cuddles115 Posted October 18, 2010 #1 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Rome in Limo is booked. Was looking at Prestige Rent Italy. I didn't see any reviews. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubofhockey Posted October 18, 2010 #2 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Rome in Limo is booked. Was looking at Prestige Rent Italy. I didn't see any reviews. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. We used Papillon Service for a Florence/Pisa. They are based in Livorno and we had a very good tour in one of their new Mercedes vans. It was with Roberto who is one of the principals of the company. Lina manages the business end. You may want to check Trip Advisor for reviews of Prestige or Papillon. But if you search the Italy threads, I believe you will find reviews of both companies. Good luck. http://www.papillonservice.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auntdot Posted October 19, 2010 #3 Share Posted October 19, 2010 We have used Unforgettable Tuscany twice! This year we had four groups from our sailing and every group was pleased with the drivers they had. Paolo (the owner) is a real gentleman, an excellent driver, and he is very flexible, making a last minute change to our itinerary to accommodate us. We even had a 'surprise' stop on the way to Florence that was very interesting! Go to unforgettable tuscany dot com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole Posted October 19, 2010 #4 Share Posted October 19, 2010 We have booked Fiorentino Mariano [info@pleasantravel.com] for 3 tours, but what I was wondering - the tour companies don't take credit cards to confirm your reservations. What guarantee do you have that they will show up at the port? Has anyone else had this concern? B. Cole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole Posted October 19, 2010 #5 Share Posted October 19, 2010 We have booked Fiorentino Mariano [info@pleasantravel.com] for 3 tours, but what I was wondering - the tour companies don't take credit cards to confirm your reservations. What guarantee do you have that they will show up at the port? Has anyone else had this concern? B. Cole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auntdot Posted October 20, 2010 #6 Share Posted October 20, 2010 If you booked with Mariano, have NO fear; he WILL be there on time! he was excellent on our Amalfi Drive and arranged a very good guide at Herculaneum. He will custom-design the tour that you want. Mariano is one of Paolo's (Unforgettable Tuscany) associates. We also had Roberto Brunetti for Rome. All were excellent and chose great 'local' places for lunch - NOT tourist traps - authentic Italian food! Mariano even surprised my husband with a birthday cake! Can't go wrong with these! auntdot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphie Posted October 20, 2010 #7 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Get in touch with Fabrizio at allarounditaly.net <info@allarounditaly.net>. You will not be sorry. Any questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuddles115 Posted October 21, 2010 Author #8 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Thanks everyone for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggartner Posted October 25, 2010 #9 Share Posted October 25, 2010 We just returned, using Giovanni Sirabella Sunflower-Tours.com. We spent about 380Euros and had a fabulous time. Giovanni is knowledgeable of history and architecture, polite, responsible and truly enjoys his work. We have used other drivers in the past and he very well may be the best. We had a wonderful time. Gary Gartner-Houston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Bear Posted October 27, 2010 #10 Share Posted October 27, 2010 We have used Unforgettable Tuscany twice! This year we had four groups from our sailing and every group was pleased with the drivers they had. Paolo (the owner) is a real gentleman, an excellent driver, and he is very flexible, making a last minute change to our itinerary to accommodate us. We even had a 'surprise' stop on the way to Florence that was very interesting! Go to unforgettable tuscany dot com. I fully agree with you about Paolo. I bet the 'surprise' stop was at an old castle that is now a hotel out in some beautiful, rolling country. He also took us to a real Italian restaurant for lunch. Great day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadey Posted November 15, 2010 #11 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Limo In Rome is the only company I would book with!! Claudio is the owner and a wonderful person/guide. The people that work for him are fantastic. The prices are good and fair. You can't go wrong with this company!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribbeansun Posted November 15, 2010 #12 Share Posted November 15, 2010 We had the exact opposite experience with Giovanni We just returned, using Giovanni Sirabella Sunflower-Tours.com. We spent about 380Euros and had a fabulous time. Giovanni is knowledgeable of history and architecture, polite, responsible and truly enjoys his work. We have used other drivers in the past and he very well may be the best. We had a wonderful time.Gary Gartner-Houston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubofhockey Posted November 15, 2010 #13 Share Posted November 15, 2010 We have booked Fiorentino Mariano [info@pleasantravel.com] for 3 tours, but what I was wondering - the tour companies don't take credit cards to confirm your reservations. What guarantee do you have that they will show up at the port? Has anyone else had this concern?B. Cole Just about every company I dealt with (and there were several) took credit card holds. I suppose that it is still no guarantee that they will show up. What keeps most companies on their toes is the fear of getting bad reviews on Cruise Critic, TripAdvisor, and even word of mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the4things Posted November 15, 2010 #14 Share Posted November 15, 2010 On our Med cruise in August (Ruby Princess) we booked two of our Italy tours (Naples and Rome) with Italycarservice. Josephine replied promptly every time we emailed with a question. She was amazing! We thoroughly enjoyed both of our tours with this company! Both of our drivers were pleasant and spoke very good English, so we could understand everything they said to us and they could understand all of our questions, it was great! Wouldn't hesitate to recommend them at all! We gave our credit card information to hold the booking, but paid in cash at the end of each day, to the driver. As the previous poster stated, these companies know that their reputation is on the line if they don't show up at the pier to pick you up. This is their livelihood, so they are not going to "take your money and run". Enjoy your cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwr777 Posted November 16, 2010 #15 Share Posted November 16, 2010 If you are interested in a Tuscany wine tour I highly recommend Guido's Wine Tours. I'm just back yesterday and the tour was the highlight of my trip. http://www.guidos-tours.it/ Have fun, whatever you decide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgo39 Posted November 17, 2010 #16 Share Posted November 17, 2010 We had the exact opposite experience with Giovanni Can you please give us more details on this comment? You had a bad experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiam Posted November 17, 2010 #17 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I too would like more info on the Sunflower tours negative comment. I have used him before and plan on doing it again and can't believe a negative comment. Please let us know what happened on your trip that differs from all the raving reviews on this site. Happy cruising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzG Posted November 17, 2010 #18 Share Posted November 17, 2010 We had fabulous tours in both Rome and Florence with Fabrizio from allarounditaly.net. We would never book with anyone else on our next trip to Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingGoddess Posted November 21, 2010 #19 Share Posted November 21, 2010 We used RomeinLimo in Rome (Civitavecchia4) and Florence/Pisa (Livorno). We were very satisifed and would use them again when we return. You can read the full review, including all the places we went, on my blog: http://moonprincess.com/travel/category/cruises/europe-2009/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuddles115 Posted November 22, 2010 Author #20 Share Posted November 22, 2010 We wound up using tours-italy(Avventua Bellisima). They were terrific. I can't say enough good things about them. The tour of Florence was spectacular. By far, the best experience we ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hylasgirl Posted November 23, 2010 #21 Share Posted November 23, 2010 We used RomeinLimo in Rome (Civitavecchia4) and Florence/Pisa (Livorno). We were very satisifed and would use them again when we return. You can read the full review, including all the places we went, on my blog: http://moonprincess.com/travel/category/cruises/europe-2009/ We've used Romeinlimo a few times out of Livorno. They are an extremely professional company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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