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Why I would HIGHLY recommend Experience Egypt Tours to visit Cairo, the Pyramids, and Sphinx
First things first…this wasn’t sponsored, etc. I’m highlighting our tour company because from a western perspective there is a lot of worry surrounding security, what to expect, etc. I’d be lying if I wasn’t hesitant as well, and even cancelled a prior trip due to those concerns, and I’m no expert regarding geopolitical issues, but I do travel a lot, and if I was hesitant, you probably are too. After going to Egypt, I’m very eager to go back. I’m not certainly not promising a worry free trip, or issues are resolved, but what I can say is that our tour company provided an incredible experience start to finish.
I was put in contact with Mohamed Bahaa via Fabio Vilela ( https://passageirodeprimeira.com/ ) who trusted EET to help him with a family trip. I couldn’t have been happier. From meet and greet at the airport, expedited visas, an extremely well spoken and educated guide ( Rady ), and an entirely private tour. We were on constant contact from booking, pickup, during the trip, and after. We always had an english speaking guide with us, the van was late model, clean, comfortable, and air conditioned, and any questions we had were always answered.
Our tour included
- Meet and Greet at the airport
- Expedited Visa processing
- Private transfer to the hotel
- Private tour for 4
- Egyptian Museum
- Pyramids of Giza
- Palace of Perfumes tour
- Papyrus Museum
I’ve put together a video highlighting what we saw on our trip, but if you’re at all considering visiting Cairo, Valley of the Kings, and even Jordan, I would reach out to Mohamed: experienceegypttours@gmail.com and tell them we sent you 🙂
- You can read about Experience Egypt Tours on Tripadvisor
- You can also visit them on Instagram
We also stayed at the Ritz Carlton Cairo – read our entire review here.
This was part of a trip that took us to:
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
$300 Chase Travel℠ Credit + Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- $300 Chase Travel℠ Credit + Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
- That’s worth $750 when redeemed through Chase Travel℠. Plus, get up to $300 in statement credits on Chase Travel℠ purchases within your first year
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
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- $95 Annual Fee
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Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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