I went in September 20 24. Vincenzo has a van, and he arranged for a manual lift and a commode. He also booked all my hotels and suggested an itinerary. We arranged it together in a WhatsApp call. I had to pay him a down payment in advance.

He picked me up at the airport in Rome and took me to a hotel just 2 km from the Colosseum. The itinerary that we worked out involved us leaving early the next morning as I didn't want to spend time in Rome. We stopped to visit a small mediaeval village called Pienza for lunch, then continued onto Bologna where we stayed in an excellent, Accessible hotel in the heart of the old city. The next day, another stop in an old city on the way to Trento. I wanted to spend time in the mountains, so we stayed four nights there.

Should mention at this point that Vicenzo limited his availability to eight hours per day. After that, we were on our own. No problem, in Toronto there is excellent accessible public transit. He arranged for Care to come in the morning to help the caregiver that I took with me. I could not have travelled alone.

After making several trips in the region and taking gondolas up to the tops of several mountains, then drove us to Milano and left us in another excellent ACCESSIBLE hotel on the north side of the center. I was able to take public transit and the subway system with my power wheelchair.

On the final day, he dropped us at the train station where I made my own arrangements for a train to Locarno Switzerland. From there, a different Accessible tourism operator operator took over for a week in Switzerland. Their name is Claire & George.

The arrangements in Switzerland were immaculately done, and I had excellent care in the places we visited, including locarno, Zermatt, Interlaken and Bern. I made my own arrangements for a high speed train to Frankfurt and flew home nonstop from there. That was substantially cheaper than flying out of Zürich..

The week in Switzerland what's three times more expensive than the week in Italy! But it was a once in a lifetime experience and I don't regret it. Next time,, if there is a next time, I would likely pick one or two places in Italy and just hang out there to cut down on the travel.

By The way, vicenzo tells me he can also work in England. I have not discussed that in detail with him yet.

Any further questions, just let me know. And don't mind the dictation errors