Palestine Experience 2022 - Participant Information
Trip dates: Tuesday 3rd May — Friday 13th May 2022

Latest information
Our outbound flight now departs at 11:40am from Luton arriving in Tel Aviv at 18:45

Useful Links

1. Israeli Entry Statement form
2. Address details to fill in on the form:
Locality: Jerusalem,
Street: Harun al-Rashid,
House number: 6
Zipcode: 19700 
2. NHS app
3. Trip Briefing PowerPoint slides
4. Video of Trip Briefing  - Password: PalMay2022
5. Please see payment links further down this page.
6. Please provide your travel insurance details using this form
7. Link to make donation for carbon offsetting.

Flight Details: 

• Depart: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
  Easyjet U2 2085
  Leaves London Luton at 11:40
  Arrives at Tel Aviv at 18:45

• Return: Friday 13th May 2022
  Easyjet U2 2084 
  Departs Tel Aviv at 15:15
  Arrives London Luton at 18:40

Please remember to bring with you to the airport:

Don't forget your passport (!) and also please bring either printed copies or copies on your phone of the following documents.

• Proof of your negative covid-19 travel PCR test
• Your Israeli Entry form confirmation following successful completion of the form.
• Your Israeli 'green pass' (accessible as a downloadable link at the end of the form)
• Your booking receipt for the PCR test you will be taking at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport (again you will access this at the end of the form

Pre- Flight procedures
PCR Test (max 72 hours before departure)
As we mentioned you need to do a PCR test a maximum of 72 hours before the flight departure, so from Sat 30 April 12:30 onwards and factor in time to get your results back to bring with you to the airport. Saturday or Sunday is probably best and the test needs to be at a testing centre and I think you can also do it at Boots the chemist.

Israel Entry Statement Form (maximum 48 hours before departure)
You must fill in the Entry Statement form a maximum of 48 hours before the flight departs (from Sunday 1 May, from 12:30).
You’ll need:
- your passport details,
- the address of our first night’s accommodation and;
- your digital copy of your vaccination information from the NHS app to upload to the form. 

We advise that at the end of the form, you click on the link to pre pay for your COVID test which is mandatory at Tel Aviv airport when you arrive.

If you have any problems or questions with this do let me know, I've had a go at doing both things getting the NHS vaccination info and the Entry form.

Address details to fill in on the form:
Locality: Jerusalem,
Street: Harun al-Rashid,
House number: 6
Zipcode: 19700 

Tip for the form - you need to use the dropdown arrow to input quite a few of the answers and the descriptions of what they want you to enter are below the answer fields.

Flight Boarding passes
For those of you travelling on the group flights both ways you should have received your boarding passes via email and the seating allocations we have been given.

As you know we are flying with Easyjet and because we are on a group booking you've been checked-in online as a group. 

Due to COVID restrictions there’s no pre-ordering of Easyjet’s in-flight menu, but you can view the menu here. You will need to pay by card on the plane. Otherwise we advise people just to buy a sandwich or snack to take on with you.

Baggage allowance
You have one hold bag maximum weight of 23kg and a cabin bag (max weight 15kg). As Chris mentioned the carry-on bag is a small rucksack size, so it’s not a small wheel-on case.
Here's a link to their baggage guide.
Useful No: easyJet Customer Service - 0330 551 5151

Meeting up at the airport
Please alert Sarah Rose when you have arrived at the airport via the whatsapp group so she can keep track of the group. She can also then advise you where she is airside. We advise you to arrive from 9.30am at Luton (bag drop opens at 10:30am, but queuing could start earlier!) and present your boarding pass at the airline desk to check your hold luggage in.

Arrival in Tel Aviv
In terms of Arrival in Tel Aviv, Sarah and Karin will guide you through and Sarah will go ahead as trip leader to alert them to you as a group. As mentioned Chris is already in Israel so will meet you at the airport arrivals in Tel Aviv. You'll have to do a lateral flow COVID test on arrival in Tel Aviv.

Making balance payments
As mentioned if we could receive payments by 12 April that would be much appreciated.

Some people are experiencing difficulties with our payment forms, we have spoken to our form hosts and they know about the problem.

If you do experience a problem, there are alternative ways to pay:

1.     You can pay by debit or credit card over the phone, between our core hours of 9.30 – 5.30.  Tel: 0207 588 2638.  

2.      You can pay by cheque, payable to Amos Trust and posted to the address below in my signature block.

3.      You can make a payment directly into the Amos Trust bank account:
Sort code: 16-20-30
Account No: 10939419

If you are using this method, please could you reference the payment ‘Trip Payment’ so we can reconcile the funds to your balance.

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Next steps:

• Make remaining payments for the trip (please see below)
• Make note of the group flight details to arrange your travel to and from our departure airport, (please see below).
• If you are NOT travelling on the group flights please inform us by filling in a short google form (see link below)
• Get travel insurance for the trip and provide us with your travel insurance details once you have them (see link below)
• Make a note of the online trip briefing date (when confirmed this will be posted here and you’ll be alerted via email). This is the point at which we go through a more detailed day to day trip itinerary, and where you can meet the trip leader and other trip participants.
• Please do read through our Essential Information for this trip. It includes all you need to know about visas, currency, inoculations, passport stamps, food, clothing, weather, Wi-Fi, safety, fitness and we hope any other questions you may have.

Making payments for the trip
Thank you for making your deposit payment. Below you’ll find secure links to make the remaining payments for this trip. You will receive an email reminder ahead of each payment instalment due date with this webpage link. If you wish to make the payments before the due dates that is fine.

• Cost of trip (incl. flights): £1,750pp
• Cost of trip (not incl. flights: £1,300
• Cost of single room: £200pp

The due dates for making payments for the trip are as follows:

• Payment 1 of £600 per person
  Please follow this link to make your payment
  Due by the 4th December 2021
  
  
• Payment 2 of £550 per person
  Please follow this link to make your payment
  Due by 5th February 2022
  
  
• Single supplement of £200 (if applicable)
  Please follow this link to make your payment
  Due by 5th February 2022
  
  
• Variable payment (if applicable)
  Please follow this link to make your payment
  (You will be able to input any amount, particularly for those on a no-flights package) 
  

Please make sure that your payments reach us on or before the due dates. We will send you email reminders beforehand with links to make payments online with a credit or debit card. You can also pay by cheque (made payable to Amos Trust and posted to the address below), or please phone the office on 0207 5882638 during working hours to make a payment over the phone with a credit or debit card.

Group flights
We will be flying with Virgin Atlantic out of London Heathrow Airport with baggage allowance 1 x 23kg hold bag. Nearer the date of departure, Jill will send you your boarding passes via email. All times are local.

• Depart: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
  Easyjet U2 2085
  Leaves London Luton at 12:30
  Arrives at Tel Aviv at 19:35

• Return: Friday 13th May 2022
  Easyjet U2 2084 
  Departs Tel Aviv at 15:15
  Arrives London Luton at 18:40

Please provide us with your flight information 
If you are NOT travelling on the group flights please provide us with your flight details by filling in this short Flight Information google form. We will ask you for your departure and return dates and times and your airline and flight numbers.

Travel insurance
Please make sure that you have got travel insurance for this trip and please inform us of these details when you have them by filling in this short Travel Insurance google form. We will ask you for your insurers name, your policy no. and your insurer's 24-hour emergency number. A typical off-the-shelf package is normally fine — just check it covers the Occupied Palestinian Territories. You can mention that we will be staying in busy tourist destinations.