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The Best Itinerary Planning Services in Italy

Let us plan your stay in Italy, every itinerary is personalized, with the best tours and guides carefully selected, routes, a selection of the best accommodation choices, restaurants, shopping, entertainment, the best schools and classes including cooking art and language schools with all information required provided by our team of expert consultants.

Please note, if you are only booking tours there is NO SERVICE CHARGE. Go to HOME to select tours

Please note that our Itinerary planning fees cost 300 Euro  per Itinerary; payable on return of this form.

Included in each itinerary package are detailed maps, the most suitable carefully selected accommodation choices and information, prices,directions on how to reach them, details of good restaurants near your accommodations, dates for the best tours, times and prices, and all details required for meeting up with tour services, details of events, performances, operas and shopping highlights and schools if required.

Please take the time to fill out this questionnaire.

If you prefer to print this questionnaire, complete it off line, and fax it, please do so. Our fax number is (39 055 2728680)

TRAVEL PLANNING QUESTIONNAIRE For your Visit to Italy

General Information

Name:

Mailing Address:

Phone: Home Phone:

Office Fax:

E-mail:

Planned departure date: Planned arrival date in Italy: Where? Planned departure date from Italy: Where?

If travel dates are not known, how many nights do you plan to spend in Italy?

Number of travelers in your party:

Adults

Children List the ages of the children:

Have you been to Italy?
If yes, when and where?

What kind of pace do you plan to set?

Do you, or some member of your party, speak Italian?

Do you, or some member of your party, understand Italian?

Travel Objectives in Italy

To help us understand the focus of your trip, please tell us approximately what percentage of your travels you wish to spend in:
cities %; countryside %; small towns %;

coast % ; mountains %

Is this to be an off-the-beaten-path trip?

What destinations are essentials in your itinerary?
Do you have an approximate itinerary plan?
What would make this trip outstanding?

Is there a special event to occur on this holiday? Wedding? Anniversary?

The Best Tours in Italy-please note if only planning tours no charges apply

Would you prefer to join quality local group tours in each location if available or have a personalized tour and guide?

Please list the locations you would like tours in

What kind of tours would you prefer: wine culture history art history food/gourmet artisans workshops shopping shopping outlets horse drawn carriage gondola or boat rides

Are you interested in olive oil making or 'boutique' cheese making

Any other comments?

The Best Accommodations in Italy
Please specify the locations (even if approximate) where you will need accommodations and the Number of nights you may spend in each location.

Location/Number of nights:

How many bases might you want to set?

How many days staying at each?

What kind of accommodation do you prefer?

Check several categories if appropriate.

Luxury hotels

The best that can be arranged

Price is not a primary consideration, but should not exceed $ per person per night for bed and breakfast.

First class hotels and inns, offering very comfortable, high quality accommodation

General Pricing Information

In cities, prices range from $220 - $295 for a double with bed and breakfast in first class hotels, and about $180 - $250 for country or resort accommodation, with some seasonal variations.

Comfortable, small, three-star (2nd class) hotels and inns. In cities, prices range from $145 - $200 for a double with bath and breakfast. In smaller towns and the country, prices range from $125 - $175 for a double with bath and breakfast.

The Best Weekly Villa, Country House and Apartment Rentals

Available for a stay of one week or more, country villas or apartments. Cost should be no more than a total cost of $ per week for accommodation for persons.

Please note prices start at 600Euro  per week

Please specify the number of rooms required for the total party.

Villas and Country houses in Italy

Please specify by clicking on the following

Do you want to be close to a major art city? Yes No

Do you want a pool?Yes No

Would you like a luxury style elegant villa?Yes No

Would you like a typical Italian old style country house?Yes No

Would you like to stay on a wine producing Estate?Yes No

Would you like to stay in a castle?Yes No

Would you like a maid? Yes No

Cook? Yes No

Nanny? Yes No

City and Town Apartments in Italy

Would you prefer luxury accommodation?Yes No

Standard Quality accommodation?Yes No

General accommodation information

Italian double rooms provide one bed that is roughly a queen in size. Twin rooms provide two single beds in one room: double bedded room/s twin bedded room/s single bedded room/s double bedded room/s with third bed or cot.

Additional comments on Accommodations?

The Best Schools, Classes, Courses in Art, Cooking and Language in Italy

What courses are you interested in?

Cooking

Choose the length you prefer: One Day One Week One Month

Would you prefer your cooking class to be in a countryside environment or city center?

Where would you prefer your cooking class to be ? Tuscany, Venice, Florence; Rome etc.

Art Classes and Courses

Choose the length you prefer: One Day One Week One Month

Would you prefer your art class to be in a countryside environment or city centre?

Where would you prefer your art class to be ? Tuscany, Venice, Florence; Rome etc

What is your focus? Painting and Drawing Photography Sculpture Printing

Language- Learning Italian in Italy

Choose the length you prefer: One Day One Week One Month

Would you prefer your language classes to be in a countryside environment or city centre?

Where would you prefer your language class to be ? Tuscany, Venice, Florence; Rome etc

The Best Special Events and Entertainment in Italy

Would you like us to reserve entertainment for you?

What do you prefer? Opera Renaissance music Contemporary performances in Italian Museum re-enactments

Would you like the opera or performance to be in an outdoor ancient Roman theatre?

Transportation
How do you plan to travel within Italy?

Entirely by train (no countryside or small town destinations) by train between cities or when easy by car between small town and countryside destinations
exclusively by car If driving:
If known, where might you pick up your car?

Where might you drop it off ?

What is the maximum no. of hours you would want to spend driving to a destination?

Round trip

Driving on a day-trip?

Can you drive a standard (non-automatic) shift?

Would you like the services of a personall driver? Yes No

Any other comments on routing or Transportation?

The Best Restaurants and Eating Out in Italy
What kind of restaurants do you prefer - check more than one category if applicable:

Famous and elegant. $65+ per person for a two-or three-course meal before wine

The classic "ristorante" Moderately priced, $35 - $50 per person before wine

The informal "trattoria", $35 and under per person before wine

Do you plan to have one or two meals out daily?

Would you like information on:

Famous food shops
indoor and outdoor food markets
Gelatorias-otherwise known as ice cream shops!
Pastry shops
Wine stores/wine bars-enotecas
cafès/coffee bars with views

Any other comments on Good Eating?

The Best Shopping in Italy- Made in Italy

What are your interests? Antiques Antique Prints and Books Art Ceramics Fashion Jewellry Artisans, hand made objects Fashion Outlets

Any other comments or special interests?

Additional Information
Please review any other special interests that are not covered above.

Is there anything else we should know?

And Finally, How did you hear about us?