I have a couple of good married friends that are planning a trip to Italy this coming September. My one friend has all the Italy travel guides and books you can name and they have the sights they both definitely want to see. They haven't traveled out of the country in a very long time, so this is a very special trip. I don’t know how long they are planning on staying, but they will look into getting discount travel reservations for all their ventures. They both can play with travel dates, so that makes discount travel reservations much easier. We have a mutual friend who also traveled to Italy last year, so she will be a big help to them. I went to Italy many, many years ago, and I can see why it is such a popular destination. I promised myself I would go back to Italy and I would like to travel to Spain as well. As far as my friends go, they will find discount hotel reservations, flight and even car reservations all online. Online booking is truly the only way to go.