imagine Tours and Travel, LLC | 509 W County Rd 540A, Lakeland, FL 33813 FAX Please contact us: envelope [email protected] phone 863.709.9208 Fax 866.262.9507 globe www.ittworld.com (or contact your Tour Host) For further information, please contact: THE FINE PRINT ENROLLMENT IN AND PAYMENT OF YOUR DEPOSIT FOR THE TOUR, CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONDITIONS AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY. Pastors and Laity contact: Prof. Kock INCLUDED IN PRICE: Deviations by the passenger, from the group’s scheduled flights, could result in [email protected] 1) Transfer upon arrival from Ben Gurion Airport to hotel in Jerusalem, Round trip different routings/air carriers. airfare per brochure, deluxe motor coaches, 1st Class hotels while touring with VISAS: Teachers & Staff Ministers contact: Prof. Wessel imagine, guided sightseeing, entrance fees to sites visited, breakfast & dinner daily Applicable visas will be obtained by imagine for U.S. and Canadian Citizens only. [email protected] per brochure; 2) Taxes and fuel charges totaling $119.27 (subject to increase by All passengers who do not carry U.S. or Canadian Passports will be responsible for airline up to 30 days prior to departure) (including federal inspection fees for the U.S. obtaining visas to the countries they are visiting. imagine is not responsible for non- Customs and Immigrations; international air transportation tax; agricultural tax; other U.S. & Canadian Passport holders. per person taxes imposed by government entities; airport taxes and fees including FLIGHT TIMES: the September 11th Security fee up to $10 per person, passenger facility charges up All flight times are subject to change by the airlines without advance notice. imagine to $18 per person, federal domestic flight segment fees up to $3.50 per segment and is not responsible for such changes or delays and does not reimburse expenses U.S. and International arrival and departure, and other government imposed fees up resulting from such delays. If making your own flight arrangements to a departure to $300 per person); 3) Gratuities of $60 for tour guide or cruise director, local host, city or any other portion of your trip, we recommend you purchase a ticket which can driver, local guides, and/or ships’ crew; gratuities on ferries, and cruise ships. be changed without large penalties. Passengers are responsible for reconfirming their NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE: flights with the airline 24 hours prior to departure. Not included in your package are passports, visas, vaccinations, laundry, lunches, CANCELLATION FEES: telephone, mini-bar, alcohol, other beverages, and food outside of the contracted If the tour is cancelled due to lack of participation, there will be a charge of $150 tour operator menu as presented at a hotel or restaurant (these extra items will deducted from the amount refunded to each passenger for administrative fees be billed to you before leaving the hotel, or restaurant), airport transfers on non- plus any airline penalties if applicable. Any passenger cancelling from the day of qualifying flights, porterage at airports, travel insurance, excess baggage fees, any registration to 100 days prior to departure will be charged a $300 non-refundable fees or fuel surcharges imposed by the airlines after the date you register for your administrative fee per person plus any airline penalties, if applicable. You will also trip, and all other items not specifically mentioned. be charged a single room fee if your cancellation forces your roommate into a single PAYMENT: room from 59 days prior until the date of departure. The following charges also A full deposit of $500 per person is required at time of registration. Final payment apply: 99-60 days = $500; 59-45 days = $1750; 44-25 days = 75% of total cost; 24 must be made in the form of a check (credit cards are only accepted for initial days to day of departure = 100% of total cost. All Cancellations must be received deposit, any remaining payments must be in check form) and is due no later in writing. On or after the day of departure there is no refund for any services not than 90-days prior to departure. Registrations received after 90-days prior to used. We strongly recommend you purchase travel insurance. 