How to plan a trip to Italy?

Question

I am planning a trip to Italy with my wife. Roughly 2 weeks. What is a good way to plan a budget?

Answer 1

How much will you make in that two weeks? And how much have you saved for this vacation?

1) Make a list of the bills you will incurr back home during the month of your stay in Italy.

2) Find the total of your income for that month.

3) Subtract your financial obligations from back home (step 1). Save the difference.

4) Get quotes for the best rates of travel and accommodations for the trip. Consult your travel agent or go to expedia or orbitz.

5) Decide how much you want to spend each day of your trip, and budget accordingly.

6) Is the difference found in step 3 enough to finance your trip? If yes, skip to 8. If no, continue to 7.

7) Save more money that is specifically for your vacation.

8) Enjoy your trip!

Answer 2

My best advice is to not try to do too much. Going for two weeks (for example), don't try to do Florence, Venice, and Rome. Pick one, and visit it in depth, and make a few trips into the surrounding area. They say of Rome that "a lifetime is not enough". So why try to cram more than that in just a few weeks? No matter what you do, you will miss FAR more than you will see, so slow down, and take the time to properly see and experience one place. And don't take a tour, that's weak (unless you are physically unable to do it on your own). You will see what you are told to see, eat what you are told to eat, associate only with other unadventurous people, you will not be able to say "I hate this place, I'm moving on" or "I love this place, I want to linger", and you will lose the joy of actually discovering something and maybe even experiencing a taste of local life. A tour can be an ok way to see a museum or get a one-day (or less) overview of a city, but it's not a good way to travel to a place.

Answer 3

The first thing you want to do is decide what sights to see and what cities you want to go to, after that you want to look on google maps to see where all the sights are in each city that way you can find a centrally located hotel so everything can be a short walk.

Next figure out when you want to go, like so many other places going during high season will be more expensive and crowded so late spring and early fall will be better. Next to save time on travel if you are planning on going to many different cities you could fly into one city and out of another, check the prices of doing that and if it is very close you will save a lot of time in not going back to your arrival city to leave from.

Lastly spend time researching everything especially looking for a hotel as most hotels in Italy are mom and pop places and there are a lot of them so finding a place you like at the price you want to pay can make your vacation go smoothly.

Answer 4

don't fly directly to Italy from u.s. fly to London or Frankfurt which are the two major hubs in Europe get a connecting flight. Book your accommodation direct not through a agent. above all do not book a package as they are expensive.Have a nice vacation!!

Answer 5

AAA has a good travel dept. get a train pass, stay at hostels- yes they have couples rooms & you meet great folks from every where who have tips & travel savvy. check with travelzoo.com for great prices as long as you can go on short notice. learn to count in the millions of lira so you do not go into sticker shock like I did. how much do you have ?? divide that by how many days & add $1,000.