FAQs

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Yes! We offer several multi-day tours and can design a special tour that matches your particular interests. Please check out our tour selection and contact us through the contact form on this website.
Absolutely! We can offer half-day tours or day/evening workshops based on your time and interests.

Yes, provided we have enough advanced notice, we can provide transportation services at additional cost.

No. People not Places is not a Tour Operator. Please advise if you need a tour operator and we will be happy to put you in touch with our excellent partners.

Given enough advance notice, it may be possible to arrange meals for Shabbat and Holidays depending on where in Israel this is required.

No, I am in touch with third-party suppliers and arrange the tours with them. In addition to organizing the tours, I provide the context that prepares the visitor and ensures that they get the most out of their experience.

Our number one concern is the personal safety of our guests. All of our tours are conducted following a safety assessment and as guests of the places that we are visiting. As such, we reserve the right to cancel or postpone tours based on safety considerations.

I am licensed to guide in English, Spanish, and Hebrew.

Because they are less well known, most of our tours are to Israel’s minority communities. However, neither Judaism nor Jews are monolithic and there are plenty of opportunities to learn about different Jewish communities and religious movements that we look forward to sharing with our guests.

Kosher culinary tours may be available in a market, but cannot be guaranteed in individual homes.

In general, no. However, there may be cases where there are limitations and those will be announced in advance.

In general, no. These are meant for practitioners and experts in their field. However, in certain cases this may be possible with advance permission.

I did my PhD in Environmental Anthropology and did my fieldwork in India. I looked at the nexus between technological and social change caused by the introduction of prawn aquaculture. I found that caste has become more like ethnicity and that World Bank projects designed to assist low-caste fisherfolk led to the loss of their fishing grounds to members of higher castes who entered the fishery.

At present, no. However, I do have plans to run these tours in other countries such as India, Albania and Spain. If you have a particular interest as well as a group of people, I would be happy to organize a tour.