Cycling tours of Italy? Trek Travel?

[Mr. SR500]

Great write-up. Very cool, and I think this is exactly what we're looking for. I'm wondering if you know how early they encourage you to book to ensure a spot? Also, I saw that you saved 10% by booking through Trek? How does that work?

I think we booked in the Late Winter/Spring for a Fall trip. Trek Travel has socials at larger dealers etc, to invite people to check out the tour. Our trip was hosted by our dealers and basically everyone was from around the same region. Because they made many of the arrangements, I guess the discount came from that. I'm not sure if you are booking online or via a Trek dealer, but I would just ask - can't hurt.

P.S. Let them know it's your honeymoon. Since we were celebrating our 10 year anniversary our guides gave us a large bottle of champagne on ice one afternoon. Ice is fairly rare in Italy, and my wife was so excited she opened a Coke and used the ice with it. We then went to share the champagne with the other members of the tour, us being typical Americans looked for some cheap/disposable glasses, but the manager of the inn insisted we use proper glasses. Made for great afternoon.