Untrustworthy Organization

Destination Israel is an untrustworthy, disorganized business. Most importantly: They do NOT CARE about your safety.

I signed up for DI’s October 2023 Career Internship session in Tel Aviv. About 10 days before the program start, the Hamas attack occurred which killed 1400 Israelis in a day and injured thousands more.

Destination Israel's response: everything is fine, this is normal, come to Israel (in the middle of war), the program is still going on. Oh did I mention they previously had no idea if all our living accommodations had bomb shelters or not? They said we could take cover under a staircase.

DO NOT DO THIS PROGRAM. They will only give refunds if the program gets cancelled (which happens on their terms). It doesn't matter if Tel Aviv is getting rockets; according to Destination Israel, everything's perfectly fine. Any sane person will tell you to not travel there right now - EXCEPT for Destination Israel! Even the United States has issued level 3 travel advisory for the country and most airlines have cancelled their flights.

Thanks for taking my money, Destination Israel.