Custom Tours of Italy blog

Is it possible to go on a custom, privately guided tour of Italy and be on a budget? why YES, it is. I'm Chris, and I am the owner Custom Tours of Italy. I work alone, I don't have a staff or a team - I work with you and customize your Italy vacation to fit your budget needs. It's simple and easy,...we communicate throughout the whole process putting together your Italy vacation many months before..and....I go with you and guide in Italy. I have a daily guiding fee and you pa

Happy New Year 2026. If this is the year you're finally going to "get to Italy or Sicily" either for the first time or a return trip, are you going to go on a pre-packaged tour with 25 other people you haven't met or are you going to attempt to plan your dream vacation all by yourself? If you have the budget and desire to just have someone plan your trip and then escort you while you're there, read on! So you're thinking after looking on the web, that with all it's resources,

When you think about it - Italy is definitely the most complete destination for Tourist activities, Art, Food, Wine, Music, Architecture and History…..and more..... I mean, I'm biased being a travel guide only during Italy and being Italian American but when you think about it, where can you see all the history about the Roman Empire and also get the most incredible plate of Spaghetti Carbonara?....where else can you see the history of Pompeii near Naples and then stay in Sor

Part 2 on the number one question I get and and the hardest question to answer because I don't have pre-set, pre-packaged tours just sitting on my website so you can see the package and the price and decide for yourself. Here at Custom Tours of Italy I work with you through many conversations to determine how you'd like to travel and where you'd like to go an what you'd like to do before we can determine what a trip is going to cost. I work alone and pride myself on being abl

Well, I just got back from a 10 day trip to Sicily in October and I can tell you it's great, very affordable and a lot less tourists. So, what's it gonna cost you for a privately guided Sicilian vacation trip?,....that's a loaded question because it all depends on how you want to travel,.... Do you only want to stay in cities in 5 star hotels or are you willing to stay on Farm Agriturismo's to really get into the Sicilian culture?....these are the things I work with you on de

So, you're exploring a trip to Italy and it doesn't matter if you've been there before or this is the first time, all you do know is that...

Okay, so lets say you only have 9 days off - you'll have 2 days of travel (one there and one back) and you want to go to Italy so bad and...

Yes, if you're dreaming of Italy like I always am, then maybe you're thinking of going to the Vatican Church for the first time or you're...

So you're poking around the internet checking out packaged tour companies tours to Italy and they're fairly high priced per person...

If you have 3 weeks and you're ready to go to Italy, here's a possible Italy vacation package that covers a lot of the 6 popular places I...

It's still not too late to plan a Italy vacation trip for the Spring of 2026. When I say Spring, I'm saying April and May up until when all the schools and colleges let out for the Summer. The crowds go up quite a bit after this so, so the weather is generally good in April through the end of May. I do have a trip planned May 10th returning the 27th but nothing before this. This deals are incredible next year for last minute reservations and why not take advantage of them to

If you think you can book your airfare, your hotels and all your tourist activities and you've NEVER BEEN to Italy before think again....

If you've already been to Italy a few times to the most touristed major cities of Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, Tuscany, Naples, and the...

As you start thinking about finally going to "bella Italia", beautiful Italy, the first thing you do is Google Italy vacation packages...

Here's the reasons why I think a personalized Custom tour of Italy is more rewarding for my travel clients then a pre-packaged tour. You...

If you're dreaming of Italy and watching the new Stanley Tucci series on Nat Geo "Tucci in Italy" and you're saying,...."honey, we've got...

There are many factors in choosing the best privately guided 15 day vacation tour of Italy to the 4 most popular cities, Venice,...

So, you're poking around the internet and you see a lot of options for trips that say they offer a "privately guided custom vacation trip...

I talk with a lot of perspective travelers and lots of people want to know up front, "hey, what's it's going to cost us for a Custom tour vacation of Italy, the custom part sounds expensive"? Well, since your CUSTOM vacation tour of Italy will be different than any of my other guided trips I CANNOT give you a complete answer up front until we start putting your trip together. What I can tell you is that generally the trips per person/per day are in a range of $400ish a day, p

There are many factors in choosing the best privately guided 15 day vacation tour of Italy to the 4 most popular cities, Venice,...