~ What you see is what you get. Our hotel reservation system doesn't play tricks, like the other hotel websites that tease you with lots of hotels that turn out NOT to be available for your dates, or prices that don't include all the fees and taxes. The prices you see here are complete. And the hotels you see here are available at the time of your search.

~ Better search tools for finding hotels where you want them, like a list of neighborhoods in Rome, so you can find hotels in the historical center, or near the Spanish Steps. And better maps for finding your way around.

~ We're straight with you: you need to consult multiple websites. So instead of trying to get you to book everything you need on our website, we recommend that you shop around and visit several websites to put the components of your trip together. Those other travel websites -- the one-stop convenience stores of travel -- oversimplify everything and don't give you enough choices, or enough information.

~ Our pages aren't crammed full of distracting links....aren't you tired of those offers to find your high-school friends? We don't think that every bit of a webpage should be blinking or demanding that you to click on some cheesey sales gimmick that has nothing to do with why you're on that website in the first place.

~ No ads!... we never promote companies, products or services because they pay us for advertising.

~ Instead of ads....our pages are filled with advice from experts in Italy travel...people who actually traveled there.

~ We don't sugar-coat our recommendations to try and sell you something. Some of our tips may even convince you not to go to Italy. So our honesty sometimes loses us a sale. Who else does that?

~ Practical tips...not the same ol' generic travel stuff. We 've anticipated the real issues....so you can plan for them.

~ Our website is specific to Italy and nearby parts of Europe. Those other travel websites are set up for travel all over the world, and so they generalize about everything.