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		<title>The Mixed Blessings of Packaged Tours (Part 1)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many first-time visitors to Italy choose packaged tours then discover they’re getting less than meets the eye. By Dave Nelson I am looking at a travel brochure for Nine-Day Tours of the Treasures of Northern Italy: Starting at less than $2,150! The highlighted benefits include: eight Italian destinations (including Venice), roundtrip airfare from New York, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Hotel Star-Crossed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What the heck do the stars in an Italian hotel ranking indicate? Price? Quality? Proximity to the Andromeda galaxy? Here’s your answer. By Dave Nelson In Italy, I have stayed in three-star hotels in one place that were more expensive than five-star hotels in another place. On many occasions, four-star hotels had fewer amenities than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Land of Caveat Emptor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this your lucky day? Remember, Italy invented the concept of caveat emptor (buyer beware!) By Dave Nelson Years ago, before I could speak Italian, I had dinner with my wife, Barbara, and two friends at a hotel restaurant on the banks of Lake Como in northern Italy.  The setting was impressive but the menus [...]]]></description>
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