Dear 206 Tours,

What a wonderful way to end the pilgrimage at the beginning of the Advent Season. This reinforces the great opportunity to visit the sites of the Christmas Season. The wonderful detailed information provided by the tour guides was exceptional. Walking our way to the Nativity and the Via Dolorosa was a heartfelt experience. I reflected on my walking not only on His passion and ministry, but how the sites we visited reflected on the decades of the the five mysteries of the Holy Rosary and many more sites. Your selection of tour guides was exceptional. They were well informed and knowledgeable. Walking where Jesus walked. How amazing is that.

In Rome, the civic, religious and present history of the sites was excellently was given by the guide. The timing and scheduling of the tour was wonderful. Especially when were told to get up early to get to the audience to see Pope Francis. Yes, we found ourselves on the front row and were able to see him maybe six feet away. I got and excellent front view of him and my friend Janie touched his cape. My lasting impression will Father John Greb and daily Mass and his sermons and my fellow pilgrims from St. Timothy Catholic church in Chandler Arizona going up the stairs to and alter of a Church in Rome on their knees in homage to our Lord. All the accommodations for there tour were excellent. We stayed in a Hotel on the site that King David played his flute to incoming pilgrims. I strongly recommend 206 Tours. I used 206 Tours on my visit to Medugorje Serba Croatia in 2008 and was equally pleased.

Thank you for your message. First of all, I wish to thank 206 Tours for providing us spiritual enrichment. The Holy Mass, readings and gospels and the bible reading have all become alive and personal. I have come to appreciate the life and sufferings and love of our Lord to mankind, through his ministries in the land of Israel!! I highly recommend 206 Tours to my relatives and friends. One suggestion: since its 3 meals a day, try to make the lunch meal light since we can't concentrate in deep prayer and meditation when stomach is full during the day!!

I had my very first experience in 31 years of priesthood to exercise my priestly ministry to a group of pilgrims on a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City. It was a remarkable and memorable experience spending six days with the pilgrim group as a spiritual mentor, to witness the zealous faith of millions of other pilgrims, and to be enriched by the spiritual vitality of the pilgrimage. The 206 Tour company facilitated a smooth pilgrimage by looking into every detail of the travels, visits to holy sites, hotel stay, tour guide, and a lot more. Many of the pilgrims on this pilgrimage told me that they had been on other pilgrimages led 206 Tours and had always been satisfied with their services.

206 Tours,

Greetings of Peace and Joy on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception!

In November 9-14, 2017, I was so blessed be able to take part in a pilgrimage to Mexico as spiritual director. This was my third time to go, but it was my first time with 206 Tours. Of all my trips to Mexico, this was the most life-transforming and soul-nourishing by far. It was a beautiful journey of faith with like-minded people desirous of spiritual advancement and deepening their relationship with the Creator God.

Thank you to all of you at 206 Tours for everything you did to make this pilgrimage an unforgettable, spiritually uplifting experience for all.

Please be assured of my prayers for you and your ministry. May God continue to bless you and everyone at 206 Tours with the blessings you stand in most need of. Have a Blessed Advent.

Milanka,

I can’t adequately express what the pilgrimage to the Holy Land meant to me and to Stephan and Fran. It was really the experience of a lifetime, and we are all changed forever. Fran says all the time, that if she knew she would have the accident, she would make the trip anyway without hesitation. For Steve and me, it was such a holy experience, and I know that when we tell people they “must” go to the Holy Land, we are trying in vain to describe it. We can say “amazing” or “transformative” or many other words, but one must go there to experience the Fifth Gospel for themselves. Anyone who tells me they want to go, I will send them straight to you.

The priests, Lady Vicki, our fellow pilgrims, everyone made this trip what it was…the chance to be where Jesus was, together with people who share our faith and our devotion to Christianity. Our hearts are in Jerusalem now especially in this time of turmoil. We pray for the Holy Land every day. It is our history, and it must be protected always. You have a FANTASTIC team to support you, from Patrick and Sandra and Chris to my dear, wonderful Natasha. They all represent your company so well. Everyone helped us, and we could feel their prayers, but Natasha became a friend and we felt her love and prayers the whole time.

