Visa for Israel Jordan tour
Could someone clarify if we need to get our visas to enter Jordan or does Tauck take care of this for us?
My husband and I are going on the Israel/ Jordan tour starting on October 11, 2012. Any suggestions are appreciated.
My husband and I are going on the Israel/ Jordan tour starting on October 11, 2012. Any suggestions are appreciated.
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Thanks very much. Please send your note to herbweil33@gmail.com
We leave Victoria on Nov 11 for the Nov 13 from Tel Aviv.
We are leaving on the Nov. 13th trip. Could we please have your notes? Thanks.
Penny & Ken
krpg73@verizon.net
Wow is this tour back on again? I haven't been following events, but things must have quieted down some. Of course most of the trouble was just in Cairo.
Would love to read your seven pages of notes
Christopher
cbl@nbnet.nb.ca
My husband and I are looking into taking the Nov. 13 trip and wondered what the weather was like in the various cities. Any help would be appreciated.
Please email: my61rolls@gmail.com
Thank you,
Bob Pazen
Ventura, CA
srubin15@optonline.net
if anyone has her 7 pages of notes I would appreciate having them forwarded to me. Thanks
srubin15@optonline.net
My wife and I are on the May 17, 2016 trip and would love to review your pages of notes. Actually we are arriving a couple of days early so hopefully you might have some suggestions of Tel Aviv things to do that are not included in Tauck's activities. My email is rjstern@bellsouth.net.
http://www.israelpost.co.il/content.nsf/pages/vat_refund?OpenDocument
It is clear you can claim Vat at the border crossing, but Tauck gives a very detailed account in the Before you Go section of the tour of the process they go through to get you through the the border crossing and they mention that it takes about an hour with their very streamlined process. I know that the Vat in Israel is 17% but if it is like most countries you will pay a processing fee,so it may not be 17% you get back. I think you should call Tauck to ask about the expectations of you being given time or not to submit your VAT paperwork at the border, because if you think how much time it would take if everyone on your tour wants to do it, that could cause a significant delay in your onward journey. If it was me traveling with you, I would not be pleased, I would expect you to waiver it and chalk it up to an added vacation expense. I am curious what items you might want to buy, are their bargains?
I read the same information and from my past Tauck trips, I recall many participants filling out the VAT refunds and handling the process at the airports, which, of course, is different for this tour given the exit point in Israel. I don't know what we, (my spouse), will buy but given our past experience, I expect there will be an opportunity to collect some VAT refunds. I doubt that I am the first person to ask this question of Tauck so I expect they will have an answer. The commission rate charged by Milgram, LTD runs from 15% down to 4.8% based on amounts of purchase, so depending on how prolific a spender is will determine the refund. I agree that I wouldn't want to slow down the tour for this, but depending on the efficiency and level of service at the border crossing - it's worth asking what the experience is and what Tauck recommends.
My main experience with VAT return is when I travel to England. Not all stores participate or there is a minimum amount you have to spend in the store for them to do the paperwork for you. Then at the airport you are supposed to have the goods available for them to see. I have only been asked once, so I usually just pack them in my checked luggage and chance it. Quite often all you do is post the paperwork and receipts in a mailbox at customers and you receive the refund weeks later.