I am celebrating my son's bar mitzvah in Jerusalem next June and I am looking for an experienced licensed tour guide. There will be 8 adults and 4 children (ages 5-14) and we will be touring from June 17 thru June 29, 2009. We would like to hire a tour guide with an air conditioned minibus who can guide us for 12 days. We would like to cover as many sites/areas as possible while leaving plenty of time to participate in leisure activities. Most of us have never been to Israel.
I would appreciate any recommendations from tourists who have actually hired particular guides and not from the tour guides themselves. Also, any recommendations for hotels in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.