13-DAY ARCHAEOLOGY TOUR OF ISRAEL departure must be accompanied by full payment. There may be a late fee of $195 PASSPORT: for all payments or new registrations received 75-60 days prior to departure. All Each passenger is responsible for making sure that they have a valid passport that tour prices are based on a minimum group size of 20 passengers for prices to be has an expiration date at least six months after the date of return from their trip. valid. If group size is 19-15 travelers, a $150 per person supplement to price may A copy of your valid passport must be submitted to our office by 90 days prior to apply. If group size is 14-10 travelers, a $195 per person supplement to price departure. may apply. If group size is less than 10 travelers, the tour may be cancelled due STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY: to lack of participation. If final (full) payment is not received by imagine Tours and imagine and its associated companies agree to provide the itinerary described Travel, LLC (hereafter referred to as imagine) 60-days prior to departure, you will in this brochure. This represents the entire agreement between the passenger be automatically cancelled from the tour and your initial deposit of $500 will be and his agent, the travel agent, the tour host, and the tour operator. All prices, forfeited. imagine reserves the right to add a surcharge if the dollar declines by more itineraries and schedules are subject to regulations and changes by acts of than 2% against the shekel or euro based on foreign exchange rates in effect on date government, international agreement, and airline tariff adjustments, rules, and (07/29/20) when your tour was booked by your tour leader/church. All payments are regulations. imagine reserves the right to refuse or revoke travel to anyone who required in US Funds. is, in the sole judgment of imagine, incapable of group travel. Except for the Travel Dates ACCOMMODATIONS: willful negligence of its direct employees, the tour operator assumes no liability : Price is based on double occupancy (two persons sharing a room). When available, or responsibility for any injuries, inconveniences, illness, irregularity, or incidental single rooms are often smaller than doubles. While imagine will try to match damages caused by circumstances beyond the control of the tour operator or by any MAY 29 - JUNE 10, 2021 roommates, we cannot guarantee one will be available. Roommates may be assigned person or reason whatsoever, including but not limited to events such as strikes, as late as 60 days prior to departure. If one is not available or if you request a single revolts, wars, natural disasters, closures of airports or hotel, default or omission of room, there will be a single room supplement charge: $298 for basic itinerary. any common or private carrier, or the fault, negligence, or omission of and by any ITINERARY and CHANGES: third party providing services or facilities related to or included in this tour or any Because airlines often change flight schedules after brochures are printed, imagine part thereof, or in arranging for the same, or the acts or omissions of the travel agent reserves the right to shorten or lengthen the itinerary accordingly. You will be or the tour host. Hosted by notified in writing when possible. If itinerary changes necessitate extra overnights, RELEASE OF LIABILITY: : you will be charged $195 per night/per person (single rooms $225/night). Meals for By traveling on this tour you affirm that you are fit to participate in this tour and extra nights are not included. Any changes and/or deviations from the program and/ accept all risks to your safety and health. All travel involves risks, and travel to some WISCONSIN LUTHERAN SEMINARY (PROF. THOMAS KOCK) or departure city listed by the passenger must be provided in writing to imagine countries, including Israel, involves a heightened risk to your health and safety, no later than 75-days prior to departure and any extra costs incurred will be billed including risks from terrorism, criminal acts, and illness. You understand and freely MARTIN LUTHER COLLEGE (PROF. KEITH WESSEL) to the passenger. All deviations are subject to a standard fee of $150 plus any accept these risks, and you generally and specifically release and hold harmless applicable airline fees. imagine and their officers, agents and employees from any liability and any claims for All tours are final at 60-days prior to departure. No changes and/or additions may be (i) any physical, mental, emotional or other injuries whatsoever that you may sustain WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE (PROF. JOEL PLESS) made to the tour after that time. related