Sorry this is so late, but we wanted to say THANKS for the great tour you provided on July 13th.

Of all the tours that we took, we enjoyed yours the most. We really enjoyed your knowledge of the Amalfi coast, the restaurant that you selected for our lunch, but especially your "enthusiasm" for your job. That day was the highlight of our cruise.

The best part, however, was the last church that you stopped at to see the "most important Crucifix in all of Amalfi". I've never been on a tour where the church was locked up, but the tour guide was able to get a key from the local Gelato shop. It's a great story, which I've told many times to my friends.

I will be referring all of my friends to you, whenever I hear that they will be visiting in your area. Of course, we will be back someday, and will arrange to have you help us again, when that day happens.

In the meantime......if you ever come back to California to visit your cousins......please let us know. We'll give you a tour of the Paso Robles Wine Country. (And also cook you a great Steak!)

Grazie!

Randy & Gemma Krumland

Dear Mariano,
Sorry I didn’t write to you sooner. We are all doing very well, thank you. Our travel experience was more than great....as I mentioned to you. You did so many things beyond our expectations to make our trip pleasant ( your business name suits you perfectly!) Just today I wrote in your web site guest book, although my writing does not do justice to capture all that you impart. You really made a wonderful impression on me and my family, we feel very fortunate to have met you. I have been telling EVERYONE about you.
We made it back home without any problems and even though it is always good to be home, we miss so much about Italy. Especially the food and the people. I am constantly thinking about the delicious food!!! And the wonderful times my family and I shared while in your beautiful country.
You were such a special part of our trip. I can’t thank you enough for everything. The special gifts,(the ceramic set from Ravello is lovely!, the wine, the olive oil....) you are too generous. The visit to your home and your sincerity and warmth was more than we ever imagined. Most memorable of all were our long conversations while driving as we exchanged our culture and traditions. That special connection that we made with you we will forever treasure.
Please know that you and your family are always welcome in our home. I hope that your dream of touring the USA comes true in the near future. And when you make that trip we will be more than happy to assist you with your plans.
Our regards to your sons, wife, parents and little Vittorio (what a charming little boy).

Elaine Sinnott

Hello Mariano,
Your tour of beautiful Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast was truly one of the highlights of our trip. I have reflected many times about how preferable your tour of this beautiful area was to taking one of the ‘mass tours’ that are offered by the cruise lines. We certainly felt comfortable in your vehicle (and VERY safe with you as our driver), and I loved being able to have impromptu stops along the way. I’m also very appreciative that you allowed us to visit Amalfi, Ravello, and Pompeii, but the absolute best memory I have of our entire trip was the special visit to your home. That was such an honor to be able to share that part of your life - please thank your wife and mother for allowing us to visit.
Thank you so much for helping us experience the real flavor of Italy. If you should ever come to East Tennessee, we would love to show you our area and home.
Thank you again for the wonderful memories,
Carolyn Forster

Carolyn Forster

Mariano,

You made us feel like family.

This is a compliment which I hope reflects our appreciation of the wonderful tour of the Amalfi Coast you provided for us and our friends, the Forsters.

We expected a competent driver, who could communicate with us and tell us a little about the scenes we were seeing.

You gave us so much more - a real appreciation for the wonderful people who are so fortunate to call your area 'home'.

Thank you for the careful driving, the wealth of information, the perfect stops, the delicious food, and the opportunity to meet your family.

Your trip was the highlight of our trip.

Carnival Liberty - July 19,2006

Sue and Joe Dawson

Dear Mariano,
We were on the Carnival Freedom... there were six of us.
In thinking about our tour of Italy's beautiful Amalfi Coast, with your fine explanations and expert knowledge to make the tour come to life, we were most impressed by the beauty and the history of the region. Thank you for inviting us to your home! We'll never forget your family's warm hospitality, along with the great homemade snake we enjoyed there. We really enjoyed meeting everyone, especially including your grandfather!
Even though there was some rain while we enjoyed some great Pizza at the restaurant. I recommend your tour service to anyone who wants a truly great tour with personal insights into some of the most beautiful countryside/seaside on earth!

