Tours to Israel from News travel

In the direction of Israel, News Travel works with the Israeli tour operator CASPI-AVIATION. The proposed tour October in Israel (2012) attracted my attention by the fact that it was possible to share. It's handy if you're traveling alone. Of course, it was possible to pay extra for a single sharing of about $ 300, but sharing significantly saves the cost of the tour. The cost of this tour from News travel - $ 840 included the agency fee. So if the agent makes a discount at the expense of his own money, it turned out to be quite an acceptable price.

BUT that's where the positives end. I am sure that the representatives of our Kiev tour operator News travel did not bother about the tour. The tour is completely unworked, even virtually. Everything is self-initiated. Starting with the statement about the star rating of the hotel in Palestine (Alexander Hotel). The program was declared 4 stars. Professionals must understand that today in the Palestinian Authority there is no commission that awards the level of class (star). Acquaintance with the hotel shocked the whole group. Of course, then they got used to it and started joking about “our reservation” and “starfall”.

The program is senselessly overloaded. Excursions were not calculated taking into account the load, distances and expediency. The situation was saved by the guide, who redrawed the tour on the go. She managed to make the tour as efficient as possible and fulfill all the declared excursions.

The statement about the assistance of the tour operator during the passage of control at the airport in Tel Aviv is a lie. The help lies in the fact that when you exit the plane (through the sleeve), a girl with a sign will be waiting for you. She will take you to passport control and drop you there. After that, you yourself explain yourself to the airport service, preferably in English. If there are unpleasant situations, no one will help you. It is impossible to foresee in advance what personally you may not like the security service.

And most importantly, before the start of the tour, the departure time changed in two days. Instead of the stated 14 hours, we took off at 5 o'clock in the morning. Taking into account the peculiarities of departures from Israel (arrival at the airport no less than 3 hours before departure), we left their hotels at 1 am. So our last day was stolen from us.

Thus, the functions of News travel as a tour operator in the direction of Israel are only to sell the tour.

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