In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
It’s the fact that the tour guides have to register. I knew that you had to register in certain places like the whole of Venice, the centre of Rome etc and kind of agree with it. There are in total about 2500 places. But then when I called the Friuli tourism agency they informed me that the whole of the region was restricted. Again if we were thinking of taking people to the castle in Udine or Aquileia I could understand but the whole region..........
To make matters worst we looked in to it in depth, we have contacts through my father with many vineyards and a couple of proscitto factories in San Daniele del Friuli. Graham was planning to purchase a people carrier, and advertise via the Internet and hotels in Venice. We were going to aim primarily at the people already on holiday in Venice. We were thinking along the lines of E80 per person going down with more people booking together, including transport to and from Venice, the wine tasting, a meal in an Agriturismo including a quarter of litre of wine. Then we found a company already doing something similar and they quoted us E690.00 for a group of 4 but you had to get the train from Venice to Udine then back when you finished, by yourself.
The man at the tourist agency basically told me Graham had no chance of taking the exam to register, as a basic requirement in the Region is that the person taking the exam speaks fluent Italian. The exam is only offered in Italian.
So much for the EU, oh well
Monica
Nice to meet you
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 11/18/2005 - 08:43In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Hi there
just discovered the Italy mag and am most impressed. I emigrated to Sirmione on Lake Garda after my A-levels years ago and love the Italian culture. Didn't realise there were so many of us out there!
Look forward to being a part of this
Mirella
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=Grahamandmonica]It’s the fact that the tour guides have to register. I knew that you had to register in certain places like the whole of Venice, the centre of Rome etc and kind of agree with it. There are in total about 2500 places. But then when I called the Friuli tourism agency they informed me that the whole of the region was restricted. Again if we were thinking of taking people to the castle in Udine or Aquileia I could understand but the whole region..........
To make matters worst we looked in to it in depth, we have contacts through my father with many vineyards and a couple of proscitto factories in San Daniele del Friuli. Graham was planning to purchase a people carrier, and advertise via the Internet and hotels in Venice. We were going to aim primarily at the people already on holiday in Venice. We were thinking along the lines of E80 per person going down with more people booking together, including transport to and from Venice, the wine tasting, a meal in an Agriturismo including a quarter of litre of wine. Then we found a company already doing something similar and they quoted us E690.00 for a group of 4 but you had to get the train from Venice to Udine then back when you finished, by yourself.
The man at the tourist agency basically told me Graham had no chance of taking the exam to register, as a basic requirement in the Region is that the person taking the exam speaks fluent Italian. The exam is only offered in Italian.
So much for the EU, oh well
Monica[/QUOTE]
Monica,
Your plan sounds very good, and at those prices you would outcompete the competition easily.
I would suggest that you do not give up your dream. What might work is if you consider registering/qualifying as a tour guide, and 'employ' Graham as the interpreter, or something along those lines.
I am sure if you look at your options you will find a solution - if you are marketing to English speakers only, then the interpreter option should work for you, and even if Graham does all the talking, with a 100% foreign and English clientele, chances of being caught out are minimal. Down the line once his Italian has improved he could qualify as a guide himself.
regulations
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 11/18/2005 - 08:50In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
hi
this is exactly why I would not want to move to Italy full-time as there are so many silly rules that we dont have in the Uk.
what a shame for you but why not try another region.abruzzo for example?
Becky
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=Mirella]Hi there
just discovered the Italy mag and am most impressed. I emigrated to Sirmione on Lake Garda after my A-levels years ago and love the Italian culture. Didn't realise there were so many of us out there!
Look forward to being a part of this
Mirella[/QUOTE]
Welcome!
I am gathering that there are a lot of 'stranieri' scattered across Italy - it is just a matter of finding them.
Hope you enjoy your time on the boards!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=manopello]this is exactly why I would not want to move to Italy full-time as there are so many silly rules that we dont have in the Uk.[/QUOTE]
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In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
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Some good ones there. On the South African section they are missing a few doozies!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=manopello]this is exactly why I would not want to move to Italy full-time as there are so many silly rules that we dont have in the Uk.[/QUOTE]
or...
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Don't give up
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/22/2005 - 06:57In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Welcome to the forum.
Don't give up on your dreams. You could set yourself a target that in 3 or 4 years you will do the move and in that time either learn the language fluently or re-train in someting. I think as long as your children have at least a year in an Italian primary school then they will cope quite well when they move up.
At least this will give you a goal to aim for. Go for it
Hi Graham and Monica,
Welcome to ItalyMag. Hopefully you will find the forums a fun and friendly place to while away the hours...
I like your idea of doing wine tours in Italy - can I ask how Italian legislation is preventing you from making this a reality? Is it the fact that you have to register as a tour guide or something else?