Pilot trip

A scouting trip, not a vacation.

7, 10, or 14-day itineraries built for aliyah scouting — neighborhoods to walk, schools to visit, bureaucracy to start.

Trip length

Region focus

  1. 1

    Land + acclimate

    • · Sherut to Tel Aviv (~₪80)
    • · Pick up local SIM (Pelephone or HOT Mobile booth)
    • · Walk Rothschild Boulevard at sunset
  2. 2

    Walk three TLV neighborhoods

    • · Florentin morning (gritty, young)
    • · Neve Tzedek lunch (charming, expensive)
    • · Ramat Aviv afternoon (suburban anglo magnet)
  3. 3

    Schools + family logistics

    • · Walthworth Barbour School tour (call ahead)
    • · AIS visit
    • · Park Hayarkon to feel family weekend life
  4. 4

    Outside-TLV options

    • · Train to Modi'in (32 min) — walk a neighborhood
    • · Lunch in Modi'in centre
    • · Train back, dinner in Jaffa
  5. 5

    Bureaucracy primer

    • · Visit a Misrad HaKlita branch (Bnei Brak or TLV)
    • · Open a 'temporary' Israeli bank chat at Discount or Mizrahi
    • · Visit a kupah branch (Maccabi flagship)
  6. 6

    Job + apartment day

    • · Lunch with 2 olim contacts
    • · Drive-by 3 apartments from Yad2 (just see the streets)
    • · Evening: tech meetup at WeWork
  7. 7

    Rest + journal

    • · Cafe morning
    • · Re-walk your favorite neighborhood at a different time of day
  8. 8

    Job interviews / tours

    • · Schedule 2 calls or visits in your field
  9. 9

    Kids' programs day

    • · Visit ulpan / mechina / gan options
  10. 10

    Buffer + fly

    • · Sherut to airport

Pro tips before you book

  • · Fly Tuesday–Thursday for cheaper sherut + traffic
  • · Book Misrad HaKlita appointments online ~3 weeks ahead
  • · Visit at least one neighborhood on Friday afternoon AND Sunday morning — they feel completely different
  • · Use /host-family to book a Shabbat meal with locals