Helpful Travel Links

Visit our Travel Book Store for Tour Resources

• Travel Book Store. You may order any available guide book from this page. These discount prices have been made possible through our arrangement with Amazon. Just click through from our page to order. Notice the list of pages on the right side of your screen. Click on the appropriate tour or topic.

Keeping in Touch. Communicating to/from Outside the USA.

• Keeping in Touch. Information for individuals traveling outside the United States. (Especially prepared for our tour members.)

Special Help for Our 2012 Tours

• Delta Airlines. We will be using Delta for the Steps of Paul and John and the Bible Lands Tour of Israel.
• New York and Newark. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Information about the airports, airlines, hotels, etc.
• NYC Tourist. Includes map and location of airlines at JFK.
• Metric System. The Metric system is used almost everywhere in the world except the USA.
• Electrical Accessories and Adaptors. This link goes to Magellan's, and provides good Electrical Tips and shows you which adaptors you need for your appliances. Click on Country Guides.
• XE.com The Universal Currency Converter. Check the exchange rate for $US and ILS (Israel New Shekels) and JOD (Jordan Dinars). For the Steps of Paul and John you should check Turkey New Lira (TRY) and the Euro (€) (for Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Greece and the Greek islands).
• Currency $ite. This is my favorite site, because a Cheat Sheet can be printed for travel.
  
• Israel Exchange Rates. Bank of Israel site.
• National Geographic Magazine. A 100 year index to article dealing with biblical geography, archaeology, and Middle Eastern history. There have been numerous article on Israel, Jordan, Turkey, and Greece. PDF.
• Passport Information. The State Department also has tips for traveling abroad.
• Visit our Travel Book Store to browse and buy books from Amazon.
• Seat Guru. Check the seating on any airline.
• Seat Expert. Another site for checking seating.

Weather for Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Greece

• Jerusalem at Weather Underground.
• Jerusalem at Weather.com.
  
• Tiberias at AccuWeather.
• Jerusalem at AccuWeather.
• Amman at Weather Underground.
• Amman at Weather.com.
• Cairo at Weather Underground. Also, search for Luxor and Aswan at the same site.
• Athens, Greece at Weather Underground.
• Istanbul, Turkey at Weather Underground.
• Izmir, Turkey at Weather Underground.
  
• Accuweather: Weather.
• Weather Worldwide. Check normal for any month. World Climate; World Weather at USA Today.

Photos of Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, and Greece

• Ferrell's Travel Blog. Use the SEARCH to find posts about specific places in Israel, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Turkey, etc.
  
• BiblePlaces. Click on The Sites and select the area in which you are interested. There are several photos with info for each site listed. Every church should have a set of this material available for teachers and classes.
• Bible Land Photos. David Padfield has photos made on several of our tours.
• Holy Land Photo Archives. Now has more than about 3500 photos of about 370 sites by Professor Carl Rasmussen. This site keeps getting better.
• BibleWalks.com. Site by Rotem covers Galilee and Israel. Some good info and photos.
• Traveling in Israel. Photos by Ferrell Jenkins - November, 2005.
• Check Biblical Studies Info Page, under Scholarly, then Photos, for more links.
  

Links to Egypt, Israel and Jordan on the Internet

• Visit Bible Places on the Biblical Studies Info Page. Look to the buttons on the left. Click on Bible Places. Then select Israel, Jordan, Greece, and Turkey. You will find numerous links to the places on our itinerary.
  
• Jesus Trail. The ancient road from Nazareth to Capernaum.
• Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet guides are primarily intended for individual travelers, but you can find good information. This link takes you to a free download of information about Egypt. Check our Travel Book Store to purchase Lonely Planet or any other travel books.
• Egyptian Tourist Authority.
• Israel Museum Guide.
• Israel Hotel Association.
• Israel Wonders.
  
• The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: Tourism.
  

Links to Turkey and Greece on the Internet

• Wonderful Greece. Maps, photos, brochures, and publications may be downloaded.
• Turkey. Turkish culture and tourism. Brochures may be downloaded.

Biblical and Archaeological Information

• Biblical Studies Info Page by Ferrell Jenkins. Check the Bible Places page for various countries.

