Planning: Getting to Italy

To get to Italy we will have 3 layovers.

1. Charlotte, NC (CLT) – 2 hrs. & 25 min. layover
2. Philadelphia, PA (PHL) – 1 hr. & 29 min. layover
3. Rome, Italy (FCO) – 1 hr. & 10 min. layover

Including time in the air we will have spent approximately 18 hours and 28 minutes traveling to Italy.

Now, you might be wondering why we have a hour layover in Rome.  Why didn’t we just stay in Rome and then work our way up to Venice? Well, at the time the prices to Rome and Venice were equal but the arrival times were different.  We were using tripadvisor.com so who knows the mechanics behind it?  But, for some reason the trip to Rome at the same price as the trip to Venice arrived almost 3 hours later.

So we booked the trip to Venice.  It cost $822.40.