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Sample Trip: 13-Night Trip to Italy
(This is a combination of actual trips taken in 2002.) |
Bookings
|
Cost
|
Booking
Commissions
|
| 3 nights Hotel Sole al Pantheon, Rome, superior room |
$ 930 |
$ 67
|
| 2 train tickets with seat reservations,
Rome-Florence |
147 |
6
|
| |
3 nights Hotel Lungarno, Florence, deluxe river-view
room |
1115 |
$100
|
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6-day manual compact car rental, with
Autoeurope discount |
398 |
$20
|
| 3 nights Locanda dell’ Amorosa, Tuscany, superior room
|
774 |
$63
|
| 3 nights Albergo Villa Belvedere (includes
dinner),
Lake Como, lake-view room |
514
|
** 0
|
| |
Travel Bookings |
$ 3,878 |
$ 256
|
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One round trip ticket JFK-Rome;
Milan-JFK |
868 |
|
 |
One frequent flyer ticket |
0
|
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| TOTAL COST OF TRIP: |
$ 4,746 |
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| Travel consultant fee (10% of bookings): |
$ 388 |
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Less booking commissions: |
- 256 |
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Airline ticket fee: (2 tickets @ $25) |
+ 50 |
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Connoisseur Travel Charge: |
$ 182 |
(+ $50, initial
consultation fee) |
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** $0 (hotel pays no commission)
Services Performed: Initial consultation; itinerary planning; arranged
private transfer Rome airport-hotel; restaurant recommendations and
reservations in Rome and Florence; arranged half-day tour of Vatican and St.
Peter’s and for tickets to the Borghese Gallery in Rome; arranged for
tickets to Uffizi and Accademia galleries in Florence; sightseeing, driving
and restaurant notes for Tuscany; arranged for a wine tour/tasting/lunch at
Castello Verrazzano in Chianti; sightseeing notes for Lake Como; detailed
day-by-day trip notes (including driving directions); Weissman reports for
Rome and Florence; two maps for Tuscany and the lakes region ($20);
documents and materials hand delivered. |
