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The Ya'lla tour to Cuba was well planned. The tours were interesting and gave us a great deal of information about Cuba past and present. Everyone representing Ya'lla, in particular, Jane, Osmin and Jesus were excellent. We always felt safe and taken care of. The restaurants, hotels and sightseeing added up to a delightful experience.

Excellent trip...but would have enjoyed a slower pace...maybe an extra day for the excursions! Jane was fabulous as were Ossmin and Jesus. I enjoyed every venue and the food was amazing. Your preplanning was right on but the flexibility of all was appreciated as well! Suggestion...as you had contact info on all of us, and internet was spotty at best...it might have been a relief to families had you contacted them that we were ok after the reports of the tornado in Havana! Just a thought! Thanks for a memorable trip!

Guide was pleasant and showed us what we wanted to see.

I booked my clients with Ya'lla Tours and they had a fantastic trip. The attention to detail is unmatched, loved their driver and hotel and a fabulous experience all round. They said they would travel with Ya'lla again in a heartbeat.

Overall the trip was very awe inspiring. The archeology is something you will never see again in a lifetime. First for the pros: All the hotels were wonderful. The Carlton in Tel Aviv, the U Boutique Kinneret in Tiberias, the Waldorf Astoria in Jerusalem, and the Movenpick in Petra were all exceptional hotels. The guide in Israel, Jacob and in Jordan the driver Vasam and the guide Dawud "David" were the best. Very patient and full of knowledge. I don't believe that Yalla missed a thing. We saw just about everything. And then the cons: A lot of walking. We did know about the walking in Petra but most everywhere else also included much walking especially in Jerusalem when visiting the Via Dolorosa, Way of the Cross to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Would be a good idea to let the client know about how much walking is required. The trip to Bethlehem was not what we expected or were told about. Our driver could not go into the West Bank(we were not aware that we were going to an area of "political tension") so he drove us to the border, another driver picked us up and took us through the heavily guarded border crossing to another guide who gave us the tour of Bethlehem. He then took us back to the driver who in turn took us back to the guarded border and to our original driver. No one could understand, both guides, why we crossed into Jordan so far north. It took about 2 hours for the Israeli driver to get us there and then it took almost another 6-7 hours to drive south in Jordan to get to Petra only to drive the same distance to get back north on our return. We did stop in Madaba and Mt. Nebo which could have been accomplished on our return, which was another 6- hours. By this I mean we could have crossed further south and then returned at the north. Instead we did a lot of driving. Perhaps better planning. A couple of suggestions: When making the itinerary plan for the client to not be rested after a more than 15 hour flight and make the first day a day on their own instead of "jumping" right into an 8:30am pickup to start the tour. Also, there seems to have been a mix-up on where the driver was to meet us on our arrival at the Ben Gurion airport. As it turned out he was in baggage claim not out at the Welcome area. Since we did not have any checked baggage we did not see him nor would we have expected to see him there. It took some phone calls to straighten this all out. Not what you want after a very long flight. All-in-all I would use Yalla again now that we know what to look for. So I hope both future clients and Yalla can use some of these suggestions to their advantage. Thanks Yalla for a trip of a lifetime.

My 1st and last guide was so very helpful with my transport to the hotel, & from Cairo to Luxor then Cairo back to Dubi. My guides in Cairo and Luxor were phenomenal, the best of best

Teri is so awesome to work with! My clients LOVED their trip! They couldn't say enough good things about the guides, accommodations, tours, etc. I highly recommend Yalla Tours!

Spoke to client when he arrived and he said Albert was there right on time, he had great time on the tours, Hotel was Great.....