement would raise eyebrows in most countries around the world.
We are so open minded :)). I think in most hotels they don't care about that especially for tourists, and you can stay in room with 3 beds. ofcourse it is my opinion, to be sure we should ask from hotels but there is a special kind of diseases here when you ask to someone: can we do something...they will say no!!! If you ask them can we stay three? probably they will say no!!! so just keep calm and ask for room with three bed not more.
feel free to ask any....
As far as I know the hotels in Iran are not required to check the relationships between men and women when it comes to foreign nationals. I have had foreigner friends, who were not a couple, stay in one room together. Also it is quite common for hotels to have 3-bed rooms or to provide extra bedding for the third guest. But again as Reza said you better play it cool and act normal, or in the worst case scenario if they get curious about the nature of your relationships, just fake one like say the other girl is your cousin :)
Though it may raise eyebrows, it's not a problem. There are plenty of 3 bed rooms, and most people are too polite to deny you anything because of some raised brows. Plus, as Taraneh said, if it's ever uncomfortable, just make up some lie about the girl being your family. Or your second wife XD
I'm traveling with my boyfriend in Iran now, and we get raised brows when they check passports and see that we don't have the same last name. But it's never been anything more than that.
Dear lordofmeesi, are you sure that's because you don't have the same last name,? You know that it's not like that in Iran, i.e. for a woman to have a maiden name and a married name. Or maybe they're just their stock eyebrows?
The issue of allowing only married couples in a room in the hotels is just for the Iranians so you won't have any problems staying together. Enjoy your trip;) Arshia
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