A Luxury Travel Advisor to Celebrities Talks Trends and Top Tips
For those who aren't looking to travel on an A-list budget, DelliBovi stresses that the personalization celebrities opt for is available for average travelers.'Even three- or four-star hotels will do their best to customize a room,' he says.Heading into summer travel season, DelliBovi thinks 2025 will be record-setting, concerning both volume and price. 'Hotels that used to be $999 a night are now $2,500 a night. Hotels that were $150 are now $300,' he says.His best advice? Don't go to Rome.'Sure, you'll have good food. But it's going to take you forever to get restaurant reservations,' he says.DelliBovi recommends travelers with other options avoid big cities and opt for smaller, less-expensive markets. Think Nashville over Miami, Paros over Mykonos.Says DelliBovi: 'There are a lot of amazing things in places that you might not think you'd want to go.'
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