Thank you again,

Larry & Linda Linke

Larry & Linda Linke

I just want to say, once again that it was a great pleasure meeting you. Thank you for opening your home to me. It was the highlight of trip to spend time with you and truely experience Italian life...it is a wonderful life you lead. You have a warm heart Mariano, and I will be forever grateful and have a
found memory of my time spent with you. I will remain in touch with you. Ciao! Teresa Martello

Teresa Martello

Dear Mariano,
I truly apologize for not writing this entry sooner. As we discussed while spending time with you and your family, our lives are very hectic while home. I have just read some of the entries and concur with all the wonderful things people have said. Without question our time with you touring the Amalfi Coast and visiting with your family was our favorite time in Italy. It's easy enough to buy a book and tour on your own but much more pleasant to have someone with your knowledge of the area, customs and history. I have spoken of your company to many others as we've talked about our vacation and as others read this entry I hope they decide to add a personal touch to their trip as well. A nicer person to tour with they will not find. Our best to you and your family. Cheers - Dianne and Steve
P.S. When you make that trip to the US please allow us to do the driving. :-)

Dianne & Steve Day

Dear Mario,
Thank you for the FABULOUS day on the Amalfi Coast. You were so informative, kind, and careful - the day was absolutely perfect! I enjoyed getting to know you and your country. Thank you also for the help in getting around Naples - your recommendations were perfect! You are so knowledgeable and helpful - a true jewel in a wonderful country! I will contact you when I return to buy that farmhouse in Amalfi!

Deborah

dear mariano
sorry to be late in sending this to you on behalf of our group we want to thank you for such a fantastic time in Italy. We want to particularly thank you for our lunch with you everyone of us makes that lunchs as one of the highlights of our whole trip. The combination of your company with us, the food, and the atmosphere made it clearly our best and most special time. i must add that you in rome and florence did a great job for us in those cities, your providing Bennie was an extra and very enjoyable treat we will recommend you loud and oftern and when we return you of course will be one of our first contacts.
Our very best to you and your family,
Dale Wagerman

Dale Wagerman

Pleasant Travel is the best. They deliver. Florentino Mariano is just a kind person that will make your trip very pleasant, comfortable and educational. I will without reservation use Pleasant Travel again. I can't say enough good things about them.We used Pleasant Travel Oct.3,4 and 5. Excellent, first class

Tony DeFranco

Thanks Mariano... you were the BEST ever guide we had in all of Europe. Pastries; coastline drives; historic adventures; lunch in Ravello; all the way home to your farm & family... it was the best! Your wife & children were so nice & so polite. Thanks again and I will be recommending you to everyone with confidence! Steve & Peggy

Steve & Peggy Steggell

Mariano, Your constant attention to ALL of our needs has seldom been equaled in all of our many travels around the world. The guides and other drivers who spent those four days with the four of us are very valuable assets to your company. Seeing Sorrento, Naples and the Amulfi coast this way made it all the more special. The information you all constantly supplied where ever you took us proved interesting and valuable. Sorry we did not have the time to visit your farm and your family. I would really have enjoyed that being a gardener myself. Thank you for the olive oil. Our friends Alfred and Erna equally share our feelings. If you ever need a recommendation, please do not hesitate to give our email address.

Dr. Joel and Linda Davidson

Dear Mario,
We can't thank you enough for making our visit to Amalfi and Sorrento the most enjoyable of our 17 day vacation. We enjoyed seeing all the spectacular places you drove us to as well as the scrumptious local restaurants. The most enjoyable of all was visiting your Farm, meeting your family, picking figs from your tree and having coffee with you and your charming wife. The olive oil & artichoke hearts made it safely home to California. Again, thank you for the special time. See you again.
All the best to you and your family. Linda and Harry

Linda & Harry Kellogg

Thank you Mariano, for a memorable tour of the Amalfi Coast. Your expertise made the tour perfect for us; it was the best we had our whole time in Italy. We'll call you again when we come back, we hope soon!

Ginny Corrigan

hi mariano, diane, sandy, charle and I just want to say that you made our week in positano just wonderful, from the time you picked us up in rome until the following week when you took us back to rome. meeting your family was just another great touch. we would like to think of you as friends. thank you again and god bless. dennis,diane,charles,sandy

dennis lademar

Dear Mariano, I have been meaning to write you, but things have been hectic since we returned from our trip. As we talk to friends about our trip, we always tell them the best part was touring with you! We saw a lot of great things in many places, but the personalized tour from you was definitely the best! We loved meeting your family, seeing your farm, and you showed us exactly what we wanted to see. It far exceeded our expectations! I have given your name to a friend who is thinking about touring parts of Italy next summer.If she decides to do the trip, I am sure she will contact you! Thank you again for your hospitality, and when we visit Italy again, we will let you know! Nancy, Rob, Allison, and Kevin Hueber

Nancy and Kevin Hueber

My family of 6 has just returned from two weeks in Italy and Sicily. We could not have beeen more confortable and safe in the capable hands of Mariano. His knowledge of the Amalfi coast and surrounding areas is astronishing, his driving skills impeccable and his patience and understanding with my three teenagers and seven years old was outstanding. He showed us an amazing amount in one day and was flexible with respect to our needs to stoop, swim, eat and just look. I would highly recommend him to anyone travelling in the area, particularly families. The next time I go he will be the first person I contact. Thank you mariano, from all us.
Paul S. and family. Washington, D.C.

