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4 Side Trips from Florence Italy

4 Side Trips from Florence Italy

Florence is one of the most popular travel destinations on Traveling Professor small group tours. However, there are many easy to get to destinations from Florence that are easy day day trips. From wine-tasting to dining to some of the most historic and well known locations in Italy, check out The Traveling Professor's choices for the best day trips from Florence.
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How to Get Free Travel Insurance

How to Get Free Travel Insurance

Travel is a big investment. Should something like illness, an accident, family matters, delays, or any number of reasons affect your trip, it could result in that investment being threatened. Travel insurance can be a big expense, but in this travel blog post, we talk about ways to get "free" travel protection.
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How to Find a Car and Driver Service in Europe

How to Find a Car and Driver Service in Europe

Need to get from the airport to your hotel? Want to travel from Rome to Florence with a stop at a winery along the way? Need to book a driver from Paris to Giverny? The Traveling Professor gets these questions all the time. Instead of spending all day doing a Google search, we have resources for you that will make it easy to book a driver and car next time in Europe.
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Perfect 3 Day Rome Itinerary

Perfect 3 Day Rome Itinerary

Here it is - short and sweet. The perfect and compact 3 day Rome itinerary. Rome can be incredibly crowded, especially in peak season. However, the post-Corona virus visiting period, whenever that will be, may offer some relief from the big crowds. Enjoy the Eternal City, it is crowded, gritty, and fully enjoyable.
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How to Find Deals on Business Class Airfares to Europe

How to Find Deals on Business Class Airfares to Europe

With the way airlines cram people like sardines into coach class, who wouldn't mind flying to Europe in a lie-flight business class seat? Those pre-COVID days where corporations picked up the tab for business flyers are at least temporarily gone. Airlines need to sell those seats and if you look in the right places, those luxury business class airfares can be found. Let The Traveling Professor show you how to find them.
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Should You Hire a Private Tour Guide?

Should You Hire a Private Tour Guide?

The Professor always recommends researching websites and guide books before visiting a destination to get an overview. However, there is nothing like a knowledgeable, engaging, and informative professional tour guide to tell you the backstory of the Mona Lisa, the architecture of the Teatro Olimpico in Padua, where the first men hit the beach at Omaha in Normandy and where to get the best Fish and Chips in Dublin.
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Professor Steve Solosky, The Traveling Professor, has been writing practical travel advice and leading small group tours since 2009.  His blog posts provide useful travel information that drill right down to what matters.

Some of his most popular travel blog posts have been:

  • Super Top Secret Paris Restaurant List
  • Perfect 12-Day Spain Itinerary
  • Best Tips for Traveling in Europe by Train
  • Why Solo Travelers Should Go on a Small Group Tour
  • Travel Insurance Basics
  • How to Find a Flight Using Google Flights
  • Great Gifts for the Traveler
  • Best Travel Products
  • Packing Tips
  • Travel Tips for Women