Digital Camera Reviews

• DP Review. Digital Photography Review. Possibly the best site for information on digital cameras. Check the sample photos for cameras that interest you.
• Ken Rockwell. Ken Rockwell provides wonderful help for users of digital cameras. His manuals are much more informative and easier to read than those provided with the cameras. You can read online all you wish. I have purchased (and downloaded) his manual for my newest camera.
• Steve's DigiCams. Another good site to help you evaluate digital camers.
• Lens Rental. Lens Rental is located near the Memphis cargo airport and this allows them to provide fast service to all parts of the country. They carry an inventory of more than 2500 lenses, as well as cameras and accessories, for rent. I rented a $1500 wide angle lense for a trip last year, and have a friend who rented a telephoto lense. Satisfied.

General Information

• Traveler's Health -- CDC Travel Information. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
• City Guides. Information on several major cities.
• Currency $ite. Cheat Sheet can be printed for travel.
• Traveler's Emergency Network.
• BibleWorld. Bible study material by Ferrell Jenkins.
• Biblical Studies Info Page. Bible study tools provided by Ferrell Jenkins.
  
• Med Jet Assist. A really good service to consider. Brings you home if you need hospitalization.
• Subway Page. Transportation maps of world cities.
• Telephone. I use the Net2Phone Calling Card. Click "Low-cost calling cards," then Net2Phone. Service to and from Israel is cheap. A call form the USA to Israel is 5 cents a minute. From Israel to the USA is 19 cents a minute. Service is NOT available from Egypt, Jordan or Turkey with this card. Calls from the USA to Egypt are 19 cents a minute, to Jordan calls are 22 cents a minute; to Turkey, 18 cents a minute. The best plan is to have this card for your family in the USA with a set time for them to call you at the hotel in the foreign country.
• Internet Telephone. See below under Internet.
• Time and Date. Build your own world clock for the places you visit.
• Travel Insurance. Our tour operator makes travel insurance available for those enrolled on our tours. Details will be sent to each tour member. If you are traveling on your own you might check AIG Travel Guard for information.

Internet

• General Information. Use of the Internet for Email has become almost indispensable for travelers and has replaced expensive phone calls. Many hotels now have a computer available for checking Email (at a fee, of course). Or, the staff can tell you where to locate an Internet Cafe.
• If you carry a computer. More hotels are now offering wireless Internet (WiFi) service for their customer. Some provide it free; otheres may make a charge. Skype is a great service if you tote a notebook computer. This free service allows users who are connected to the Internet to talk free of additional charge. We have used it and have been generally pleased with it. You must have high speed Internet. There is also a service called SkypeIn which provides you with a personal number in your area code. This allows persons to call you from their home phones. The cost for this service currently is $18 for 3 months or $60 for a full year. Your friends talk over their land line and you talk over the Internet, or they can leave a message on your Skype Voicemail. Headsets and telephones that may be used with Skype Internet service are available online, at Radio Shack, and and some Wal-Mart stores. Click on Skype for more information.
• You must have access to a web-based Email account in order to take advantage of the Internet cafes or computers in hotels. You can get a free account at Gmail or Yahoo. My favorite is Gmail.
• Cybercafes. Some information on this page is out of date, but it can be helpful in some cities.

Travel Intelligence

• U. S. State Department. Travel information including warnings & currency rates.

Travel Offices

• Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory.
• Israel. Lots of helpful information.
• Egypt.
• Turkey. General information about Turkey. Click on Travel & Tourism.
  

More Airline Information

• Air France.
• Airline Quality. Rating of airlines. Access to airline websites.
• American Airlines.
  
• British Airways.
• Continental.
  
• Delta.
• Jet Blue.
• Lufthansa Airline.
• United.
• US Airways and America West.
• Southwest.
• Seat Guru. Check the seating on any airline.
• Seat Expert. Another site for checking seating.

Travel Supplies

• Magellans. Great source of Travel Supplies.
• Tilley Endurables. Travel clothing, including the famous Tilley Hat.
• Travelsmith. Great links to travel info, packing, etc. Blank window.
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Updated: 01-11-12