Israel/Egypt on Pilgrim Tours in October

are you flying with the group, or just joining them there? if you can, i'd recommend staying at least a couple days on your own after the tour so you guys can fill in any holes in the schedule, spend more time at a certain places you feel you missed...

as much as it can be frusterating sometimes traveling with a group, it's also kinda nice to know that you wont have to be responsible for any of teh logistics, and that you can just kick back and enjoy the trip. make sure you're getting enough sleep since i'm sure the days will be pretty full..

I don't really like any tour that is trying to drop a particular line. But Pilgrim tours at least isn't hiding the fact that it is a tour for christians so, you "pays your money........"
If you aren't bible thumping christians then you might feel that the gospel side of things becomes a bit heavy at times.

You don't seem to be going to the jewish or Armenian quarters which have some interesting places to see. Otherwise there are little points like the last supper room is over King David's tomb, the city of david doesn't seem to be included in the visit is a pity, the Golan heights misses out Gamla. Again a pity.

But it seems quite an intense trip with many interesting places being visited so you might not be wanting to do any extra curricular activities.

I suggest that if you want to get the most out of what could possibly be a very nice trip, you should do a lot of reading up on the places you are going to visit before you go. Try get an idea of where the places are on the map.

Just being bussed from one place to another can leave you somewhat dissociated from the places if you haven't done some of the spadework yourself.

I always go by myself, but knew someone who went with these type tours and was exhausted by the pace, took them a week to recover once they got back. I agree with the person above about taking an extra day or two at the beginning or end to see what you want to see.

Thanks for all the great advice so far, will definitely be studying prior to the trip. That's why started here!