to this tour; (ii) delays, damages, illness, injuries or death, or for the loss of or LAND ONLY: damage to property, from any cause (including negligence) and however occurring; LUTHER PREP SCHOOL (PROF. SOUKSAMAY PHETSANGHANE) Land Only price is $2149 per person. Price does not include international flights. and (iii) any accident, illness, injury, damage, sickness, loss of personal property, delay, Land Only passengers may be responsible for transfers and/or additional overnights or other Injury or claim of any kind related to or arising from strikes, armed conflicts, MICHIGAN LUTHERAN SEMINARY (PROF. ANDREW NAUMANN) incurred by booking their own flights. We recommend you purchase a ticket social or labor unrest or strikes/work stoppages, war or acts of war, terrorism which can be changed without large penalties, as the group’s flights may change. or terrorist acts, acts of God, mechanical or construction failures or difficulties, Passengers changing from the regular tour to Land Only after 120 days prior to diseases, local laws or acts of local or government authorities, criminal acts, weather departure will be charged a fee of $150 per person. or climatic conditions, volcanic eruption, earthquake, disruption of advertised AIRLINE TICKETS: schedules, refusal of visas, or any other causes beyond their direct control. In order to keep prices low, imagine does not guarantee you will be on the most $3494.00 from CHICAGO, IL direct flights to your final destination. imagine also does not guarantee the group ENROLLMENT IN AND PAYMENT FOR THE TOUR, CONSTITUTES YOUR will be on the same flights. Flight routings are chosen by the airlines and not imagine. ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONDITIONS AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY. (Price includes: $119.27 US & Intl. departure taxes/fuel & $60 gratuities) Airline tickets cannot be changed or refunded once issued. Air transportation to/ The conditions become a binding contract when your enrollment and payment are from your destination will be economy class aboard IATA and ARC carriers utilizing received and accepted by imagine. Florida law will be applicable to any dispute Additional departure cities available upon request APEX or SUPER APEX non-refundable, non-amendable tickets for groups of 10 or which arises out of/or concerns regarding this brochure or your tour. imagine more flying together for entire itinerary. imagine is unable to use individual frequent Tours & Travel, LLC., is registered with the State of Florida as a Seller of Travel. flyer points to upgrade or accept them as partial payment for air transportation. Registration No. ST36635. Valid as of 07/30/20 JK/RPR/AA/ZR Register Online: RegisterNow.ittworld.com Tour Code: TKock21 We recommend trip insurance through Travel Guard. Please contact Travel Guard directly to purchase it at either 1-800-826-1300 and reference agent code 127152 or you may visit our website at ittworld.com and click on their direct link on our home page. Space is limited! Final date for registration is February 28, 2021 Since 2015, the Jordan Valley Excavation DAYS 3-7 (MONDAY, MAY 31 – FRIDAY, lightbulb to the archeological site of Tel Gezer, which Project (JVEP) has been investigating the JUNE 4): ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG, Did you know? is associated with Joshua and Solomon. Then ancient history and archaeology of the JERUSALEM caret-rightThe Dead Sea has the lowest elevation on we proceed via the Hela Valley, where David southern Jordan Valley, with a particular focus Each morning we’ll leave for the site c. 4:45am, land at 1,388 ft below sea level. fought Goliath, to the new National Park of on the Iron Age (1200-586 BC), sometimes returning to Jerusalem for lunch. After lunch DAY 10 – MONDAY, JUNE 7: MAGDALA, “Tel Lachish”. Sennacherib conquered Lachish referred to as the “Israelite period.” In 2019, we’ll wash pottery. Mid-late afternoons will ANCIENT BOAT MUSEUM, BOAT and paneled the walls of one of his palace JVEP began excavating the site of Khirbet be filled with walking tours to sites such as RIDE, CAPERNAUM, MT. BEATITUDES, rooms with scenes of the siege. After lunch ʿAuja el-Foqa (pictured on the front), a well- the Garden of Gethsemane, the Western BETHSAIDA (not included), we drive south to the capital of preserved, fortified city on a high hill isolated Wall, Gordon’s Calvary, the Tomb of the Holy Nothing compares to watching the sun rise the Negev desert, “Beer Sheva”, and visit