Hello! Have you ever used the services of local advisors or local guides to organize your trip to Italy better? Is it worth it? By local advisors, I mean people who can give you advice about booking tickets, creating a schedule for your trip, and taking into account all the specifics of the place.
Local guide service/ advices for traveling to Italy
I have visited Italy many times, usually as a solo female, occasionally with a female friend. I have visited cities, towns and small villages from Bergamo to Taranto, always using public transport.
>Have you ever used the services of local advisors or local guides to organize your trip to Italy better?
No. Italy is exceptionally easy to navigate, with an excellent, safe and reasonably-priced public transport system. There is lots of official information online in English (including train websites), the majority of people speak at least some English (especially those in younger age groups), all cities and larger towns have tourist information offices and signage is often in English. There's plenty of free wifi available and it's as safe for solo females as any other European city (and considerably safer than many non-European countries).
There are still travel forums like this one where people can ask questions & get advice from others, often local.
>Is it worth it?
Certainly not for me and not for the vast majority of people. There are some who lack the ability/interest to schedule their visit, make bookings etc and there are already plenty of local guides/advisors ...including official tourist information offices!....available to meet their needs.
[ Edit: Edited on 24 Jul 2024, 05:59 GMT by leics2 ]
halyna, you can do everything by your own, no advisor necessary. Maybe first read a good guide-book and look at a map. So you can decide, what YOU want to do and to see. Then there is a good searching-machine at the Internet (google) where you can find for example all train-connections, public busses, prices of hotels a.s.o.
And when you have a temporary itinerary please come back and tell us. So we can help you further to enhance your trip.
Thank you for answers!