Testimonials

“Avi,
Hoping you are well.  Just wanted to say how thrilled we were about our trip.  It truly was a trip of a lifetime and we couldn’t be more thankful to you for taking care of all the details and really knowing what we wanted.  I am so happy to have met you and hope we can see each other again one of these days.  You are always welcome to stay here if you are coming to the NYC area!  As for our ecoguide Adam, he was amazing.  So incredibly humble and knowledgeable.  Never pushed us to do anything.  Made everything look so easy AND it was HOT!  Was grace under pressure quite a few times and was very sensitive to our needs.  He even took us to his house to meet his wife and son.  We highly recommend him.
I’ve already sent two friends our itinerary with your details.  Hope we will be able to send loads of business your way!  Best to you and your family and please stay in touch…you are a great pal and real inspiration to me.
Best wishes,
Rayna

“Hello Avinoam,
wanted to report to you about the tours.  You provided us with 2 fantastic tour guides…Abraham and Nurit.  Everyone in my group thoroughly enjoyed them.  They were very knowledgeable and kept the tour on pace so that we would have an opportunity to visit the important sites.  We lost so much time in Bethlehem that Abe (wonderful, patient Abe) had some juggling to do so we could see the important istes in Jerusalem.  We thank him for the great job he did.  Nurit…what a wonderful guide.  She is into the tour so much that she inspires the group.  Also…Thank you, Robyne, for the tour you put together.
Many regards,  Ben”

“Dear Avinoam,
Again, on behalf of my entire family, I cannot thank you both enough for making our trip to Israel so amazing.  You both made the planning so easy and we loved everyplace we visited.  You made us feel more like family than tourists.  Sam’s bar mitzvah was so very special; it felt like “home”!  We will be back in the not too distant future but we hope you can visit us in the States even sooner.  Of course, please use our names for references.  Please stay in touch.
Shalom!  Eric”

“Hello Avinoam,
We are home safely and trying to catch up on everything we missed.  To be honest, what we really miss is Israel.  I have not stopped thinking about our trip or life in Israel since we came home.  Thank you both for making our visit so wonderful and personal. “
Jodi and family

“Hi Avinoam,
Just wanted to let you know we had the most amazing time in Israel thanks to Gilad Peled.  He was so knowledgeable, kind and caring.  He took such pleasure and pride to make sure we saw and did everything we could possibly squeeze into our short visit.  I will go on to Cruise Critics and highly recommend AVI Tours to anyone who is looking for a private tour.  Knowing that your company provides guides with the passion and ability to present an unbiased presentation of the complex world that exists in Israel, we feel very comfortable with our recommendation.  Also, please feel free to use our words for any testimony you may use for your company in the future.
Best Regards,  Dave and Robyn L”

"Avi,
Oh my gosh.  What can I say…We loved Nurit and voted her one of our favorite tour guides of the whole trip.  She made it so spiritual for us in Haifa.  The lunch was the best ever!!!  I am so sad that we did NOT go with your tour company in Jerusalem.  Our tour was very much less than spiritual.  I cannot thank you enough for all you did for us.  We will never have the opportunity to go back, but will never forget the tour Nurit gave us.  In fact tour isn’t the word for it–it was her tender care and knowing how much this all meant to us.
Please thank her for us again.  Connie from Minnesota”

“Avinoam,
Just writing to let you know we had an amazing tour of Israel and Palastine; it was worth every cent.  Joel from Haifa was absolutely fabulous, he made the experience truly unforgettable.  He felt like an old friend by the time we had to depart on the second day.  I actually teared up when we had to say goodbye.  Avishai was great too.  We definitely will travel back to Israel to see and experience more of this wonderful country.  Thank you for putting this tour together for us.  We are telling everyone we know that they must visit Israel and that they must seek out Avitours if they are looking for great local tour guides.
Please send Joel from Haifa our many thanks for two of the most amazing and enjoyably exhausting days of our lives.
Keep up the good work, Paul and Lisa R”

“Dear Avi,
Well, we have been back for three weeks from our trip.  I wanted to take a few minutes and thanks you for the wonderful experience that we had in Israel.  It was so much greater than we expected and expected a lot!  Our two days went by so quickly in what is truly one of the most unique places in the world.  Your insights and sensitivity that included arranging for us to renew our wedding vows in Cana was very special.  We have all agreed that we will come back to Israel in the next several years and spend 2 weeks with you in your wonderful country and see both the Jewish and Christian sites this time when we have more time.  We all recommend you highly and we know now from personal experience, if you are going to be in Israel, even if you have only 2 days as we did, you can have the visit of a lifetime if you do it right and you can’t do any better than to use Avitours.  Everything we did was first class, actually as we described it while we were there.  Our heart felt thanks to you for having made our trip so memorable and for sharing insights into the wonderful country of Israel.
All the best from the 4 of us,
Dick

“Dear Avi,
I can’t thank you enough for arranging our tours in Haifa and Ashdod.  We had a terrific time with both Anat and Michael and would recommend your company again in a heartbeat!  I’m still adjusting to the fact that we are both home now and back at work–yuck…My heartfelt thanks for everything and please pass on our best to our two wonderful guides-they made it an experience we will never forget.
All the best, Vicki W”

“Dear Avinoam,
We just wanted to tell you what a wonderful trip we had an how much we enjoyed Anat and Israel.  She was so knowledgeable and fun to be around.  We loved the  Jordan River and our lunch by the Sea of Galilee.  All in all it was amazing and we feel very blessed to have been able to visit your beautiful and historic country.
Thanks for your help, Cathy”

“Hi Avi,
Our trip home was fairly uneventful and easy and we are settling back in to Chicago and our own time zone.  The best thing is that the leaves are still on the trees here and the colors are beautiful.  It’s good to be home but our minds and hearts are still in Israel, especially now that we have some time to digest the trip.  It not only met Michael’s and my hopes and expectations, it exceeded them—largely thanks to both of you.
Love, Nancy”

“Dear Avi,
I can’t thank you enough for the outstanding tour experience my wife and I had recently in Israel.  Our guide, Nurit, is a real gem of a guide and a person.  Since we had recently been to Israel and visited the standard sights in Jerusalem, we opted for an out of the ordinary itinerary for this visit by cruise ship.  Robyne did an excellent job in helping us choose what to do and we are very grateful for her services.  Whoever matched us up with Nurit deserves loads of credit and thanks, as her personality and views seemed to match ours perfectly.  We should also comment that Nurit is an excellent driver and we always felt safe in her van.  By the end of our days together, we feel like Nurit is a member of our family.  Thanks again for arranging and providing this tour for us.  I will certainly recommend your agency, and specifically Nurit, to anyone contemplating a private tour in Israel.  Please send Nurit our warmest regards.
Paul and Sandy