Review: Luxury Italy Tour, Florence, Tuscany, Sorrento, Capri Boating, Bologna Food Tour, Mt Etna, Cooking Lesson

Our travel planner worked with us to structure and make this an exceptional vacation. His intimate knowledge of Italy, hotels, activities, guides and drivers..so worth the money. The entire trip was well orchestrated and executed. It was our trip with his guidance to make it work smoothly. Private tours set the stage wherever we went - provided a foundation for what we were seeing and what we would do on our own. All tour guides were first class, knowledgable, experienced(e.g. Palermo looked like any other city until our guide provided history and current state.) Everything flowed as planned and scheduled - no worries on our part. We were the participants in a well thought out plan. When we had any issues or questions our in country agent responded immediately and remedied them - it was very reassuring. All background arrangements, any rescheduling of activities were taken care of promptly without us needing to get involved. Our private drivers were extremely accommodating and adjusted our trips to our desires, not just the plan. This turned out to be very important to us as we learned more of what we wanted to do due to weather changes, spontaneous  thoughts, or just discussions with others on where to go. 

Others on the internet have complained that travel services are so expensive and they do so much better on their own.  Yes we paid for what we got and travelled first class. No, we nor most anyone, could do the same itinerary themselves so successfully. We met such a couple on our visit to Mt. Etna and due to weather they saw nothing on their self guided tour. However, our private driver took us to places most don't get to see and we saw and learned a lot.  He also provided a side trip to where Char's great grandfather grew up. Awesome.