How much should I expect to pay for 4 people (2adults + 2 children) for a gondola
ride? Is there a cheaper time of day or place to hire one. Are some canals more interesting than others? Any suggestions welcome. We leave in just over 24hrs. Thanks

If you enter "Venice goldola" in the search box,you'll find lots of discussion on this topic. Buon viaggio!

See http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/...by_gondola.htm and other info cited on http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...p;tid=34568805

Best wishes,

Rex

And now I see that you have asked (more or less) the same question twice in a short period of time. Perhaps you couldn't tell if it "took", or were puzzled where your post was. Remember to "refresh" from time to time (f5) in Windows...

... and as more posts are added over the next hour... and next 24 hours... your post will be come all the more challenging to find.

Additionally I see that you are new here - - how do I know that? just "click on your own name" (upper lefthand corner, once you are logged in) - - this is a valuable tip that Fodors fails to tell you when they send you that e-mail confirming your registration.

A couple on another recent thread mentioned their price being 90 euro.

Rex, you are right, I wasn't sure that I had posted it to the correct region in my haste so did it again to find it there twice. Leaving tomorrow and too many things on my mind. Yes I did discover my name at the top left - very handy. Thanks yr help.

We took a ride 4 years ago and it was $100.00 for the ride, not the number of people. We were standing in line waiting and I was stressing that it was expensive for the just the two of us. There was a beautiful young lady and her mother in line in front of us. To make a long story short, we shared the ride and we got to ride with Ms. USA runner up. Her dad sent her on a European vacation as a consolation prize. We had a lovely ride and a lovely conversation.