Help Me Pick Out a Vacation Rental in Italy

The Campos and the Snyders

Traveling for me is much more than running myself ragged trying to see as much as possible within a short time. For me travel is about enjoying different cultures, foods and life perspectives. It's also about enjoying the experience with family loved ones and good friends. Somewhere between September 2014 and the following January my wife and I hope to rent a villa in Tuscany or Umbria with our daughter Gigi, son-in-law Ryan, and grandson Aiden (who will be one year old) and our good friends Rob and Ladell Snyder. There will be a total of 6 and one half of us. Some of us due to job commitments can only stay two weeks, others have more flexibility and could stay 3 to 4 weeks depending upon our financial situation and the cost of the trip. I have the philosophy that you have to stay a minimum of 3 weeks to justify the cost of the flight. If you have a vacation rental and do what the British call "self-catering" the extra weeks you stay probably cost you only about twice as much as just being at home. I'll have an article breaking down typical costs soon.

You can also experience the process with us on how to reconcile the different travel priorities and interests of each member of our travel party, choosing and agreeing on what area of Italy to we should stay, getting the optimal vacation rental and travel style that meets the different financial capabilities of each family. We'll have separate blogs that are linked together as we muddle through the different options and issues we have to settle. 



We ask you to join us in our muddle (it's sort of a reality blog) and give us your thoughts as we go through the process. I'm also hoping you'll enjoy our style of travel and consider using this approach yourself.