Travel Review: Luxury Italy Family Vacation, Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Pompeii, Cinque Terre, Culture, Food & Wine

This was our very first opportunity to visit Europe as a family. When our agent from this Italy travel company first contacted me he was genuinely interested in learning more about our family and our interests. He wanted to really understand who we were and what we wanted to do (generally) and how how much we wanted our days to be filled with organized activities. What our agents created was spot on...the perfect balance of organized and free time and we really maximized how many great places we were able to visit in the time we had. Everyone we encountered during our trip, whether it was the drivers that picked us up (always on time or early) or the cultural guides that helped us better understand the sites and treasures we were seeing, were A+.  The lodging choices were perfect...that is if you are looking for something with a little more charm than your typical Hilton or Marriott property. One of my primary goals was to make this a stress free experience, especially in terms of getting around town or from place to place. I highly recommend the private car service options that are available. For the novice world traveler, the sense of security that I had when I arrived in Rome at the start of the trip and a driver was waiting for us, and for ever other transfer we had over the two weeks, was well worth the money in my opinion. I really enjoyed letting someone else drive us around so I could enjoy the sites as we drove through the countryside while they described points of interests and history along the way.