Travel & Minyan Checklist - Holidays in Summer & Winter, Succot and Pesach

Travel Checklist

Before placing your order for travel, lodging and other orders, check the weather: Weather Forecast | MSN Weather

For Hotel information, see: Worldwide Kosher Hotels Information

Finding a Minyan

Start with www.GoDaven.com

In an emergency, for London: Click Minyan +447463645118

Minyan on the Move:

https://www.facebook.com/YoungUSCommunity

Place a free or paid advert in one or all of the websites listed below:

www.prog.co.il

www.janglo.net

www.everywhere.com

For a Minyan in the UK:

Try also https://findaminyan.co.uk

Visiting somewhere and need a minyan, attractions, restaurants etc.?  www.linktr.ee/theetcnetwork

You may also eMail

igudhayishuvim@gmail.com and also https://findaminyan.co.uk, to find out about any holiday camps / hotels that have a Minyan.

Write to minyanlondon@gmail.com

Find out what time you could start Davening or when is the latest time for your Davening: 

Watch this Demo to see how MyZmanim.com can pinpoint the Zman just by you entering an address.

MyZmanim.com - Instant zmanim for anywhere in the world - enter a Postcode, Town or City.

United Synagogue:

https://www.facebook.com/YoungUSCommunity

For Golders Green and Hendon: office@ggbh.info

Edgware

Westcliff-on-Sea

Main Shul, eMail: shuloffice@swhc.org.uk for attention of Geoffrey Pepper.

Yismach Yisroel Shteeble is at 18 Hildaville Drive (Corner of London Road), Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, SS0 9RU

Shacharis: 7:45 (fast) & 8:30 main Minyan.

Mincha: Half an hour after Sunset, 

Ma'ariv: 10:30PM

There should be Mincha in Kolel and/or in Yeshiva; they have it somewhere in the middle of the day.

Milu-im Lo-Efod Shteeble on 105 Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, SS0 7ES

Belz Shteeble is on 

Kosher shopping:

Bluéberry Kosher Shop (formerly Kosherie Supermarket)

Openong Times: Sunday: 10am-7pm Monday-Thursday: 9am-7pm Friday: 9am-2:30pm

Meat and bread orders by TxT/WhatsApp to Mr Brecher on 07812 085781.

Acommodation, Housing & Lettings

Westcliff Properties are aplenty on AirBNB

Westclif Housing: westcliffhousing@gmail.com / 033-377-23465

Ilford

Why not start out early and make a stopover in Ilford, where there is a daily Minyan Shacharis at 7:30AM, Sunday 8:30AM - Contact ilfordadmin@federation.org.uk for more details if needed.

Why not try and arrange your day out, so that your return trip will bring you to Ilford for their evening prayers, at the Cranbrook United Synagogue - contact admin@cranbrooksynagogue.org.uk for more details.

Bournemouth:

Minchah and Ma'ariv between Shavuos and Rosh haShana at Normandie at 8.25 pm iyH.

Please advise intended participation to +44 7462 035128

The Minyan in the main Shul will be moving to the Shul's new location on Christchurch Road - contact me for updates.

Brighton 

Minyan Mincha & Ma'ariv in the Summer: 19:30Hrs

Kosher Hotel and "Novellino" Restaurant

Portsmouth 

No Minyan on Tuesday but there is a Minyan on Wednesday 

Kiryat Gat

If you - or anyone else you know is planning to traveling to Kiryat Gat for Succot, Pesach or Shavuot from outside the holy land, would you like to Daven with a Minyan on the second day of Yontef and the last days of Succot and Pesach? If so, please respond to this listing or to menasche.scharf@gmail.com. Wishing you a Kosher Pesach!

