A note from Steve Perillo: As most of you know, my family has been booking trips to Italy for 70 years. During those decades, we’ve experienced every up and down that the world could throw at us – recessions, wars, travel alerts.
And still we ran our famous tours and still people traveled with us and had once-in-a-lifetime experiences. For some, it was the culmination of a life-long dream, a trip they saved for years to take. For others, it was the last time they were healthy enough to travel and they were so glad they went instead of waiting.
The world will always be unpredictable and unstable. Need an example of that? The fall of the Roman Empire! This is nothing new. What would be new and tragic would be the temptation to give into fear and not do the one thing that gives us all so much joy – TRAVEL!
There is so much kindness and warmth in this world. Need an example? Just step foot on Italian soil and meet some of the locals. I promise you have never felt a welcome like that. For me, the good outweighs the bad. The very tiny risk is worth it to truly live a full life.
So onward with our 2016 tours to Italy! I hope to see you on one. There is no time like the present to travel.
