Italy guided (affordable way)
Apr 27th, 2009, 09:02 AM
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Italy guided (affordable way)
My friend told me about this trip to Italy when you can have people meeting you there and taking you to the hotel. Than they will pick you up and take on the trip where lunch or dinner will be included etc.
I think she said 3 or 4 cities are visited during this trip.
I am really not that good traveling without the guide so I thought this could be a great way for me to travel. However I asked and did not get an answer. I suppose she did not wanted me to find out about cost of such trip. I suspect this must be expensive but maybe there are different travel companies who charge differently.
If anyone knows such companies, please, send a link or just a name.
We are traveling from West Coast, NJ, NY and PA. It can be a group of 6 to 15 people.
Thanks
I think she said 3 or 4 cities are visited during this trip.
I am really not that good traveling without the guide so I thought this could be a great way for me to travel. However I asked and did not get an answer. I suppose she did not wanted me to find out about cost of such trip. I suspect this must be expensive but maybe there are different travel companies who charge differently.
If anyone knows such companies, please, send a link or just a name.
We are traveling from West Coast, NJ, NY and PA. It can be a group of 6 to 15 people.
Thanks
Apr 27th, 2009, 09:15 AM
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Well you might look at the standard guided tours to get an idea of prices.
To do your own group would be more expensive - since you would have to pay for the driver and vehcile (either 9 seater or an actual bus) split among many fewer people. There is no way this is going to be cheap - since you have to pay for hotel and meals for driver/guide as well as bus rental and your own expenses.
In another post about Prague someone quoted a price of $40 per hour for a guide with car for Prague - for 4 people. Obviously for a multi-day trip an hourly rate wouldn't apply - but no one is going to work for $10 an hour either.
To do your own group would be more expensive - since you would have to pay for the driver and vehcile (either 9 seater or an actual bus) split among many fewer people. There is no way this is going to be cheap - since you have to pay for hotel and meals for driver/guide as well as bus rental and your own expenses.
In another post about Prague someone quoted a price of $40 per hour for a guide with car for Prague - for 4 people. Obviously for a multi-day trip an hourly rate wouldn't apply - but no one is going to work for $10 an hour either.
Apr 27th, 2009, 04:53 PM
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Know nothing about it. But I did look at the web site and they mention prices way below luxury tours. The reason pries are way below luxury tours is that it's NOT a luxury tour. The hotels they pick in Rome are not 5* (as in a luxury tour) but 3*, with definitely mixed reviews.
I would look at regular tours to see what they offer, what hotels they use and what is included versus excluded before deciding on using a company that seems deceptive on it's face.
I would look at regular tours to see what they offer, what hotels they use and what is included versus excluded before deciding on using a company that seems deceptive on it's face.
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