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If you’re thinking of renting an apartment or villa in Italy, if you’ve already started looking for a villa rental, you know all of the choices can be daunting. Here are five quick tips for renting an Italian villa: 1. Make sure there’s someone available nearby 24/7 in case something goes wrong. I learned the importance of this first-hand when …
Our friend Martha Bakerjian, the Italy guide for About.com, recently published a new mobile app: Italy Travel Tips & Hints, available on iTunes and Android. The tips and hints included in the app are based Martha’s personal travels throughout Italy over the past 30 years, as well as questions she gets from her readers. There’s a section of things you should do …
Think before you stink!: That’s basically the message behind this compellling travel tip from San Franscisco Chronicle travel editor Spud Hilton. If you’re going to be traveling in close quarters – in a plane or a train or bus with others you don’t know – please limit your use of fragrance and cologne. For those who are chemically sensitive or …
If you own a mobile phone with GSM (meaning it works overseas), you know what an expensive proposition it can be to make calls from abroad to the U.S. (And I’m not even talking about data charges which can make your iPhone into a cash cow for AT+T – more on that in a moment.) Now I usually recommend folks …
