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CALVARY CHAPEL HONOLULU TOUR of ISRAEL Saturday, November 2 – Friday, November 15, 2019 CALVARY CHAPEL HONOLULU TOUR OF ISRAEL Saturday, November 2 – Friday, November 15, 2019 Register online at www.inspiredtravel.com/hon19 Send a check payable to: Day Tour Date Proposed Itinerary Hotels Inspired Travel 3000 W. MacArthur Blvd. #450 Santa Ana, CA 92704 Day 1 Sat 2-Nov Depart USA on your overnight flight to Tel Aviv Night on Plane Please include IT HONLU19IS on all checks and correspondence. Day 2 Sun 3-Nov Arrive in Tel Aviv, transfer to hotel Crowne Plaza, Jerusalem Estimated price of *$4798 from Honolulu, HI, per person, double occupancy includes: Round-trip Day 3 Mon 4-Nov Mount of Olives, Palm Sunday Road, Garden of Gethsemane, Crowne Plaza, Jerusalem airfare to Tel Aviv on a scheduled carrier, 11 days touring the sites listed in Israel, First Class Southern Steps, City of David (Jeremiah's Cistern, Hezekiah's hotels with breakfast and dinner daily plus one lunch, and all transfers, entrance fees, taxes and Tunnel, Pool of Siloam), Western Wall Tunnels, Yad Vashem (Holocaust Museum) tips to hotels, drivers and guides. (Land Only price of *$3113 per person, double occupancy includes: all accommodations except airfare and airport transfers) Day 4 Tue 5 - Nov Wailing Wall, Ophel Digs, Southern Steps, Jewish Quarter, Burnt Crowne Plaza, Jerusalem House, Cardo, Hezekiah's Wall, Arab Market, Jaffa Gate, Elah A deposit of $400 per person is due at registration in order to secure your spot on this Valley tour. All registrations will be processed on a space-available basis. A second deposit of 50% of Day 5 Wed 6-Nov View Bethlehem and Shepherds' Fields, remainder of the day free Crowne Plaza, Jerusalem the tour costs and a copy of your passport will be due by May 2, 2019. Full payment is due by August 19, 2019. Any desired deviations must be requested in writing before the final Day 6 Thu 7-Nov Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock, Upper Room, St. Stephen's Crowne Plaza, Jerusalem payment deadline. Gate, Pool of Bethesda, St. Anne's Church, Antonia Fortress, Way TRAVEL PROTECTION: Inspired Travel has partnered with RoamRight Travel Insurance to offer of the Cross, Damascus Gate, Calvary, Garden Tomb (communion). complimentary emergency medical/sickness and evacuation coverage, as well as other post Evening activity: Tower of David Sound and Light Show departure benefits through RoamRight’s Professional Group Plan. Please Note: Trip Cancellation and Interruption coverage is available through RoamRight’s Pro and Pro Plus plans. For a Day 7 Fri 8-Nov Israel Museum, Model of Jerusalem, Shrine of the Book, Judean Crowne Plaza, Dead Sea summary of the RoamRight Pro and Pro Plus plan details on benefits, coverages, limitations, and Wilderness, Old Jericho Road, Mt. of Temptation Monastery, Jesus exclusions, visit www.inspiredtravel.com/resources. To purchase coverage to protect your trip Baptismal Site (Qasr El Yuhud) investment, please go to our website at www.inspiredtravel.com and click on the RoamRight button, or call RoamRight at 1-866-891-6614 and use reference code “Inspired Travel.” In order to Day 8 Sat 9-Nov Ein Gedi, Sodom and Gomorrah Salt Mines, Swim in the Dead Sea Crowne Plaza, Dead Sea be eligible for the waiver of pre-existing conditions, this plan must be purchased within 21 days of the initial trip deposit. Travel Insurance is underwritten by Arch Insurance Company, Kansas City, MO; NAIC # 11150. Day 9 Sun 10-Nov Masada, Jordan Valley, Gideon's Spring (Spring of Harod), Mt. Arbel Gai Beach, Tiberias ROOMMATES: If you need a roommate, we are usually able to provide one. A fee of *$1440 will Day 10 Mon 11-Nov Hula Valley, Golan Heights, Mt. Hermon, Nimrod's Fortress, Banias, Gai Beach, Tiberias be applied if you are among the last to register and we cannot provide a roommate for you, so Caesarea Philippi, Tel Dan Nature Reserve, Kayaking register early. Hotels will allow up to three people per room, upon request. All beds are twin sized and will be combined for couples. Day 11 Tue 12-Nov Capernaum, Tabgha, Mt. of Beatitudes, Wooden Boat Ride on the Gai Beach, Tiberias Sea of Galilee, Ein Gev visit, Beit Shean PRICING: Prices are based on estimated rates for November 2019 and may increase. Prices Day 12 Wed 13-Nov Valley of Jezreel, drive by Mt. Tabor, Megiddo, drive by Mt. Gilboah, Gai Beach, Tiberias are subject to change if airline fuel surcharges or taxes are increased, which could happen return to Beit Shean for evening light show up to the date the non-refundable airline tickets are written. Day 13 Thu 14-Nov drive by Cana, Sephoris, Nazareth, Mt. Precipice, Falafel meal in Leonardo City Tower, Ramat Gan REFUNDS AND PENALTIES: If you need to cancel, you must notify Inspired Travel in writing. All Daliat El-Carmel, Mt. Carmel, Caesarea cancellations will be charged a $150 processing fee per person. Cancellations after May 2, 2019 Day 14 Fri 15-Nov Arriving home are charged a $400 penalty. Cancellations after June 5, 2019 are subject to airline penalties. Cancellations after August 19, 2019 are subject to additional airline, hotel, and tour penalties that Meals: Buffet breakfast and hotel dinner daily in Israel plus one lunches may exceed 75% of the tour cost. Cancellations within two weeks of departure date will be charged 100% penalty. CST 2057980-10 Questions? Please contact us at: *Price displayed is for cash/check payments only at a discounted rate. Any form of electronic payment (i.e. debit/credit 714- 957- 8606 Fax: 714 - 957- 8610 cards) will void this discount. [email protected] CALVARY CHAPEL HONOLULU Saturday, November 2 – Friday, November 15, 2019 As you consider taking a tour with Inspired Travel we recognize that you are considering the trip of a lifetime. We also understand the great sacrifices that are often required to make trips like these A TOUR OF ISRAEL become a reality. This is why we are so passionate about bring- ing you the very best these locations have to offer. Hosted by When you entrust to us the privilege of planning and delivering your ‘trip of a lifetime’, we commit to work diligently to ensure your Pastor Bill Stonebraker experiences are as fulfilling and as memorable as they can be. That is our promise to you. That is the Inspired difference. - The Inspired Team Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, whose heart Hosted by is set on pilgrimage. Psalm 84:5 Pastor Bill Stonebraker Saturday, November 2 – Friday, November 15, 2019 .
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