Pinky60

Hi,

 

We are planning our first trip to Israel, for early next October (2018). DH has dreamed of this trip for a very long time :)

 

Our travel agent suggests using Travex for an arranged tour for several days in the middle of our stay. He says they are better than some of the other tour companies specifically for Israel. Is that your understanding, or do you have other recommendations? This would be for a private tour for a few days.

 

Thanks!

 

GC

Hi

We were on a cruise that visited Israel for 3 days earlier this month. We contacted a private guide for 2 out of our 3 days and were sorry we did not use him for the 3rd day as he was such a wonderful guide. His name is Jeremy Collins (JerusalemwithJeremy) and he has over 400 reviews on tripadvisor that are all excellent. We were a group of 8 so not sure if you mean a small group or just the two of you when you say private tour. Jeremy organised a driver for our tours so this does put up the price but divided between 6 - 8 people it was great value.

Jeremy moved from the UK to Israel over 10 years ago and I cannot recommend him highly enough. He is extremely knowledgeable on all aspects of Israel and will give you an unbiased view on the religious, political and social history in addition to so much information on the places you will visit. Everyone in our group was delighted with Jeremy and our time with him flew by while he answered our many questions and talked about Israel!

Below is the link to tripadvisor if you are interested and I hope you have a fantastic trip.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g293983-d6649181-Reviews-Jerusalem_With_Jeremy-Jerusalem_Jerusalem_District.html

Hello

I am wondering how early the taxis are available at Ashdod port. This is for the 2nd day after the ship has an overnight stay in the port. Would there be taxis at the ship as early as 6am or 6.15am? I have been searching online and cannot find any information on this so if there is anywhere to find the information please let me know also!

We are travelling at the end of September and this will be our first time visiting Israel so want to make the most of our short time there.

Many thanks in advance

Carol

When in Ashdod we intend booking a taxi into Jerusalem.

There are conflicting reports regarding where the taxis pick up from, will it be at the ship or at the port gates. Also conflicting reports if we can expect a free shuttle bus to take us from the ship to the port gate or if is an easy walk.

Any help would be appreciated, we will be on the Celebrity Silhouette 1st November.

Hi Sunnydale

We are taking similar cruise to yours next October on Celebrity Silhouette and had heard that last year Celebrity were charging $20 a day for their shuttle bus and also that those not taking a cruise excursion could not get a shuttle until all the regular excursion buses had left. What was your experience last November? Any information would be very much appreciated. I cannot find much up to date information on this anywhere so it seems to have only changed in 2016!!

Many thanks

Carol (Pinky60)