Comments on: this is exactly why people use travel agents, isn’t it? http://thisfish.com/this-is-exactly-why-people-use-travel-agents-isnt-it/ Found the bike. Not changing the title. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Erin http://thisfish.com/this-is-exactly-why-people-use-travel-agents-isnt-it/#comment-37440 Erin Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:43:26 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1786#comment-37440 <p>I was just in Naples for a wedding (a friend of ours is from there) and her wedding was in her fathers backyard overlooking the Bay of Napoli. It was amazing! Apart from that, Naples itself is a bit dirty and loud and crazy, but it has amazing shopping if you get to the right area, and also really great food. I know people think of Naples as the worst city in Italy, and maybe it is to some respects, but we thoroughly enjoyed it. So apart from getting in and out of there, I would definitely check it out for a few!</p> I was just in Naples for a wedding (a friend of ours is from there) and her wedding was in her fathers backyard overlooking the Bay of Napoli. It was amazing! Apart from that, Naples itself is a bit dirty and loud and crazy, but it has amazing shopping if you get to the right area, and also really great food. I know people think of Naples as the worst city in Italy, and maybe it is to some respects, but we thoroughly enjoyed it. So apart from getting in and out of there, I would definitely check it out for a few!

]]> By: Tracey http://thisfish.com/this-is-exactly-why-people-use-travel-agents-isnt-it/#comment-37439 Tracey Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:39:16 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1786#comment-37439 <p>OK, having lived in Naples for the last 2 years, I can pretty much tell you that you can't fly directly from Naples to the US. Your best bets are to fly through Munich (Lufthansa) or Paris (Delta/Air France/Alitalia) or to fly a budget airline from Naples to some other major European city (EasyJet rocks, RyanAir is enh, or a ton of others - try www.skyscanner.net and you can type in Naples to Everywhere with your dates and see where the cheapest flights go to), or another option is to book through Expedia or Orbitz and try the "multi-city" option to fly into and out of different airports. I've had better luck (read: found cheaper tickets) with Orbitz, but they don't list out the budget airlines, so I've had even better luck trying different combinations on Orbitz and then buying a one way ticket on a budget airline. There are almost always cheap flights from Naples to Milan or Venice, both of which are pretty good international hubs.</p><br /><br /><p>Good luck, and if you need any other advice or want to meet a random reader who happens to live in Naples (and is pretty familiar with all the places just outside of Naples that you'd want to see - Amalfi Coast, Capri, Ischia, Paestum, Avellino/Taurasi, Pompeii/Herculaneum/Ercolano, etc.), drop me an email. Naples is not for the faint of heart, but I've really come to love living here, not only because of all the awesome stuff within an hour and a half drive/boat ride, but also because if you know where to go in Naples, it can be pretty kick ass too.</p> OK, having lived in Naples for the last 2 years, I can pretty much tell you that you can’t fly directly from Naples to the US. Your best bets are to fly through Munich (Lufthansa) or Paris (Delta/Air France/Alitalia) or to fly a budget airline from Naples to some other major European city (EasyJet rocks, RyanAir is enh, or a ton of others – try http://www.skyscanner.net and you can type in Naples to Everywhere with your dates and see where the cheapest flights go to), or another option is to book through Expedia or Orbitz and try the “multi-city” option to fly into and out of different airports. I’ve had better luck (read: found cheaper tickets) with Orbitz, but they don’t list out the budget airlines, so I’ve had even better luck trying different combinations on Orbitz and then buying a one way ticket on a budget airline. There are almost always cheap flights from Naples to Milan or Venice, both of which are pretty good international hubs.

Good luck, and if you need any other advice or want to meet a random reader who happens to live in Naples (and is pretty familiar with all the places just outside of Naples that you’d want to see – Amalfi Coast, Capri, Ischia, Paestum, Avellino/Taurasi, Pompeii/Herculaneum/Ercolano, etc.), drop me an email. Naples is not for the faint of heart, but I’ve really come to love living here, not only because of all the awesome stuff within an hour and a half drive/boat ride, but also because if you know where to go in Naples, it can be pretty kick ass too.

]]> By: Sarah http://thisfish.com/this-is-exactly-why-people-use-travel-agents-isnt-it/#comment-37438 Sarah Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:51:28 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1786#comment-37438 <p>I just got back from Italy in July. We took a train to Rome from a city just north of Naples. I couldn't believe it was $4! Their trains travel much faster than U.S. trains, so it wasn't a long commute. Train travel is the way to go. </p><br /><br /><p>I agree with the comment that Naples is not so nice. The traffic/congestion is NYC ten times over.</p> I just got back from Italy in July. We took a train to Rome from a city just north of Naples. I couldn’t believe it was $4! Their trains travel much faster than U.S. trains, so it wasn’t a long commute. Train travel is the way to go.

I agree with the comment that Naples is not so nice. The traffic/congestion is NYC ten times over.

]]> By: Tina Buxbaum http://thisfish.com/this-is-exactly-why-people-use-travel-agents-isnt-it/#comment-37437 Tina Buxbaum Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:13:07 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1786#comment-37437 <p>Have you tried seeing if Ryan Air flies where you need it to? The have crazy cheap deals like flights for a pound or less all the time. You would need to get to a major hub city and then they usually have flights all over.</p> Have you tried seeing if Ryan Air flies where you need it to? The have crazy cheap deals like flights for a pound or less all the time. You would need to get to a major hub city and then they usually have flights all over.

]]> By: V http://thisfish.com/this-is-exactly-why-people-use-travel-agents-isnt-it/#comment-37436 V Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:08:56 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1786#comment-37436 <p>What if you flew out of Napoli on a budget airline? It'll be quicker than a train and much cheaper than a regular airline. You can take a look at www.flycheapo.com/flights/naples to see all the airlines that fly out of there. (Flycheapo is a useful little website. When I lived in Italy, i bummed around Europe quite a bit, never paying more than 35 euros for a flight)</p><br /><br /><p>On the other hand, if you're thinking 'What kind of a moron suggests that I should fly a budget airline on my HONEYMOON' then that would be perfectly understandable too :) </p> What if you flew out of Napoli on a budget airline? It’ll be quicker than a train and much cheaper than a regular airline. You can take a look at http://www.flycheapo.com/flights/naples to see all the airlines that fly out of there. (Flycheapo is a useful little website. When I lived in Italy, i bummed around Europe quite a bit, never paying more than 35 euros for a flight)

On the other hand, if you’re thinking ‘What kind of a moron suggests that I should fly a budget airline on my HONEYMOON’ then that would be perfectly understandable too :)

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