Short Reminder Trip Tips

(The Western Wall on a Friday Night ) Wailing Wall) # 1: Bring your Passport and Airline Tickets. Make some photo copies of your Passport just in case you loose it, it will be much easier to get a replacement if you have a photo copy of it. # 2: Cross pack your clothing in your suitcases, just in case they loose one of your suitcases you will still have something to wear. Ladies and Men should put their type of clothing in each others suitcase. “Men” do not put all you underwear in one suitcase, because if you are as lucky as me they will loose that suitcase and you will end up wearing your firends underwear. THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING. # 3: Put your name, address and phone numbers on a piece of paper, put the paper in a plastic zip-lock bag and put it in each suitcase you plan to check. If a piece gets wet and/or lost they will still know who to call when the suitcase is found. # 4: Bring your bathing suits for swimming. # 5: Bring US dollars for your spending money or if you want to have some fun purchasing in the local currency you can purchase some NIS Shekels.( New Israel Shekel ). As well Visa and MasterCard are accepted everywhere in Israel. You can also use your debit card to withdraw money from your bank account back home. The money you receive will be Shekels. The exchange rate is about 1 to 3. One US dollar is = to 3 Shekels, or $100.00 US = $300.00 Shekels. # 6: Before you leave home ask your doctor to write a prescription for any medications you may be taking with you in the event they are lost. Keep all of your medications in their original bottles or packaging. While in Israel should you require minor medical treatment, the hotels have ready access to a doctor who will make hotel calls and write prescriptions for antibiotics, ect. A fee will be payable, by you, directly to the physician at the time the services are rendered. The fee has always been very reasonable in the past when the service has been requested. # 7:Electrical current in Israel is 220 volts, 50 Hz. You will need to bring along the necessary converters and adapters to operate any 120 volt. 60 Hz equipment that we use here in the US and Canada. I have found the best and cheapest place to purchase this travel kit is at Wal-Mart, it has about 6 or 8 different adapters in the kit for around $20.00 to $30.00 dollars. If you do not wish to purchase one of these kits, those of us who have them , usually share them, so you can recharge or operated any of your equipment. # 8: There are a few sites we visit which do not charge the tour group an admission fee. All other sites that we visit do charge an admission fee which is included in your tour price. The sites that do not charge us to visit ( an example is The Garden Tomb ), we ask that each person might have Christian fellowship with the site and leave a couple of dollars to help maintain and upkeep the sites as they are run by volunteers ( most of which are Christians ). I hope this posting will be a help to some and answer a few of your questions.