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Groupon Getaway have an 6-night Italy (Venice, Florence, and Rome) vacation with airfare, trains, accommodations from Great Value Vacations from New York (JFK), Los Angeles (LAX) or Chicago (ORD) starting from $999 per person based on the purchase of 2 vouchers (2 people). The Groupon page will say '8-day' but 2 of them are overnight flights so it doesn't really count imo.
This Groupon Getaway includes round trip economy airfare into Venice and out of Rome, rail transfers to Florence and Rome, 2-night lodging per city, airline taxes and fees. Once you've purchased this Groupon, you'll receive an email confirmation with instructions to finalize your travel dates with Great Value Vacations by January 26, 2024.
Groupon Getaway [groupon.com]
Purchase & Book by January 26, 2024
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Promotional value expires Jan 26, 2024. Amount paid never expires.
Book by 1/26/2024, or the promo value expires
Limit 1 per person, may buy 3 additional as gifts
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JFK assuming 1stop, flight ~500/p with TAP/turkish and other similar players or ~800/p with British airways/lufthansa/etc. tier airlines
2 nights of accommodations at Leonardo Royal Hotel Venice Mestre or similar in Venice ~95/nt
2 nights of accommodations at PopApartment (studio apartment) or similar in Florence ~91/nt
2 nights of accommodations at Hotel Pineta Palace or similar in Rome ~130/nt
Rail from Mestre to Florence (tourist class), Rail from Florence to Rome (tourist class) - no idea what tourist class is but looks to be about $25/ea for business class. So $100 for this
So rough calculation of 1750-2350 for $1998, Maybe a deal if they use the bigger airlines, but if you're doing this anyway, seems easy enough to book your own and save
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JFK assuming 1stop, flight ~500/p with TAP/turkish and other similar players or ~800/p with British airways/lufthansa/etc. tier airlines
2 nights of accommodations at Leonardo Royal Hotel Venice Mestre or similar in Venice ~95/nt
2 nights of accommodations at PopApartment (studio apartment) or similar in Florence ~91/nt
2 nights of accommodations at Hotel Pineta Palace or similar in Rome ~130/nt
Rail from Mestre to Florence (tourist class), Rail from Florence to Rome (tourist class) - no idea what tourist class is but looks to be about $25/ea for business class. So $100 for this
So rough calculation of 1750-2350 for $1998, Maybe a deal if they use the bigger airlines, but if you're doing this anyway, seems easy enough to book your own and save
Venice? Sure. Florence? Yep. Rome? No way.
I'm not sure if this travel agency will work with you, but I've booked travel with an agency that had a groupon where they'll let you change the return flight dates out further, providing you cover your own accommodations for the extra nights... and pay any additional fee if the flight is deemed to be more valuable. In the past, it's worked out where the return flight we ended up taking was CHEAPER than what they had proposed, making the package even cheaper. So we were on the hook for slightly less than the value of the deal plus the hotel stays. This gave us a lot more flexibility in where we could go.
In the five times we've traveled there, we've been to:
Rome (all five times)
Venice (twice)
Naples (three times)
Capri (twice)
Pompeii (twice)
Positano (once)
Verona (once)
Murano (once)
Amalfi (once)
Florence (once)
I was last in Rome around Valentine's Day of 2020. The city had gotten notably dirtier (to me, anyway) from when I was there just a few years prior.
Positano and Capri are a must-visit. Unfortunately, the ferry lines between Capri and Positano were not running (non-peak season / cold weather?) when we were last there.
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One thing to note with this package - these hotels are not very close to most of the places you will want to see. Consider not only the cost to get to the city center but also the lost time each day.
That being said, I'm a total spaz and have used day trips or layovers to see more in one day than most do in a few. I'm really, really good at this stuff.
That being said, I'm a total spaz and have used day trips or layovers to see more in one day than most do in a few. I'm really, really good at this stuff.
Overall - it's an ok value, but you could book your own for about the same price or less and stay where you want, etc.
Also "full of tourists " haha well sure, but that's just the cost of entry for some of the most iconic historical cities in the world.