A Guide to Private and Group Tours in Venice
August 30, 2021Part of the joy of visiting Il Bel Paese is, of course, finally seeing those iconic sights you’ve admired for years in photos. But what really stays with you after returning home is less the blockbuster sightseeing and more the…
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Brainstorming a 2-Week Italy Itinerary: An Actual Client Email
August 14, 2021Are you considering booking our travel planning services but are unsure of how that service translates into a full, customized Italy itinerary? Here we share with you an initial email to a client that came out of our “first step”…
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Renting a Car in Italy: 10 Things to Know
July 30, 2021[Learn more about renting a car in Italy with our Driving in Italy ebook, which you can download for free at the bottom of this page.] If your Italy itinerary includes driving, you’ll need to rent a car. Here are…
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Top Italy Trip Questions: 60 FAQs We Answer
July 14, 2021At Italy Beyond the Obvious, we’ve been creating custom itineraries for independent travelers for over a decade. In order to give the best advice to our travelers, we start by asking a few questions. But during our five-step trip planning…
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Get a vaccine? Easy. Get a US passport in the pandemic? Not so much.
April 29, 2021When things shut down over a year ago, we were all waiting for the vaccines. Now, it’s not hard to get a vaccine but to get a US passport in the pandemic? Good luck. I have spent many hours trying…
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An Italy travel update from Madeline
November 24, 2020As I write this, the US is about to head into the Thanksgiving holidays. The virus continues to spread quickly both here in North America and in Europe. News of a couple vaccines was recently announced, causing Zoom stock to…
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A Note Regarding the Coronavirus in Italy
March 29, 2020This has been a challenging few weeks, and I thought I’d take a minute to share an update. There’s a lot of information out there about COVID-19, aka the coronavirus in Italy. I don’t want to add to the noise,…
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Jet Lag tips
November 06, 2019The majority of our Italy travel planning clients are based in North America, which is a 6 – 9 hour time difference from Italy, depending on where you travel from. So it makes sense that they request jet lag tips…
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Italy trip costs: Planning Fees vs the Travel Agent Model
October 03, 2019“How much should I expect my Italy trip to cost?” is a question we get from most of our clients. My answer (as with most Italy questions) is that it depends. But also: our trips are completely custom, so we…
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