Classic Israel 4 days

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  VolodyaStuk

  · January 25th, 2020
  Wonderful 4 days Classic Israel! Wow! We had the most marvelous time travelling around Israel with our expert super guide, Dani. After visiting Jerusalem near the start of our trip I was kind of not expecting anything to exceed this, but Dani kept our trip varied, interesting and fun. He was the linchpin for our group; taking us on side adventures and organizing meals which were technically not included in the Booking-tours itinerary. Dani's organization was smooth, relaxed and seamless for timings to check in to hotels, public transport and booked events. We felt looked after in his capable hands. Booking-tours put together a fantastic and memorable journey in Israel and Dani filled in the details of the trip with efficiency, care and knowledge. This was an awesome adventure.
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  Trip date: February 2019
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  Natani

  · February 13th, 2019
  We traveled 2 times with Booking Tours in Israel, and we were always satisfied. Excellent organization and great guide. The first time we did a tour classic but the second time we wanted to do a more detailed tour visiting some places also different from the main touristic attractions. Booking tours offered us an excellent program with an archaeologist and organized everything very well. We will come back again with them.
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  Trip date: June 2018
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  Chieh

  · January 17th, 2019
  Absolutely the worst tour ive ever been on. Picture this- every morning a van picks you up at 7am. It then goes around to pick up more people before gathering at a spot to wait for more people to come. Its 9am before we even leave Tel- Aviv to go to our destinations. Most times we arrive an start our tour at 10am. On the bus there is only one person- the guide who is also driving so therefore can't spend too long actually guiding but navigating traffic and driving us to our destination. Thats a good 3 hours wasted. Its not just 1 day but for all 4 days we had to endure that. This "4-day tour" is actually outsourced to a company called "rent a tour" so we get a different guide and different group each time. One particular guide named Gael was a middle aged lady who could not drive and talk at the same time, so when she did talk the bus would sway and feels unsafe. She had no interest or passion explaining ANYTHING. When asked a question it almost feels like we were burdening her. She would reply with a 1 sentence answer... even on subjects of Israel/Jerusalem which requires extensive answers. She rushed the tour so much that everyone on the tour was angry. We had almost 5-10 minutes at the most important stops such as the Western wall or The tomb of Jesus that no one could even enjoy any of the sites let alone pray. At one point she left one of our group behind, we walked nearly 100m before someone realised one person was missing. She then replied "Oh we are missing that Indian man, well too bad. He can make his way back himself". We were so shocked by the response that i told her off and the group stayed behind while i ran back to look for him. He was obviously at the designated waiting spot we just left looking distress. I have never met a tour guide that cares so little for the people she is helping. Words cannot describe how unhappy the group was with her. If you stopped to take a photo or looked at a souvenir she would tell you off, the group was so afraid to be left behind that we were constantly running after her. After lunch, half the group decided to tour ourselves to enjoy the sites rather than be rushed through. We asked her if that was possible and to just meet up 30 mins before at the designated spot so we can get the tour bus back to Tel Aviv (from Jerusalem). To which she replied " the moment you leave me, you have to call the company and you will no longer be my responsibility and i will leave to Tel Aviv without you". Initially we were scared to separate from the group but the tour got worst after lunch so me and the half of the group left to do our own tour using trustee Google to explain the sites to us. Sadly that was the best part of the day as we could actually understand what we were seeing and time to take it all in. That was all in day 1. Everyday it was the same thing- 2-2.5 hours wasted driving around picking up people. Oh and not to mention all the tours are run bi-lingual (so they explained stuff in German or French before explaining in English) which was not mentioned when we booked. LUNCH- is an absolute rip off. They drive you to a isolated lunch spot with NO other options and have a set menu which food was bad/average and was extremely expensive. They clearly have a deal with these restaurants to bring them business in return for kickbacks. By day 3 we realised and packed our own lunches. Tour finishes at 4pm everyday followed by another 3 hours of driving everyone back to their hotels. I am never one to write a review, let alone a bad review. Im doing this so no one would have such a sucky tour on their honeymoon as i did with my wife.
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  Trip date: January 2019
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  VarvaraObuhova

  · May 24th, 2018
  The tour is fantastic! It covers all important places, our tour guide Suky forgive me if I misspelled the name is simply excellent! I highly recommend this tour.
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  Trip date: May 2018
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  Anonymous

  · May 23rd, 2018
  Great tour! Very well organised and the guides were informative. I think it was great value for money and the accommodation was good. thanks for all!
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  Trip date: May 2018