Escorted tours to Italy

There is a discussion on Tripadvisor. They appear to be a third-party broker for other tour companies.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g187768-i20-k11408359-o10-Italiantourism_us-Italy.html

Looking at their website, it seems odd that what they call a “9-day tour” of Northern Italy has only 7 nights in Italy. That is 8 days, if you count the arrival and departure day. So how can they call it 9? They count the day of your flight as part of the tour, although they provide no services that day. Strange.

https://italiantourism.us/northern-italy-tours/

Lola, that's standard counting for tours. They count the day you fly out of the US (overnight on plane), and they count the day you fly home (no time to do much in Europe except pack up, eat breakfast and travel to the airport). So 7 nights is "9 days". I imagine a lot of people fall for it.

Never heard of them and to be honest, I'd never use a tour company that had virtually no reviews out there (I couldn't find much of anything on them either). Be cautious about price: if it's too good to be believed then it probably is, where a quality experience is involved.

Have you checked out any Rick Steves tours for this area? You know what you get with what you pay on his tours. I have taken 16 of them.

Rick does have some tours with stops in Northern Italy.

My second choice for a tour company is Road Scholar if Rick doesn’t have an itinerary that interests me. They have more programs but fewer dates for each. I’ve done 10 tours with them (5 International/5 domestic) as well as 10 of Rick’s tours.

https://www.roadscholar.org/find-an-adventure/

I’d steer clear of any company that you’re thinking is too good to be true.

Thank you! I have taken all of your recommendations into account. I believe the trip is was interested in on the
Italian tourism.us website is actually through Virgin vacations. They are associated with Gate 1. I have traveled with
Gate 1 before and they are first class.

So then, it sounds like the "Italian tourism.us" site is for a 3rd party travel agent. You'll do much better if you book directly with the tour company, especially if it's a company you've use before.

I prefer the itinerary offered by Virgin Vacations as opposed to the Gate 1 vacations and only wanted to know if
anyone has booked with Virgin before.