If one date being specified is a "No Go" we'll have to live with that as that is all I could manage. I could not plan our whole time in Rome around one short tour as we are first time visitors with many interesting sites to see. IF we do get our date --still more than 3 months away--I will report back though.

Victoria -- this is a healthy attitude toward this tour on your first trip, and what I was getting at before. Yes, I did really enjoy it, but you are very right. There is so much to see and do, you will not have time to mourn your loss!

Well Dina4,I took some consolation from your last posting and decided to be patient and hold off on calling.This morning I turned on the computer and found my reservation in the inbox!! The gentleman you spoke with obviously knew what he was talking about. And BTW,I only gave one date.So everyone take heart.Maybe they really are more organized than it appears. Hurrah! Hope my hubby thinks it's been worth all the 'anguish'.Thanks again everyone and GOOD LUCK!

Congratulations, Minx!!!
I'm so happy for you. Hope I have the same luck.
I only asked for one day, too-- July 5th!
When are you going?

Yeah!!! We got our confirmation this morning for a tour on 5/26! Minx was right - you just have to be patient and have a little faith!

Just a quick note:

I received my confirmation of payment today 3-16-06, 3 days after I sent it. I sent the CC info via email.

Well, I was ready to give up on the Scavi tour when lo and behold, here's my confirmation for 5/22/06! I feel as if I'd won the California lotto!

I got my cc payment receipt email two days after I sent the information. As some have suggested in other threads, check your spam folder. For whatever reasons, those types of emails sometimes get caught in the spam web.

This is our time line to date..

Inital e-mail request sent 13 Feb.
We gave them a block of 6 days in April.

Offer of 22 April 1:15pm received 18 March.

I faxed details to the SCAVI office on 21 March as requested.

Once paymnet cleared, we expect confirmation of that Date & Time. I hope that is in the next 2 days!

Cheers

fer-ever. seriously, they are very slow.

Oh dear, I was being patient, but now I'm worried. People are getting reservations for late May. I sent an e-mail in February and got a prompt acknowledgement, for three days in early May. Have not heard a word since the first acknowledgement. Sounds dire.
Vera

I sent in a request in mid-Feb, and I received confirmation on March 18th for an April tour.

Vera-hope this helps. Hang in there...I was beginning to lose hope.

Vera - I'm with you! I requested early May and haven't heard so yesterday I gave up and signed up for a ContextRome vatican tour. Oh, well...

Glad to hear the news about how they process requests. I sent in a request over the weekend, received automatic confirmation next day. SOunds like they'll get to early July requests for tours in May. I'm going to reserve other tours and try to reschedule once we have scavi date. Are there any days they don't offer the scavi tour?
Mary

Excavations Office Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays - Wednesday morning closed

During 2006, the excavations will also be closed on:-
11 Feb, 13-19 Apr, 1 & 25 May,
15 & 29 June, 13-16 Aug, 1-2 Nov,
8, 24-27 & 31 Dec,

Thanks! That helps with planning.

I faxed details to the SCAVI office on 21 March.
e-mail confirmation of payment received 23rd March.
So it's all go for the vatican Excavations.

Hi everyone. I am going to ask a question for our Fodorite who is Daisy58. She has reservations with Scavi but she has a concern.

She had some problems using her credit card when she tried to reserve train tickets via trenitalia. Long story but her credit card co thought it was fraud even though she had advised them in advance etc. Trenitalia charged her credit card 4 times...big confusing mess.

So now she has given the credit card info to Scavi to pay for her reservation with them but she is worried that her credit card co. will again look at this as some fraulant charge.

Soooo, she needs to advise her CC Co. the exact name that Scavi uses when they put through the charge so she can advise her CC Co. so that the CC Co will honor the charge so that she doesn't lose her reservation with Scavi.

So ASAP, can someone here that has had the Scavi charge appear on their credit card bill advice as to how the Scavi name read on your CC statement. Thanks so much.

LoveItaly- you are so thoughtful to post my question on this thread!
I did in fact this morning find my receipt in my email!! Looked online at my c/c authorizations, all is good, temp authorization shows ufficio scavi citta, for those who need the info! So
now that my Scavi ressies are secure, I can book my Borghese Gallery ressies!
(...I wonder what I will possibly do with all the "extra time" I will have on my hands after this trip......)

Oh perfect Daisy!! Thanks for posting your good news. Yes, you will have a lot of extra time now, LOL.