A Nice Talk with a True Italy Expert
Those that know me well know that I never profess to be a true ‘expert’ in any one country, not even ones I’ve spent a long time in personally and/or book regularly year after year. People like Filippo Curinga of IDI Travel. For an American Travel Agent, I’m GOOD in Italy. I should be, I’ve traveled a fair amount of it and book in depth trips every year and have for a long time.
Some of my clients, and these are among my very favorites, really push me. When a request comes through for a region I know nothing about or a truly above and beyond request, I go to a true expert in that destination. My role switches from a direct booking agent, to a facilitator and cost evaluator. One company that I consistently go to for Italian Magic is IDI.
Filippo and I talk a lot about Sardinia, which is one of the places in Italy I try to talk people into sometimes. The reason being is that some people, want a beach with every vacation. They are looking at an itinerary with Rome, Florence and Venice (your basic first trip to Italy) and see coasts aren’t far and they think… “why not a beach?” Why not? Because in those parts of Italy there are few beaches and the ones that are there, are not the best beaches. I also know that there are some truly amazing beaches in the Nation of Italy in some places.
Chances are, even if you have travelled to the best beaches in the Caribbean and Mexico and even most in Asia, you have never seen a coast as beautiful as a Sardinian one. It’s just a fact, it’s worth a flight to or from Mainland Italy and if you are clever about it, it’s not that hard to add to the beginning of a trip. Adding to the end is harder. At
At the end we do talk a little about about Covid-19, it’s impact in Italy and Italian travel.
