Trip to the Holy Land

I am hoping to travel to Israel again this year or early next year, to lead another tour of the Holy Land.

I have just received word from our exclusive tour company that they will be offering greatly discounted, all-inclusive pricing this year in honour of the 62nd year of Israel’s independence. The discount may be as much as 50% savings.

As of today (May 2010), the plan would be to either travel in first two weeks of December this year or the first two weeks of January 2011. I hope to have final pricing including air travel in the next two weeks.

Those who would to come with us should register their interest with me ASAP so that we can begin planning for the appropriate numbers.

We have a few folks who have already registered interest in a trip to Israel in January 2011. The dates have not yet been set 100%, but we are looking at some time in January 2011. We are offing the following two options:

OPTION 1 – FULL TOUR
10-day all inclusive (return airfare Inverness/Tel Aviv, 4/5 star hotels, meals, fees to all sites) @ £1,500 per person (Based on double occupancy)

OPTION 2 – BUDGET TOUR
5-day (4 nights of accommodations) all inclusive tour (return airfare Inverness/Tel Aviv, 4/5 star hotels, meals, fees to all sites) @ £930 per person – double occupancy

Shalom Almog is the tour company owner. Shalom is a retired IDF colonel and he has been in the tour business for 20 years now. Shalom has a network of connections and works hard to get us into the maximum number of sites.

Ronnie Winter will be our guide. Ronnie is a retired archaeologist and Israeli historian who spent his entire career digging in Israel. Ronnie is a wealth of information.