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Day By Day Itenary
Day 1 — Venice arrival and welcome dinner.
Day 2 — Murano glass factory visit, Venice walking tour, gondola ride.
Day 3 — Travel to Bologna with stops along the way; arrive Florence in the evening.
Day 4 — Florence walking tour and the Accademia Gallery (Michelangelo’s David).
Day 5 — Day trip to medieval Orvieto; arrive Rome and tour the Colosseum.
Day 6 — Independent exploration in Rome, then Vatican tour in the afternoon.
Day 7-8 — Final morning in Rome before the trip concludes.
What's Included
• Country-expert tour guides for every leg, the people who actually grew up in these cities.
• Daily breakfast and many additional meals across the trip.
• All entrance fees to attractions on the itinerary.
• Transportation between cities (luxury motorcoach, ferries, shuttles) with WiFi on the coaches.
• Welcome drinks the first evening.
• Comprehensive trip documents and itineraries before departure.
• Me, Dionne, hosting personally.
What's Not Included
• Flights to and from Italy (booked separately so you can use frequent-flier miles or pick connections that work for your schedule).
• Pre and post-trip night stays in Venice or Rome (available if you want to extend; just ask).
• Some meals (the itinerary is built so you have flexibility for some lunches and dinners on your own).
Pricing
Double occupancy: $3,145 per person. $250 deposit per person reserves your spot, with the balance due closer to departure.
Single supplement: $1,395 — a note about this below.
Early-bird discount: 5% off if booked by May 31, 2026 — about $157 per person off the double-occupancy fare. The early-bird closes at the end of May.
A Note For Solo Travelers
If you’ve been wanting to do a trip like this but you don’t have someone to travel with, I want you to know this trip is built for you too.
The single supplement is $1,395, it’s a real number, but it gets you your own room. You participate in all the same group activities. You eat with the group when you want and on your own when you want.
You can join the included excursions or do your own thing each day. The whole structure is designed so solo travelers feel like part of the group without feeling like the third wheel.
The big tour operators charge punishing single supplements assuming solo travelers are an inconvenient minority. I think that’s backwards. A lot of my best clients travel solo, by choice, by life circumstance, or because they’re tired of waiting for a partner whose schedule won’t align with theirs. This trip is built for you to feel welcome traveling solo. Same trip, your own room, your own pace within the group structure.
Why I'm Hosting Hosted Group Trips
This trip is the first of what I’m building as a continuing offering at Dream Plan Pack. Hosted group trips combine the best parts of independent travel, your own pace, the flexibility to step away when you want to, with the best parts of group travel: country experts who genuinely know the places, logistics already handled, no decision fatigue at the end of a long day.
If you join me on the November Italy trip and love the format, you’ll have an easier time being part of the next one. I’ll be hosting more in 2027 and beyond, different countries, similar small-group structure, same emphasis on traveling well rather than traveling cheap.
