Sample trip · Israel
Jerusalem Shabbos trip
A Shabbos in Yerushalayim, planned from the car at your door to the moment you’re home.
Free planning. Kosher, Shabbos-friendly. Reply within 24 hours.
Example estimate: about $9,600 – $28,900 for 2 adults Example estimate, prices change.
Day by day
Day 1 · Wednesday
Overnight to Israel
- Car to Newark in the evening, then the United Polaris lounge.
- Nonstop overnight flight to Tel Aviv, about 10½ hours, lie-flat seats, kosher meals pre-ordered.
Day 2 · Thursday
Welcome to Jerusalem
- Land in the afternoon. A VIP host walks you through fast-track passport control.
- Private driver to Jerusalem, about an hour. Check in at the King David Hotel.
- Dinner at a kosher chef’s restaurant next to the Machane Yehuda shuk.
- Thursday night at the shuk, when the stalls close and the lanes fill up.
Day 3 · Friday
Kivrei tzaddikim and Erev Shabbos
- Private licensed guide and car for the morning.
- Kever Shmuel Hanavi, with the view over Jerusalem from the roof.
- Kever Rochel by secure transport, when the security situation allows (we confirm that morning).
- Erev Shabbos at the shuk, then back to the hotel to rest.
- Walk to the Kotel for Kabbalas Shabbos, then Friday night dinner at the hotel.
Day 4 · Shabbos
Shabbos in Yerushalayim
- Everything on foot, nothing scheduled: shul, meals and rest.
- Shacharis at the Kotel or the Great Synagogue.
- Shabbos lunch at the hotel, pre-booked.
- Rest, Mincha and Shalosh Seudos.
- After Havdalah, dinner with a view of the Old City walls.
Day 5 · Sunday
The holy sites
- Kotel Tunnels tour, about an hour underground along the hidden length of the Kotel (tickets booked ahead).
- Ir Dovid: walk Chizkiyahu’s water tunnel down to the Shiloach pool (bring water shoes).
- Kosher lunch near the Old City.
- Kever Dovid Hamelech on Har Tzion, then Har Hazeisim with your guide.
- Farewell dinner at a kosher fine-dining restaurant.
Day 6 · Monday
Last day, overnight home
- Shacharis at the Kotel one more time, then free time in Mamilla and Ben Yehuda.
- Late check-out requested, early dinner.
- Private driver to the airport and VIP departure, then the overnight flight to Newark.
- Land early Tuesday morning; car home.
Example price breakdown
| Flights: United Polaris business, 2 × about $11,492 | $22,984 |
| King David Hotel, 4 nights (Standard Double) | $3,334 |
| VIP meet and fast track, arrival and departure | ~$600 |
| Private licensed guide and car, Friday and Sunday | ~$1,500 |
| Private airport transfers, both ways | ~$400 |
| Kotel Tunnels and Ir Dovid tickets for 2 | ~$60 |
| Example total for 2 | about $28,900 |
With El Al economy nonstop from JFK (from about $1,870 per person) the same trip comes to about $9,600 for two. Hotel Shabbos meals are priced by the hotel when we reserve. Flight prices were seen on Google Flights and the hotel rate on Booking.com in October 2026 for late-October dates; guide, transfer and VIP costs are our estimates from providers’ own sites. “~” means our estimate. Example estimate, prices change. Meals and extras you pay for on the spot are not in the total.
Good to know
- US citizens need an approved ETA-IL travel authorization for Israel, and passports valid for 6 months. We help you apply.
- Kever Rochel and similar visits depend on the security situation that day; we only go with secure transport.
- The King David is kosher under the Jerusalem Rabbinate. Need mehadrin? We can swap in a mehadrin hotel.
- Shabbos times are sent to you for your exact dates.
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Photo credits
- Old City walls at night: Juandev, CC BY-SA 3.0
- United Polaris seat: Simply Aviation, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · source
- Machane Yehuda: אושרה דיין, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons · source
- King David Hotel (cropped): Mapah, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · source
- Kotel Tunnels hall: איתי טיומקין, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · source
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