Reading Italy travel guides inspires people to want to visit the country. Italy is a beautiful place full of art, culture and history. Unfortunately, the current economic climate means that a vacation to Italy is beyond most peoples' means unless they are fortunate enough to find discount travel reservations. Luckily, it is possible to find discount travel reservations to Italy if you are keen enough. For example, I found discount cruise reservations to Italy at a website called cruise.com. Royal Caribbean are currently offering a 14- day ocean crossing to Rome that sets of from the Dominican Republic on March 30. If you don't mind sleeping in an inside cabin, you and your partner can book this cruise reservation for as little as $699 for both of you. At around $350 per person, discount travel reservations don't come much cheaper than that. This price covers the cost of all port charges. However, it doesn't include the cost of the flight to the Dominican Republic or the fight back to the USA from Italy. Nor does it cover the cost of government taxes. Those who serve in the military or are over the age of fifty-five could be eligible for an additional discount.