| The cheapest deals on rt. tickets can be had in one place:
VISTA Travel (718)338-4428 or (718)338-0439. She is a discount travel
agent - will set up just what you need, and will knock off $100 bucks
off the ticket - really hard to beat. I am being quoted $630
non-charter round trip NY_TA. If you can do charter, I recommend Tower
Air - can also do through VISTA. Tell her Dmitry Goykhman recommended -
she knows me by now...
The best way to go to Cairo is on a bus - about 4-6 hours one way,
and ridiculously cheap (a three-day vacation including lodging under
$100). Get the E. visa in advance though, it'll take 2-3 weeks if you do
it while in Israel, and costs quite a bit through a travel agent.
DG
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| re: Passports
I'm also a dual citizen and had trouble when I was 17 and in Israel for
6 months with the army :-(
Since I was born in the US I just enter with my US passport, and get the
3 month tourist visa automatically. If you were born in Israel they
will see that in your US passport and ask for an Israeli passport.
A real incentive to enter on your US passport is that you don't have
to pay the monstrous leaving tax when you come back to the US.
My mom was born in Israel and always has to pay, what I consider, an
outrageous amount of money, on the way out.
yoseff
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| .0> 4)I'd like to take a hike or two with the "hevra le-haganat hateva"
.0> while I'm in Israel; when does there schedule for June trips come out?
I got the current schedule for the Hebrew-language trips, which runs through
March, a few weeks ago. I'd guess that the one that includes June would
be out by the end of March.
There also are English-language trips, but not nearly as many. If you have
an Israeli passport, your Hebrew almost certainly is good enough that you
should stick with the Hebrew-language ones.
.0> 3)What does a rt. Lod - Cairo ticket cost if bought in Israel? Am I
.0> better off buying it in the states?
When I flew there 1� years ago, the price was around $125 each way, with
no reduction for round trips. Given that there is no competition on the
route, it may not be possible to get discounts on the tickets.
.1> The best way to go to Cairo is on a bus - about 4-6 hours one way,
.1> and ridiculously cheap ...
It took my tour bus around 13 hours to get from Cairo to Jerusalem on the
way back. Egged probably can do better, but isn't 4-6 a bit optimistic?
You'll save some money, but after taking the bus I wasn't sure that it was
worth it.
.1> Get the E. visa in advance though, it'll take 2-3 weeks if you do
.1> it while in Israel, and costs quite a bit through a travel agent.
As of 1� years ago, visitors with U.S. passports needed to get a visa in
advance if they arrived by bus, but *not* if they flew in. To find out
whether the rules have changed, talk with a reliable travel agent (preferably
one who specializes in tours of Egypt) before you leave the States.
-- Eric, a card-carrying member of Hahevra Lehaganat Hateva (Society for
the Protection of Nature in Israel)
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