the by steep slopes. During the Iron Age II (1000- Sepulchre, etc. Some evenings we’ll participate over the Sea of Galilee! We begin today with archaeological site of Tel Beer Sheva, which is 586 BC), the time of the Israelite kingdoms, in archaeology lectures. a visit to Magdala. Then we visit the Ancient one of the most important cities from Biblical it was probably an eastern administrative Boat Museum to see a boat from the time times. Time and security conditions permitting, “capital” and the military center of the DAY 8 – SATURDAY, JUNE 5: BETHLEHEM, of Jesus. Afterwards, we board a replica we will drive to Hebron. We return for dinner southern Jordan Valley, and likely played a QUMRAN, DEAD SEA wooden “Jesus Boat” to set sail on the Sea and last overnight in Netanya. role in the Ammonite wars that had been Today we begin with a visit to Bethlehem. of Galilee. We then visit Capernaum, Jesus’ ongoing since the time of the judges. The site Then we continue to the Dead Sea with a visit base for His early ministry, and visit the Mt. of can probably be identified as biblical Naarah, to Qumran. We will also take a swim in the Beatitudes and Bethsaida. Time and conditions mentioned in the Manasseh-Ephraim boundary Dead Sea, and time-permitting, have a visit to permitting, we will stop at “El Araj”, which description in Josh 16:6-7. This is a pioneering Ein Gedi. some archaeologists believe is the real place excavation that is producing completely new of Bethsaida on the north part of the Sea information about the administration of the of Galilee. Dinner and overnight are back in northern kingdom of Israel in the southern Tiberias. Jordan Valley, a region that has been virtually DAY 13 – THURSDAY, JUNE 10: BEN unknown archaeologically until now. DAY 11 – TUESDAY, JUNE 8: NAZARETH GURION AIRPORT, ARRIVE IN U.S.A. VILLAGE, MEGIDDO, MT. CARMEL, This morning we transfer to Ben Gurion CAESAREA MARITIMA Airport for our flight back to the U.S.A. We DAY 1 – SATURDAY, MAY 29: DEPART U.S.A. This morning we depart the Galilee to visit arrive back in the U.S.A. the same day. At the Tour members meet for our flight to Israel. Biblical sites at Nazareth (Jesus’ childhood close of an unforgettable tour, we take home After dinner is served, it’s time to sit back, DAY 9 – SUNDAY, JUNE 6: HAZOR, TEL DAN, home) with a visit to Nazareth Village, wonderful memories of the Old and New relax, and enjoy the on-board entertainment BANIAS, HIPPOS-SUSSITA Megiddo, Mt. Carmel (where Elijah confronted Testament, and a much greater understanding to prepare for this exciting adventure of a Today we depart Jerusalem and, time- the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18), and of the land where God did his saving work. lifetime. permitting, include a short visit to Qasr Caesarea Maritima, where Peter proclaimed El-Yahud, the newly excavated site where the Good News to the Roman Centurion (Acts tradition holds that Jesus was baptized by 10). Dinner and overnight are at our hotel in *The participants will be required to bring work-gloves John the Baptist. Then we will pass by the Netanya. and trowel. Total cost expected to be less than $50. More Sea of Galilee and visit the impressive Biblical information available from Prof. Kock et. al. archeological site of Tel Hazor. We will eat DAY 12 – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9: NETANYA, *While we do our very best at making sure all items listed in your lunch (not included) along the way to our next GEZER, HELA VALLEY, LACHISH, BEER itinerary are included, there are times when conditions beyond stop at Tel Dan. Then we head to Caesarea our control affect your program/itinerary, including but not SHEVA, HEBRON, NETANYA limited to air carrier changes, delays, weather, political climate, Philippi (Banias) which is possibly where This morning we depart Netanya and drive time constraints, or changes by your tour leader and tour guide. DAY 2 – SUNDAY, MAY 30: ARRIVE IN TEL Peter confessed, “You are the Messiah, the AVIV, JERUSALEM Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:13-16). For more information about phone 863.709.9208 ...or register online at When we fly into Israel, we will transfer by bus Afterwards, we stop at Hippos-Sussita. Dinner envelope this tour or to register, [email protected] globe RegisterNow.ittworld.com to our hotel in Jerusalem, where we’ll connect and overnight are at our hotel in Tiberias by please contact us: qrcode TKock21 with the rest of our dig-group. the Sea of Galilee.