Meet Your Own Italy: Personalized Travel Crafted by Passionate Experts
About YourOwnItaly
Your Own Italy is proud to offer unique, private tours of Italy... distinctive, premier vacations throughout Italy… and day excursions for tour ship travelers.
Experience Italy’s Heart and Soul
We provide expert guides with in-depth knowledge of the region and fluent English, creating distinctive tours for individuals and their traveling companions. We seek to create unforgettable vacations, with the customization that makes your trip unique. Our goal: to help you make Italy your own, with experiences that transform you.
Your Own Italy is Boutique Travel Perfected
Your Own Italy is Tour company operating from Italy. We serve private travelers who want to be guided through their time in Italy, but do not want to be part of a group, permitting us to personally share the Italy we have come to know and love over our 30+ years of experience.
Here’s what we do
We work with you to understand what areas of Italy you want to visit, where you want to stay, what you want to see, how busy your itinerary should be, and what your budget is in order to design a customized vacation.
Once the cities and areas to be visited are identified, the next step is to decide on accommodations. Many of our clients opt for 4-star boutique family-owned hotels in historic city centers, others prefer apartment accommodations with kitchens for a more live-like-a-local experience, and some clients prefer a mix-and-match approach. For the luxury traveler, we partner with the best 5-star hotels throughout Italy.
Next, we’ll plan the itinerary. Would you like a private tour every day? Every other day? Would you prefer a private driver or reserved train tickets on high-speed trains? What about hands-on cooking classes, wine tastings, shopping excursions? Perhaps a private boat tour around Capri? Whether it’s a “see as much as possible” itinerary or a more relaxed “explore some on our own” experience, the result is the same: stress-free travel where all the details are taken care of ahead of time.
When you arrive, a staff member will be assigned to you to follow through on your itinerary daily, taking care of all logistics, last-minute requests and questions or issues that may arise. So, although you are traveling independently, our 24/7 concierge staff is at your service!
Our team
Carmen Carbonell
Carmen Carbonell is founder and President of Your Own Italy. Carmen was born in the United States, where she obtained a degree in Architecture. Following college, she married an Italian and moved to Rome, where she raised 4 sons. She also developed a passionate love for Italy – its art, its architecture, its cities, its countryside, its culture and cuisines, and its people.
Cristy Willingham
Heading our Washington D.C office, Cristy has been working with Your Own Italy from the onset and is responsible for managing the operation side of our business, processing payments and answering all questions regarding vacation insurance to ensure that our clients receive the best possible service at all times.
Micheal
Michael joined the team in 2017 as the coordinator and designer of tours throughout Italy. A licensed tour guide for the last 20 years in English, Italian and French as well the author of “National Geographic Traveler – Rome, Michael has the last word on which tours are developed and added to the Your Own Italy repertoire.
Gene
All systems function thanks to Gene’s behind the scenes talent! From solving internet glitches to online payment processing, Gene ensures that Your Own Italy’s website is a pleasure to browse !
With Your Own Italy, your dream of an unforgettable Italian vacation becomes a reality. From romantic gondola rides in Venice to private wine tastings in Tuscany, every moment is thoughtfully planned and effortlessly executed.
We would like to sincerely thank Carmen and her team for the wonderful two week itinerary planned for us in Italy as well as your dedication and constant communication in keeping us always informed with our tour guides and drivers.
Being that this was our first time traveling to Italy, Your Own Italy made our hotel (beautiful hotels) , transportation, and tour reservations for us which made our trip stress free where we could relax and enjoy our time. All the private drivers and AP Tour Guides were wonderful, gracious, very knowledgeable and informative. We really enjoyed them and learned a lot from them.