Anonymous
05/09/2023 19:34
Subject: Re:Israel Group Vacation
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think Israel is really a place where you need an arranged tour. It’s safe and easy to get around, save for the West Bank, where you should have an escort (and I highly recommend visiting it for a more rounded view of modern Israel). I went there with my elderly mother and we did Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Eilat, all by ourselves.
Strongly disagree. Israel is one of the few places in the world where I think it would be tremendously advantageous to do a group tour and I normally hate them.
Anonymous
05/09/2023 18:38
Subject: Re:Israel Group Vacation
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think Israel is really a place where you need an arranged tour. It’s safe and easy to get around, save for the West Bank, where you should have an escort (and I highly recommend visiting it for a more rounded view of modern Israel). I went there with my elderly mother and we did Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Eilat, all by ourselves.
Disagree - we learned an incredible amount from our tour guide. We would have missed a lot without a guide.
Anonymous
05/09/2023 17:40
Subject: Israel Group Vacation
PP, I don’t know about that. It’s hard for first-timers to know what order to see things in, and you don’t get the narrative you would from a guide
Anonymous
05/09/2023 17:09
Subject: Re:Israel Group Vacation
I don’t think Israel is really a place where you need an arranged tour. It’s safe and easy to get around, save for the West Bank, where you should have an escort (and I highly recommend visiting it for a more rounded view of modern Israel). I went there with my elderly mother and we did Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Eilat, all by ourselves.
Anonymous
05/09/2023 16:39
Subject: Re:Israel Group Vacation
Anonymous wrote:Your kids might be a bit too old for this, but pre pandemic we were looking at a family trip through BBYO (we were supposed to go in June 2020 which was obviously canceled). I think the cost was about 2,500 pp not including airfare.
Thanks, I will check it out
Anonymous
05/09/2023 16:38
Subject: Israel Group Vacation
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are Jewish.
$14K pp person +airfare is more than we want to spend, but I guess it also depends on how long that’s for.
We have done other Backroads trips in the past and they have been so well done, but they are def expensive for a week. But they really do take care of every little detail.
Will check out Authentic Israel and any others you can recommend. What about Mazada, they keep showing up in my searches…
Our Synagogue runs a 10 day family trip for about $5k pp plus airfare. $14K is insane. Are you in the DC area?
Yes, we live in DC now but are not currently members of a synagogue
Anonymous
05/09/2023 09:54
Subject: Re:Israel Group Vacation
Your kids might be a bit too old for this, but pre pandemic we were looking at a family trip through BBYO (we were supposed to go in June 2020 which was obviously canceled). I think the cost was about 2,500 pp not including airfare.
Anonymous
05/09/2023 09:39
Subject: Israel Group Vacation
Anonymous wrote:We are Jewish.
$14K pp person +airfare is more than we want to spend, but I guess it also depends on how long that’s for.
We have done other Backroads trips in the past and they have been so well done, but they are def expensive for a week. But they really do take care of every little detail.
Will check out Authentic Israel and any others you can recommend. What about Mazada, they keep showing up in my searches…
Our Synagogue runs a 10 day family trip for about $5k pp plus airfare. $14K is insane. Are you in the DC area?
Anonymous
05/08/2023 22:02
Subject: Israel Group Vacation
Meant to sign about post -OP
Anonymous
05/08/2023 22:02
Subject: Israel Group Vacation
We are Jewish.
$14K pp person +airfare is more than we want to spend, but I guess it also depends on how long that’s for.
We have done other Backroads trips in the past and they have been so well done, but they are def expensive for a week. But they really do take care of every little detail.
Will check out Authentic Israel and any others you can recommend. What about Mazada, they keep showing up in my searches…
$14K pp person +airfare is more than we want to spend, but I guess it also depends on how long that’s for.
We have done other Backroads trips in the past and they have been so well done, but they are def expensive for a week. But they really do take care of every little detail.
Will check out Authentic Israel and any others you can recommend. What about Mazada, they keep showing up in my searches…
Anonymous
05/08/2023 08:09
Subject: Israel Group Vacation
I have a recommendation if something like $14K plus airfare and food is in your budget.
Anonymous
05/08/2023 08:04
Subject: Re:Israel Group Vacation
Authentic Israel
Anonymous
05/08/2023 07:23
Subject: Israel Group Vacation
Backroads is a wonderful company if you can afford it. Never gone to Israel but other trips.
Anonymous
05/08/2023 07:21
Subject: Israel Group Vacation
A question that really only matters for trips to Israel: Are you Jewish, Christian or other? There are tons of family tour groups that cater to the above.
All the trips are more expensive than you'd expect.
All the trips are more expensive than you'd expect.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 23:17
Subject: Israel Group Vacation
We were considering a company like Backroads, but think we can probably find something similar for less money.
Can you recommend the company that you used, and ballpark prices?
This would be for a family of four, 2 parents and 2 DCs: one 20 year old and one 17 year old.
This would be our first trip there.
Can you recommend the company that you used, and ballpark prices?
This would be for a family of four, 2 parents and 2 DCs: one 20 year old and one 17 year old.
This would be our first trip there.