kingtout ... i am sorry i cant help you in that department. My husband commuting Doha - Mesaieed daily, so we have no idea about the acommodation.

about car hire ... do search the forum ... people have asked alot of question about it before. And if you search the classified ... there are some people who advertise car hire on there. I think few days ago there was on by Wiedmanbalzin or something like that.