I also want to let you know about Sam in Israel. Sam came to the hospital pretty much every day. He brought his wife! They took us to dinner! Simply, they were very special people and we will never forget their kindness. I hope that if there are ever strangers here in my own homeland who need support, that I would be just like them. Also, I cannot forget Charlie, who we loved! He is so sweet, good natured and funny and he made us laugh many times. You two are a terrific couple.

I hope to see you again soon at a reunion of our group, we all have so many pictures and memories to share. You won’t be surprised to learn that I have not even looked at my pictures yet! It was my first time in years taking pictures with an actual camera (instead of my phone) and I must figure out how to look at them on the computer! As soon as I do, I will send some to you. Thank you so much for all you did and all your well wishes, gifts, flowers, love and prayers! Please keep us in your prayers still, as we will keep you and yours in our prayers.

Hi Milanka,

It was a pleasure going on the pilgrimage to the Holy Land with 206 Tours. I have been on other pilgrimages before with another tour group but not one as great as this one.

You thought of everything and didn't leave anything out. 206 Tours is top notch and I would not use another tour group. It was a pleasure meeting you and Charlie and hope to see you again. Thanks again for the experience and it was more then I could have imagined.

Dear Milanka and Sandra,

Just wanted to drop you guys a line to let you guys know that EVERYONE in the family absolutely enjoyed our pilgrimage to the Holy Land!!! Not only was it a dream come true for mom (to bring us all on a pilgrimage with her), but all of us had wonderful, amazing, experiences.

Please extend to Rami our sincerest appreciation for being our guide. You guys were right - he was awesome!! Thank you for assigning him to us! He was knowledgeable, very smart, and a trove of information in a scientific, historical, and religious way. I cannot begin to tell you how he made following in Jesus’ footsteps so much relatable and easier to understand. Rami was a bit reserved in the beginning, but he warmed up pretty fast hahaha! But we love love LOVE him for absolutely taking into consideration our monstrous and specific appetites! Hahhahaha! We all appreciated the fact that he patiently explained to us the West Bank conflict, the differences between religions controlling the different religious sites, etc. My brothers even found that Rami being Palestinian added a much much better understanding of the conflict in the area, and a better appreciation for different cultures.

Hamed, our driver, was truly an expert! We felt safe and secure with him at the wheel of our bus and being patient with our group. Couldn’t have asked for a better pair to take care of us on our trip! Oh, and Fr Benny was VERY impressed with 206 Tours. He said he was amazed and humbled most of all to have gotten to say mass in the Basilica of the Assumption and the Tomb of the Holy Sepulchre most of all. I told him to organize more groups and then to contact you guys hahahhaha! Once again, THANK YOU for such a wonderful and uplifting experience. We gained a better understanding of our faith, and got even closer to each other as a family.

Dear 206 Tours,
Our trip was absolutely wonderful, more than we ever expected. We would like to do it all over again right away and would not change one thing. Everything was well organized. Our time was never wasted and was filled with the history and life of Jesus. It was spiritually uplifting and life changing. Our guide in Israel, Rami, was excellent. He is so knowledgeable on every aspect of every sight and more. We learned so much and he made the experience complete. We could not consume all he shared or all the sights we visited. We have to regularly refer to our trip itinerary booklet to refresh all we did and saw. It all comes rushing back like a wonderful dream. We commented often with our fellow pilgrims on how difficult it will be to share our experiences with our loved ones when we return home. We all agreed, you can't. They must live it, as we did. We are your new promoters!!

Dear 206 Tours,
Sorry for the late response. I was so busy after coming back from the pilgrim tour. It was an unforgettable experience and I will do it again maybe next year or the following year. It was my first pilgrimage and it made me closer to God. Alessandro, our tour escort was very accomodating, knowledgeable, and did an excellent job to make everyone feel like a family. I liked the way he called us a “family”. In fact many of us used the term family when calling each other. Father Peter and Pedro were also friendly and nice. I was alone on my trip but did not feel I was really alone. Everybody was friendly and I met new friends and family. I am fortunate I was able to visit the holy places, pray more, and learn more about the saints through 206 Tours. I will highly recommend 206 Tours to my family and friends. I took a lot of pictures and my friend created a video for the pilgrim tour. I already shared it with my new friends from the tour. Please check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks again 206 Tours. I am so happy that I chose the right company. More power and have a great day!