"Thanks so much Daniel, we loved (your homeland). We will never be the same!"
Scott & Debi Hanks (Pleasant Grove, UT)
How To Choose LDS Tours In Israel
Although comparing other tour companies to ISRAEL REVEALED may be a disservice to both,
consider the value added, especially the LDS content as provided by
Daniel & Steven Rona: the ONLY LDS Authorized Israeli Guides.
consider the value added, especially the LDS content as provided by
Daniel & Steven Rona: the ONLY LDS Authorized Israeli Guides.
- Company
- Licensed Guide
- Number of Tour Programs in Israel
- LDS Lecturer Headliner Educator
- Philanthropic, Humanitarian Services
- Group Size
- Personal Earphones
- Guide Microphone
- Sabbath Days
- Tour Days in Israel
- Lunches
- Breakfast & Dinner with Hotel Nights
- Hotel Nights in Israel
- Hotel Room Comfort Levels
- Transferring Between Hotels
- Entrance Fees
- Dead Sea Float
- Assisted Airport Arrival
- Departure Transfer
- Obligatory Gratuities
- Cash / Check Payment Discount
- Extras
- ISRAEL REVEALED with Daniel & Steven Rona - Choice of Extra Grand Tours (17 days / 16 nights), Grand Tours (13 days / 12 nights) or Value Tours (10 days / 9 nights)
- Daniel & Steven Rona are the ONLY LDS Authorized Israeli Guides
- 100+ different programs (over 12 month period) not including customized tours
- You’re receiving full LDS context throughout the tour
Touring revenues support the non-profit Ensign Foundation (501c3) which assists and capitalizes; The Statue of Responsibility; 100’s of world-wide Firesides and Ward Passover Presentations; distribution of handicap equipment to disadvantaged people in the Holy lands, Gospel Doctrine Supplement Manuals with LDS/Jewish insights (available free on the web)
- You’ll tour with an LDS Authorized Israeli Guide regardless of group size (from 2 persons in a car and up)
- Daniel Rona pioneered personal headsets for touring Israel close to 40 years ago – Presentation includes exceptional music (batteries included!)
- Up to 4 mics simultaneous; comfortable for guides presentations and your participation)
- Full Sabbath worshipwith the Jerusalem Branch at the BYU Jerusalem Center – transfers provided (free afternoon at leisure)
- Choice of Extra Grand Tours (12 full days touring), Grand Tours (9 full days touring) or Value Tours (6 full days touring) with the ONLY LDS Authorized Guides in Israel
- All lunches included on full days touring (12/9/6 depending on tour length) - No additional expense
- Extra Grand Tour (14 breakfast and dinners with 14 nights) Grand Tour (10 breakfast dinners with 10 nights) Value Tour (7 breakfast and dinners with 7 nights) No additional expense
- Ch Extra Grand Tours: 14 Hotel Nights Grand Tours: 10 Hotel Nights Value Tours: 7 Hotel Nights) Optional additional night before flight home
- Choice between Premium, Superior, or Moderate Comfort Room Levels
- Only 2 hotel locations (when starting in Jerusalem, going to the Galilee and returning to the same hotel in Jerusalem there is no need to transport all your luggage throughout Israel)
- All entrance fees included on days touring
- Dead sea float included; towels provided
- Any time you arrive into Tel-Aviv, on any arrival flight, you are met after passport control by SMILE Tourist Service (of the Israeli Incoming Tourism Organizers Office), assisted with luggage collection and escorted to transportation
- Transfer from Jerusalem to Tel-Aviv airport provided to match your flight (flexible to depart whenever you like)
- All gratuities included for guides, drivers, touring/hotel staff, and bellboys in Israel
- Discounts given with cash / check payment
- ISRAEL REVEALED Gospel Doctrine Supplement Manual with LDS/Jewish insights written by Daniel Rona
- ISRAEL REVEALED Memory Book; – with tour synopsis, journal space & scriptural references
- Jerusalem by Night Spectacular - after dinner evening excursion culminating with a night sound & light show
- Others
- Fun For Less 8 Nov ’24 tour (10 days / 9 nights)
- Non LDS Authorized Israeli Guide
- 14 different programs (over 12 month period)
- 1 educator per tour – to be shared between several bus loads
- Private for-profit company
- Tour operates with multiple busloads
- No music; batteries cost extra
- Only 1 mic per guide, (educator must interrupt and switch mics with the non LDS guide for “air time” – awkward in keeping context
- Sabbath Services cut short and squeezed into regular touring day
- 7 tour days (no day at leisure)
- Lunches are “on your own”, each person pays separately (interrupting at least 1-hour of touring every day) - Additional expense approximately $140
- 7 Breakfasts and only 3 Dinners with 7 Nights Additional expense approximately $150
- 7 hotel nights in Israel No option for hotel after the last day of touring before departure to the airport (no way for one to freshen up before the long trip home)
- No choice of room comfort; accommodations equivalent to superior level
- Multiple different hotel locations – need to transport all luggage throughout Israel
- Only entrance fees per itinerary included