Paul Savoca

We just returned to NY from our wonderful trip in Italy. We have to say that our time with you, Mariano, was a true highlight. When you picked us up at the airport, you made our very first experience in Italy a real treat. The visit to your home, meeting the family, sharing an espresso with your wife, eating juicy figs right off your tree, and seeing the pride you have in your home is amazing and heartwarming. Mariano, you were always on time and reliable and made our tour of the Amalfi Coast so spectacular. Your passion for the area, your knowledge, your expert driving on the most narrow roads, your humor, your fascinating stories about your family, all made our trip to the Amalfi Coast perfect!! We haven't stopped thinking about it and know that we will call upon you again whenever we are in the area. Thank you, thank you!!!
Fondly, Jane and Michael

Jane and Michael Seeger

I highly recommend Mariano for personalized, knowledgable service with a smile! We began our Italy journey with Mariano. He arranged our transport from the airport to our hotel and 2 days of an insider's look at the Sorrento, Amalfi region. He gave us great recommendations for restaurants for our 12 days all over Italy. We learned much about the culture from him. His services were very reasonably priced.

Shelley Rosen

Mariano,
I just want to compliment you for a most wonderful time in one of the most beautiful places in the world. You made us feel like family with your kindness and hospitality. Having many relatives in Italy, it was like having another cousin in another town. Sorrento and Amalfi coast are stunning and breathtaking, you mast see and experience it, and without you it would not have been half the experience. My heartfelt thanks to you for a wonderful time in a most wonderful place.
Mike, kathy, Marie and Karen Potesta

Mike Potesta

Mariano,
I would like to thank you and say how much we all enjoyed your services when we visited Sorrento and Amalfi on Wednesday and Thursday last week, 29th and 30th June 2005. You arranged our trip to Pompei very professionally and ensured that we had a great guide who made our visit to the city so enthralling. Our visit to Amalfi was equally inspiring and very enjoyable. Your recommendation and arrangements for lunch in Ravello was most satisfying to all our tastes and the food was excellent. Your vehicle is very smart and your driving was second to none. No-one felt nervous at all particulary as Italian drivers are renowned for being somewhat eratic. On behalf of your 6 guests for the 2 days, very many thanks indeed.
Kind regards,
Lindy & Thornton Simmos

Thornton Simmons

mariano was reliable, warm and wonderful driver and representatives of his country. i would recommend him to anyone needing transportation. thank you for your kindness

fran kaplan

Mariano,
I simply cannot thank you enough for all the services you provided Raedell and me in our travels from Roma to and through the Amalfi coast. Our week with you was perfect. You become our driver, tour guide, historian and friend. The highight of our trip was our visit to your home (Farm)and our visit with your wife,sons mother ect.You made Raedell confortable and safe on unconfortable and unsafe roads. The Italy you designed for us a true reflection of your love for your country, family and vocation. You are the typical "chef" who never feels tired because you love what you do and the people you are serving. We have given your card and information to our Travel Agency(Since they know so little about Italy)You are our"surprise" of 2005. Nobody manages touring-excursions-crising-tours better than you. You exceeded all of our
expectations. Thank Filomena again for her thoughtful gift. We will miss you until we see you again. Our best to your entire family. Warm regards,
Dan& Raedell Pancake

Dan&Raedell Pancake

Mariano,
Thank you for your hospitality and care when you drove all for 4 of us girls from Rome to Amalfi Coast. You were at our disposal and very flexible with our schedule. We felt very comfortable with you and appreicated your professionalism and warm personality. We will definitely recommend you to anyone we know who need a private driver in Italy. You are the best!
Regards,
Marcy, Kim, Robyn, and Hilary.

Marcy

Dear mariano.
We would once again like to thank you very much for taking us to Graci on Wednesday June 1st. You treated us as family and by the end of the day we felt that we had known you for a lomg time. We had a wonderful time and you truly made our vacation trip to Italy a wonderful and heart warming experience. This was something we had looked forward to for a log time and you made our dreams come true. It was a trip that meant very much to us and being with you made it very special. You were very helpful, kind, caring and easy to be with. And though you were worried about your English we though it was very good. If the occasion ever arose we would highly recommend you services to others. God Bless you and your family, and may future be good to you.
Sinceraly yours,
Tom and Sharon Broderick

Tom Broderick