תפילות יו"ט שני בקריית גת

האם אתה - או מכיר מישהו - נוסע לארץ הקודש לבלות את חג הסוכות או חג הפסח או חג שבועות בקרית גת ומחפש מניין לחוצניקים? אנא שלח מסר לmenasche.scharf@gmail.com, משום שאני מקווה לאסוף מניין ולכנס אותו באזור הבנים בקריית גת. זה יאפשר לנו לומר את ההלל השלם ביום שני ולקיים קריאת יום טוב בתורה ביום שני ואחרון של פסח.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Kosher

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http://www.kdeluxeholidays.com

http://www.jewocity.com/jewish-classifieds

http://www.trademarkia.com/company-union-of-orthodox-jewish-congregations-of-america-1280875-page-1-2

www.eExodus.com

http://matzafun.com/newsletter/matzafun_eblast_2015_special.html

http://www.jewpro.co.uk

http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/new-jersey/doubletree-by-hilton-somerset-hotel-and-conference-center-EWRDADT/index.html

http://jewishraffles.org/inc/sdetail/247/9557/?xtr=jr

http://www.bestandkosher.com/StaticHtmlPagesFrame.aspx?CompanyId=207&level1id=61

http://www.kibbutz.co.il

http://keshet-tours.co.il

http://www.tousmasoret.com

http://hotelsnearshuls.com

http://asiatravelkosher.com/pesach2015/wp-content/uploads

https://www.travelblog.org/Photos/6382856?6382856/2014/12/CalataloguePassover2015_online.pdf

http://www.mygola.com

Travel kit checklist - add magnet for fridge and plasters (NOT masking or brown tape; they leave marks on the fridge!) to fix the Neodymium magnet to the fridge (available from Magnet Order Form - Kehillas Federation).  Also, remember to stick a big piece of paper on the fridge that says “DON'T FORGET TO TAKE OUT THE LIGHT BULB BEFORE SHABBOS”.

Links to holiday related resources:

J-Stay www.jstay.com - Rent a Holiday flat

K-Stay www.kstay.co.uk - Rent a Holiday flat

Home to Host www.hometohost.com - Rent a Holiday flat

Travel with Rochel travelwithrochel@gmail.com

Safety and Security

Break ins in Stamford Hill and how to prevent it:

Chaverim, Shomrin & Hazolo to work in tandem to safeguard the empty houses on the Hill.

Shomrim suggests: Install Lock with Chubb

Chaverim suggests: Team of three people to jointly walk around every night a different street and drop a leaflet in every door that is not chubbed.

Tziyon & Beis Hamedrash of Sir Reb Moshe Montefiore Zt"l will be open every year on his Yahrzeit 16th Menachem-Av until 6:00pm and the subsequent two days from 12:00pm until 4:00pm.  Postcode is: CT11 8A

Travel Services

Travellux Tours, EU: +32.487.938.066 / USA: +1 929 383 5773 / info@travelluxtours.com

Prepare your Davening programme on your smartphone: www.shulert.org

London Luton Airport 

In Luton Airport you'll find a weighing scale for suitcases and other pieces of luggage.  Do not pay a penny to use it, as the contraption is too small for regular suitcases, hence the weight is registered completely wrong.

Use the Luton DART Direct Air-Rail shuttle, which will take you from Luton Airport to King's Cross within less than 30 minutes. See: ww.lutondart.com.

Whenever you travel during a holiday period (e.g. schools are closed for half-term or summer holidays), add another hour to the start of to your itinerary.  This is so you arrive in the airport with ample time to queue up for checking in - whether or not you have a suitcase.

No need to keep a One Pound Coin in your pocket, when travelling via Terminal Five of Heathrow Airport, for the following two reasons:

1. Because trolleys are free of charge and 

2. The coin will cause you a delay at the security checking gates...

When you arrive to your destination, wait at least fifteen minutes before switching your mobile from Aeroplane Mode to the General Profile.  This will save you ten minutes of anxiety, when you start panicking if your mobile will work in the country you arrived in or not.

When travelling with a disabled person, the need to take off shoes or walk through the magnetic security gate is waived - throughout all UK airports.

For deliveries of lost or delayed luggage on British Airways flights in Austria, call CLS - INFO@CLS-OVERNIGHT.DE 0049 511 51527780

Have a safe trip!