- Must bring own towel for Dead Sea Float (not from hotel) or rent one at the beach
- Transfer to hotel only provided with group arrival; extra cost when not flying or arriving with the group
- Transfer to airport provided only with group departure
- Gratuities for guide/driver not included (an “envelope” must be passed around) – Hotel-staff and bellboys must be tipped individually - Extra tips for LDS Educator is advised
- Fee added to the published price when using credit card
- Others
- Bountiful 7 Jun ’24 tour (10 days / 9 nights)
- Non LDS Authorized Israeli Guide
- 31 different programs (over 12 month period)
- 1 headliner per bus; not guaranteed if the tour doesn’t “fill up”
- Private for-profit company
- Tour operates with 25 people or more, tour cancels with less
- No music; batteries cost extra
- Only 1 mic per guide, (headliner must interrupt and switch mics with the non LDS guide for “air time” - awkward in keeping context
- Sabbath Services cut short and squeezed into regular touring day
- 7 tour days (no day at leisure)
- Lunches are “on your own”, each person pays separately (interrupting at least 1-hour of touring every day) - Additional expense approximately $140
- 7 Breakfasts and Dinners with 7 Nights No additional expense
- 7 hotel nights in Israel No option for hotel after the last day of touring before departure to the airport (no way for one to freshen up before the long trip home)
- No choice of room comfort; accommodations equivalent to moderate level
- Multiple different hotel location – need to transport all luggage throughout Israel
- Only entrance fees per itinerary included
- Must bring own towel for Dead Sea Float (not from hotel) or rent one at the beach
- No group arrival flight - Given an arrival time in Tel-Aviv for arrival transfer - If arriving at another time, “flag” your own taxi to the hotel
- Transfer to airport provided only with group departure
- $100 gratuities for guide/driver added to the published price before departure - Hotel-staff and bellboys must be tipped individually - Extra tips for LDS Headliner is advised
- $85 discount given with cash / check payment
- Others
- Morris Murdock (LDS Study Tours) 16 May ’24 tour (11 days / 10 nights)
- Non LDS Authorized Israeli Guide
- 18 different programs (over 9 month period)
- 1 headliner per bus; not guaranteed if the tour doesn’t “fill up”
- Private for-profit company
- Tour operates with minimum number of participants, ‘Small Group Supplement’ is assessed when numbers drop below minimum amount
- No music; batteries cost extra
- Only 1 mic per guide, (lecturer must interrupt and switch mics with the non LDS guide for “air time” – awkward in keeping context
- 1st Sabbath a regular tour only, 2nd Sabbath services cut short and squeezed into regular touring day
- 8 tour days (no day at leisure)
- Only 3 lunches provided, the rest are “on your own”, each pays separately (interrupting at least 1-hour of touring every day) - Additional expense approximately $100
- 8 Breakfasts and Dinners with 8 Nights No additional expense
- 8 hotel nights in Israel No option for hotel after the last day of touring before departure to the airport (no way for one to freshen up before the long trip home)
- No choice of room comfort; accommodations equivalent to moderate level
- Multiple different hotel location – need to transport all luggage throughout Israel
- Only entrance fees per itinerary included
- Must bring own towel for Dead Sea Float (not from hotel) or rent one at the beach
- Transfer to hotel only provided with group arrival; extra cost when not flying or arriving with the group
- Transfer to airport provided only with group departure
- Gratuities for guide/driver included - Hotel-staff and bellboys must be tipped individually - Extra tips for LDS Director is advised
- $75 discount given with cash / check payment
- DIY for 2 Person
- Booking on Multiple Sites in Several Languages and Currencies
- No Guideor Non LDS Authorized Israeli Guide
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- No LDS input
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- Approximately $20-$30 for each taxi to or from the BYU Jerusalem Center
- $750 per day for guide/driver (up to 10 hours/200 km - not including gratuities and entrance fees)
- $15-$25 per person per day
- Approximately $10-$20 per person for breakfast and $40-$50 for dinner
- Approximately $150-$250 per person in a double room depending on hotel comfort level and season (not including meals)
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- Approximately $20-$40 per person per day
- $25 per person for Dead Sea Beach and $10 per person for towel rental
- Approximately: $100-$150 taxi from airport to Jerusalem & $50-$75 taxi from airport to Tel-Aviv
- Approximately: $25 for shared shuttle service from Jerusalem to airport
- $20 per day for guide - $10 per day for driver - $5 for bellboy at hotel
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- $20
- $35
- Approximately $50 per person for taxis to/from and the performance
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