Experience Counts

7 November 2019

On the 28 October 2019 company owner Sharon Thompson escorted her own tour of over 20 people to Israel. The tour was a great success and a 2021 tour is now being organised to also be escorted  by Sharon. Valerie & Mark were on the trip and left us this review; "My hubby and I are so privileged to have been to Israel for the past week. I can't describe in words as Christians how wonderful this trip was for us. To be in the same location and to see the cities where Jesus taught

8 August 2019

After the success of our exhibition at Corrs Corner in April we have decided to hold another at the beautiful Tullyglass House Hotel in Ballymena on Friday 13 September 2019. The exhibition will include information sessions held by Company Director Sharon Thompson and also some of our other group leaders. 9.30am - Sharon's first session will be about Israel, her experiences and the tours we have upcoming for 2020. Sharon is making her way back to The Holy Land in October with her own escor

19 December 2018

Click the link below to open a copy of our Christmas Newsletter! Happy Christmas!

6 November 2018

We have just finished designing our first ever brochure for all of our own trips for 2018 and some of 2019. Scroll down a little and click on the icons to see both parts! If you need any more information or require a booking form please call us on 02838 394489.

16 October 2018

We have organised  6 tours to Holy land since 2008 and Thompson Travel International organised the tour for us in 2016 and now the tour w are undertaking in 2018. I have been most impressed with the professionalism, approachability, flexibility, conscientiousness, diligence, integrity, honesty and helpfulness of the Thompson Travel International staff I have dealth with relating to these tours. My experience dealing with Thompson Travel International  is that they pull out all the st

3 October 2018

1983 was my first experience in the land of Israel. I have been there with tours over 20 times since. The land where my Saviour came to suffer on the cross, paid the price of my redemption, died and rose again never ceases to captivate me. I  believe the place he left is the place he is coming back to very soon. Thompson Travel headed up by Sharon Fleming and her very capable team have always planned and coordinated my tours and worked closely with me all over the years. I highly recommend

31 July 2018

'What can one expect from the trips ? I think over the last 20 odd years doing trips with people from Northern Ireland they expect first class hotels, excellent food and times of Christian fellowship. Many people coming on trips for the first time make lifelong friendships which is great. Of course if the trip is more cultural then history and scenery play an important part. As leaders we seek to be helpful towards the folk at all times giving them that security which so many of an older age

3 July 2018

This is an unique opportunity to be present for the finale of the four year long programme of events which have taken place in Belgium and France to remember those who fell during the Great War. Be in Ypres for the moving ceremony on the "11th hour" of the "11th day"  to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. it is a service which will live long in the memory. During the trip you will visit numerous historical sites and memorial locations, including the I

6 June 2018

We've recently launched our new website. Faith and Culture Tours is the new and exciting brand for Thompson Travel International's faith and culture tours programme.  With a wealth of experience in organising youth groups, church trips, mission teams and cultural expeditions for school groups and discerning travellers, they come highly rated in many countries as a leading tour operator - Israel being one of their main destinations. Clients may depart from any location in the United

See the world from your own perspective, not just through the prism of news, says Thompson Travel owner Sharon Thompson This week I’ve been in Israel, for the 18th time – but if I only listened to media coverage I might never have booked my first ticket. I love it there. On this trip, I covered 60% of the country, saw new things and new places and made new discoveries. Every footstep unearths another part of history. As I travelled south from Tel Aviv via Beersheba to Eilat, I saw