Jeddah: the vibe
Videos from people who went, played right here, with what viewers said underneath. Not part of the score.
The verdict
Mixed · 50Thin and mostly tourist-focused: visitors praise Saudi hospitality and Al Balad's heritage, but almost nothing addresses long-term remote work, so the verdict stays uncertain.
- friendly hospitality
- Al Balad heritage architecture
- affordable stays
- Vision 2030 development
- seen as boring
- better destinations elsewhere in Saudi
- little remote-work content
- Al Balad is charming, best experienced at night
- Visitors find Saudis welcoming and helpful
- One commenter calls Jeddah boring next to Riyadh, AlUla, or Abha
- Digital nomad visa videos here are mostly promotional
- Not enough resident experiences to judge long-term living
Read from 3 videos, 11 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-07; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
This is why everyone loves Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
Bevetravels · 55K views · 2026
What viewers said
“We Saudis are happy to welcome visitors. It’s always our pleasure to help, and we wish you a lovely and memorable trip.🇸🇦”
♥ 27 likes
“I so love this channel. Bob and Eve are the best ❤. The man who fixed Bob's ghutra said he needs Tagiyya, which means the little hat you put on your head under the ghutra to keep it in place. He changed the style a bit for Bob because it's ”
♥ 33 likes
“Before you leave Saudi you should come to abha its called foggy city”
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“16:19 every arab country has a specific way of "styling" the ghutra, this way you can notice where someone is from by looking at them and get to know them better”
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“Al bald in jeddah Its unique Hejazi architecture goes back more than 1,400 years”
♥ 19 likes
“Love Saudi from Bangladesh🫶💖🇧🇩”
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“If you want an authentic Al Balad experience you should visit it at night and the best time during the year is during Ramadan. Besides that Jeddah right now is kind of boring and you'll find way better attraction in Riyadh Al Ula or Abha. R”
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“Jeddah, the bride of the Red Sea and the gate of the Two Holy Mosques, has an area of more than a thousand square kilometers and its population exceeds four million people, and it is an old one in which traces dating back to three thousand ”
♥ 6 likes
“I was lucky enough to see the old city Jeddah in 1976-78 . I’m just loving your videos. Take care in your travels.👍👌🏻 maybe one day I might visit Saudi Arabia again but I don’t want to ruin my Saudi Arabian childhood memories from my you”
“ you are so welcome to Saudi You have a great English accent, I like it”
Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-07; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.