Yogi Berra famously said, "Nobody Goes There Anymore, It's Too Crowded". We can apply the same statement to travel. There are some places we regularly travel to, but NEVER go during certain seasons. In today's blog post, The Traveling Professor explains the places to stay away from at certain times and better alternatives for travelers who do want to go away and actually enjoy their vacation without the pressing crowds.
The Traveling Professor runs several small group tours to Italy each year. We travel to major cities like Rome, Venice, Florence, Sorrento. We also take small group tours to Italy to smaller cities like Padua, Verona, Lucca, Siena, and Vicenza. Italy is not always the easiest place to fly to and fares can be high. In this blog post, The Professor shows you how to save a significant amount of money on your next tour to Italy with cheap airfares.
So far this year we have taken small group tours to Paris, Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice), Copenhagen, Norway, and Iceland. We have a few trips remaining in 2016 - Paris, Italy, and to the Austrian/Bavarian Christmas markets in 2016. Travelers have already been asking me where we can take them in 2017. You are going to scream with joy when you find out where you can join up with The Professor on one of his special small group tours next year.
Let's face it, travel is expensive these days. But we all love going to Italy. The Traveling Professor's small group tours to Italy are probaly the most popular of our tours. There is a way to go to Italy, enjoy it in luxury, without breaking the bank. In fact, if this blog post doesn't save you a ton of money on your next trip to Italy, the next time you go, I will meet you there and buy you the biggest gelato to be found.
On our small group tours to Paris, Italy, Norway, Austria and Germany, and Peru, part of the travel experience is the food. It is ALL good. But what's the best? Every country has wonderful food. But which country has the best food? Everyone is going to have their own opinions but in this blog post, The Traveling Professor gives his opinion on which country has the best food.
The Traveling Professor just completed three days in New York at the New York Times Travel Show. It was great to meet all of our travelers who came out to see us. It was just as great to make new friends too. We got to talk and meet face-to-face on all aspect of travel. We learned what our travelers want in 2016. In this blog post we will share that with you as well what we learned about upcoming trends in travel.
By the end of the year, The Traveling Professor will have made 118 blog posts on topics ranging from airfares, hotels, trip advice, insurance, itineraries and a bunch of other stuff. In my last blog post of 2015 I am going to post links to my top blog posts of the year. These posts are loaded with time and money saving trip ideas. Best wishes for a Happy New Year from The Traveling Professor.
Our Traveling Professor tours are not budget tours, and with the exception of one tour we run, they are not super-luxury tours either. On our Traveling Professor tours we like to stay at good 3 or 4 star hotels in a central location that are a good value. But some people, when traveling on their own, like to plan a budget tour. Here are some of my ideas for saving money without sacrificing comfort.
On our Traveling Professor small group tours to Italy, we enjoy traveling by train. It is fast, efficient, and economical. It lets us mingle with the locals to give a better flavor of Italy. In today's blog post The Traveling Professor covers the basics of Italian train travel in terms of types of trains and purchasing tickets.