Costs, Terms and Conditions, and More!
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Costs / Hourly Rates
€105/hour
1 Adult
€115/hour
2 Adults
€130/hour
3 Adults
€145/hour
4 Adults
For larger groups or rates with children, please inquire.
Payment is made at the end of the visit in Euro or with a personal bank check. If you use the latter, please apply Daniella’s bank exchange rate and cover her bank’s handling fee (€20).
What’s Not Included
- Entrance tickets, meals, or transportation (if applicable)
- A service fee for reserving Forum/Colosseum, Borghese Gallery, Underground Rome, and Special Access tickets — a one-time €30 fee per site for 1–2 adults. (Larger groups, please inquire.)
Tour Duration
Daniella has designed her tours to provide a fun, complete, and informative experience. Some tours, like the Villa Farnesina, last roughly three hours. Many tours last circa 4.5 hours (e.g. the Campus Martius and the Forum/Colosseum Combo). Others often last longer, for example, Ostia Antica. If you prefer an abbreviated tour, Daniella is more than happy to customize it for you. There is, however, a minimum three-hour fee. Full-day visits will be charged at the rates listed above.
Booking Information AND Terms and ConditionS
Pre-purchasing Tickets
Over the last several years, pre-purchasing tickets (with timed entrances) has become increasingly compulsory — as well as more and more complicated. At best, the process is Italian mayhem. At worst, it’s an ongoing armwrestle with Death Bots and Scalpers.
Daniella has found that Italian websites also befuddle most travelers. For example, good luck figuring out the website of the official vendor of Colosseum tickets. (Its website is not quite as bad as that of TrenItalia, but it’s a runner up!) Finally, there are places (like Rome’s special access areas) that only guides can reserve.
To save visitors (and herself) experiences which can vary from a pain in the rear to a total headache, Daniella now obligatorily pre-purchases visitors’ tickets for them. With this in mind, please see the “What’s Not Included” section above.
Customers’ Responsibilities
When we finalize our plans, you are responsible for being at our tour’s meeting place on time. Please be punctual. (Daniella is on the clock from the moment you agree to meet.)
Please bring IDs, if Daniella has expressly requested it.
Prepare Daniella’s payment beforehand
Leave pocketknives at the hotel if the visit includes the Forum, Palatine, or Colosseum — especially if they’re important keepsakes. Security will confiscate them. I know we love them for their corkscrews. But Italians consider them weapons.
No-shows will be billed for half the tour (calculating its average length).
Making Last-Minute Changes
Jet-lag, contretemps, emergencies, and the unexpected are all part of international travel. When possible, Daniella is more than happy to accommodate last-minute changes in starting times, meeting places, even days and visits — if she can! Please keep in mind that she may not be able to adjust her schedule to meet your needs. If we are unable to reorganize a visit, it will be treated as a last-minute cancellation (see Customers’ Responsibilities above).