Shalom Israel ToursReviews of shalomisraeltours.com

Traveling with Shalom Tours was one of the best travel decisions we’ve ever made. We explored Israel as a family with our grandchildren (12 and 10), and the experience exceeded all expectations. From start to finish, everything was handled with professionalism, care, and attention to detail. The itinerary was perfectly designed, allowing us to experience Israel in a deep, authentic, and emotional way—not just as tourists, but as people truly connecting with the country. Both Shalom Tours and our guide, Shimon Ben Chimol, demonstrated incredible knowledge, reliability, and seriousness throughout the entire journey. We always felt well taken care of and completely confident in their organization. This trip created memories we will cherish forever. We highly recommend Shalom Tours to anyone looking for a meaningful, high-quality, and unforgettable experience in Israel.

Our 12 day Jewish Heritage tour with this company was a smashing success and we enjoyed every minute. Logistics were excellent and our guide Meir was the best ever. Professional, knowledgeable and a warm personality who should have most of the credit. We know that the entire group shared these opinions and warmly recommend this tour. Lotta & Stefan

Now that we've been back from our family trip for two months and life has picked up where it left off. We want to thank Shalom Tours for what proved to be a perfect journey through Israel. Everything, and I do mean everything went as planned. Every part of the trip, from the private transfers to and from the airport, to seeing the important sites, to the hotel accommodations came off flawlessly. We were made to feel like VIP's throughout.The only changes happened when we wanted to do something different. In both cases Shalom was flexible and painlessly accommodated us. What was most impressive was our expecting to pay the legitimate cost to make the changes. Shalom, however, worked his magic, perhaps absorbing the costs himself and there was not a single additional fee. Of course, the absolute most important part of a trip such as this is the guide. Yehuda became part of the family. His enthusiasm, sense of humor, knowledge and really him just being himself made the trip. At the end there were four teary eyed adults having trouble saying goodbye. We all love Yudi, he made the trip special and we'll never forget him. We will remember this very important family trip forever and it is because Shalom Tours met or exceeded every expectation we had. While it's 4-5 years out we are already looking forward to working with Shalom on our next trip to Israel. Marc

We booked a 9 day trip for my family to celebrate my daughter's Bat Mitzvah. It was an incredible experience we'll never forget. Our tour guide, Daniel, was amazing. Thoroughly knowledgeable of the history and religious significance of all the places we visited. He was incredibly helpful in making sure the places we ate could accommodate my daughters' food allergies. And he was a very interesting person - fun to discuss politics, life in Israel and other topics. Shalom was very helpful all along and responded quickly to any questions or concerns we had. All of the details throughout the trip were taken care of so we could just focus on the incredible sites and experiences. So if you're looking to book a trip to Israel, you should use Shalom Tours if you want a very well organized, well planned, informative and interesting trip.

The Shalom Jewish Heritage Tour was one of the best tours I've ever done, and I've done dozens. It was beautifully organised, the guide Doron was a walking Jewish encyclopaedia, helpful and entertaining. As a non-Jewish and non-religious person, I had some misgivings but they were short-lived. The whole experience was immensely interesting and enjoyable, illuminating even to anyone unfamiliar with Jewish customs and traditions. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the history of the Middle East.

As far as we're concerned, Shalom Tours is the Cadillac of the Israeli-based tours. From the moment we met our guide, Shimon, our tour was the most informative and in-depth experience that one could ever hope for. The visits to, and explanations about historic sites, as well as Shimon's incredible knowledge of ancient and Jewish traditions brought everything into light and context. One of the highlights was a spiritually inspiring visit to Hebron, where we prayed at the tombs of our patriarchs and matriarchs. The accommodations were also first class. Immediately upon arrival at Ben Gurion, we were given VIP treatment. We never waited in line (and they were plenty of lines), and we were given equal VIP treatment for our departure. Top notch from touchdown to takeoff. In sum,we saw the miracle of modern Israel with the perfect mix of spirituality, education, recreation, touring, and comfort, all thanks to Shimon. And so we say, thank you. We endorse and recommend you and Shalom Israel Tours with alacrity.

Our family had a fantastic tour of Israel. Our guide Doron was very knowledgeable and the bus driver Atif got us all around the country safely and comfortably. I would recommend this tour to all - really get a great sense of the country and its people.

Our guide, Aharon, was wonderful. He made the history of Israel come alive and managed to take care of the needs of the tour members. He was an excellent guide to the rich history and current situation in Israel. We did the 12 day tour and every day was great. From touring to relaxing on Shabos, the trip was magical. Shalom tours had been recommended by a friend who has taken several trips/tours to Israel and she was right about it being the best. The tour does combine other tour companies (we didn't find this a problem at all), but Shalom was the only one that had made reservations for the light show (which we thought we would pass because we were tired but others on the tour convinced us to go and we were so happy we did!) Members not booked with Shalom did not have reservations and the show was sold out that night so they did not get to go. Shalom also did other little special things (won't ruin the surprise) that made it a fabulous experience.