Anyone ever use Perillo Tours for Italy?

Me and my wife just got back from Italy. We visited Venice, Florence, and Rome. We bought Rick Steves book and booked the train tickets. Flew into Venice and departed out of Rome. For sure do the Vatican early morning tour. We used what a life tours for that. Everything else can be done on your own. We also did a day trip to Pompeii. I will try to answer any questions you have

10 days. 2 nights in Venice, 3 nights in Florence, 4 in Rome. If you can, do a wine tour in Florence. One of my favorite parts of our trip. Gives you a break from all the museums. We used grape tours and really liked them. Hotel David in Florence is a must to stay at. Very reasonable price per night

Europeans use credit cards much less than we do, most of what they do is in cash. There are atm's everywhere. Many of the bigger cities more popular areas the banks will have entrances with 4-10 ATMs. So I wouldn't worry about cash at all. I just pull out $400 or so at a time, helps you budget too.

Italy is very hard not to love, unless this is a once in a lifetime trip where you need to see everything now or you never will I'd highly recommend just doing 2 of those 3 cities. It's less travel so you get to enjoy the scenery and relax more. I've done the bust it Europe vacation twice now, and last time I went we just did the two cities and the same hotel in each. Not having to pack and unpack every 2 days and catch trains/ load the car really gives you a lot more time.

There's really nothing better in Italy to me than getting a room with a terrace for coffee in the morning and wine at night.

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Europeans use credit cards much less than we do, most of what they do is in cash. There are atm's everywhere. Many of the bigger cities more popular areas the banks will have entrances with 4-10 ATMs. So I wouldn't worry about cash at all. I just pull out $400 or so at a time, helps you budget too.

Italy is very hard not to love, unless this is a once in a lifetime trip where you need to see everything now or you never will I'd highly recommend just doing 2 of those 3 cities. It's less travel so you get to enjoy the scenery and relax more. I've done the bust it Europe vacation twice now, and last time I went we just did the two cities and the same hotel in each. Not having to pack and unpack every 2 days and catch trains/ load the car really gives you a lot more time.

There's really nothing better in Italy to me than getting a room with a terrace for coffee in the morning and wine at night.

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This is a great post. Slow down and don't try to 'check all the boxes'.