Tour Conditions

 
Registration and payment for tour constitutes your acceptance of the following Tour Conditions and Responsibility statement.

TOUR PRICE

All prices are per person based on two persons sharing a room with private bath. Single rooms are subject to availability and are smaller than twin rooms. Children are welcome on the tour. Please call or write to us for children's prices if they are not included on your flyer. Hotels will allow three to a room. The tour price is based on hotel and exchange rates in effect the date the tour was booked and on a specific number of tour members traveling together. In case of fewer participants, the price may increase. Note: The Categories of Hotels are displayed only as an indication, since there is no official rating system in Israel

INCLUDED

Buffet breakfast and hotel dinner daily while in Israel, transfers, porterage, sites, guide.

NOT INCLUDED

Airlines, Passport, individual visa, accident and cancellation insurance, tips to hotels, drivers and guides, porterage at your country. airports, any expenses incurred resulting from injury or accident, loss of, damage to, or theft from luggage, and items of a personal nature such as laundry, phone calls, sodas, bottled water and food or beverages not on the regular menu of included meals. If in doubt whether a food or beverage is included, please ask the Israeli guide or the tour leader.

REGISTRATION FOR THE TOUR

Please make checks payable or Bank transfer to King David Travels Ltd. A deposit is required to secure hotel reservations. Deposits received after the deposit deadline will be processed on a space available basis. No registration will be processed without a deposit and a completed registration form.

FINAL PAYMENT

Your final payment date is printed on your flyer. Failure to send in your final payment by the deadline will result in forfeiture of your deposit.

ROOMMATES

The tour price is based on two persons in a twin-bedded room. If you do not have a roommate, we are usually able to arrange one for you unless you are among the last to register. If we are unable to arrange a roommate for you, you must pay the single occupancy rate. If this occurs, you will be informed within two weeks after final payment deadline.

SIGHTSEEING

This is subject to local conditions at the time of the tour. Not all sites listed in this brochure will be visited. Adjustments in the sightseeing program may be made as the tour leader deems necessary.

MEMBERSHIP

In an honest endeavor to ensure congenial fellowship on the tour, the organizer reserves the right to refuse the application of anyone considered incompatible with the interests of the party as a whole. Applying for membership in this tour constitutes consent to abide by the discretion of the organizer and to defray any expenses resulting from dismissal from the tour.

PASSPORTS

Passport information will be required at time of final payment. Your passport must not expire for at least six months after the date you will enter Israel. In order to obtain a passport, go to your local main post office to pick up an application. To find the nearest office, look in the U. S. Government Offices listings of your telephone book under "Postal Services -- Passport Information". This should be done immediately. An embossed birth certificate (one with a raised seal) is required to obtain a passport. To obtain a birth certificate, contact the Hall of Records in the county in which you were born. U.S. citizens are not required to have a visa to enter Israel. No inoculations are currently required for Israel.

NON- U.S. CITIZENS

You must inform citizenship immediately, and you must have a Resident Alien registration card (Green Card) in order to depart and re-enter the U.S. You must call the consulate of each country to be visited and arrange any required visas. If your travel includes Jordan or Egypt, a multiple-entry visa may be required for Israel.

LUGGAGE

Porterage of one suitcase per person is included from your arrival until you check in for departure. You will be responsible at all times for your carry-on, so we suggest you keep it as lightweight as possible. This "one suitcase" rule is due to limited storage space on the bus. It also results in your suitcase being delivered to your room faster. Passengers are allowed one checked bag with total dimensions not to exceed 62 linear inches. Domestic airlines allow 50 pounds per checked bag and International Airlines usually allow 70 pounds per checked bag. To find the size of your suitcase, measure it once from left to right, once from front to back, and once from bottom to top. The total of these three measurements may not exceed 62 inches. A 30-inch pullman is usually under 62 inches total. A salesperson at a luggage shop will be able to show you the proper size suitcase. You are also allowed a carry-on bag not to exceed 40 linear inches (measured the same way you measure your suitcase). Roll-a-board cases are usually too large to be considered a carry-on because your carry-on must be able to fit in the space under your seat. Excess weight or size of luggage is subject to addition charges by the airlines and those additional charges will the responsibility of the passenger.

CHANGES or LATE BOOKINGS

If you want to arrival before the group departs, return after the group returns, and/or visit countries not included in this tour, please advise King David Travels in writing as soon as possible. Late bookings or changes made after final payment date.

CANCELLATION

A full refund (less $113.00 processing fee) is made in the event a person cancels, in writing, prior to the final payment deadline unless otherwise notified by King David Travels of additional penalties. Cancellations received after this deadline are subject to any cancellation requirements of the costs paid by King David Travels which cannot be recovered from hotels and foreign agencies. If you cancel after final payment deadline you may be liable for your assigned roommate's single supplement cost. Total penalties could exceed 100% of the tour cost. All cancellations must be received at the King David Travels office by fax or by mail. Cancellation may NOT be made by telephone. Refunds are processed on a monthly basis. Cancellation after final payment deadline will require six to eight weeks or longer processing time to recover funds paid. Cancellation per person:  91+ Days Prior: $113.00 for tour   • 90-61 Days Prior:  $224 for tour  • 60-46 Days Prior: 40% of tour cost   • 45-31 Days Prior: 65% of tour cost   • 30-14 Days Prior: 85% of tour cost   • 13 Days Prior or less: 100% of tour cost.  

RESPONSIBILITY

King David Travels, in accepting booking for the tour, clearly stipulates: that they are not liable for the faults or defaults of other companies and persons that may be used in carrying out the tour services, nor for accidents, baggage thefts or losses, strikes, political unrest, riots, acts of war, or acts of God. In the event it becomes necessary or advisable for the comfort or well being of the passengers, or due to bad weather or similar reasons, to alter the itinerary or arrangements, such alterations may be made with-out penalty to the tour operator. Additional expenses, such as food and lodging costs resulting from such changes, shall be borne by the passengers. The right is also reserved to withdraw this tour and to decline to accept or retain any persons or members of the tour. The airlines concerned are not to be held responsible for any acts, omissions, or events during the time passengers are not on board. The passage contract in use by the companies concerned when issued shall constitute the sole contract between the company and the purchaser of this tour. King David Travels is the principle and is responsible for the arrangements and services described in their brochures. King David Travels, its employees and agents cannot be held responsible, in the absence of their own gross neglect, for events over which they have no control, nor for acts and omissions by persons, companies or agencies, including hotels, airlines, restaurants, sea and land transportation companies, which are not directly controlled by King David Travels.

DEPOSIT RECEIPT

Your reservation will be Final confirmed upon receipt of your deposit. Along with your deposit receipt you will receive a letter welcoming you to the tour. This letter will include information on weather in Israel, clothing suggestions, and additional tour conditions.

A FINAL PAYMENT LETTER

Will be mailed to you approximately four weeks prior to arrival. This letter will inform you of your balance due. Balance is due 14 days prior to Arrival. Payments not received on time will result in reservation cancellation without refund.