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So, I’ve been recommending your book to everyone. Good luck with it.
Sincerely,
Joanne Gerber
Assistant Editor
Maison de la France
French Government Tourist Office
Consulate General of France-Division of Tourism

Suzanne Mendelsohn
Dear Margo,
Thank you for speaking with me & faxing me tons of useful information about France. Based on your book I selected two wonderful hotels.

In Nice, I spent 5 nights at the Hotel Eden. It was beautiful…breakfast was great…and I had a clear view of the sea from my princess balcony. I got so much for so little $. (I was in room 8)

On to Paris…where I stayed at the Hotel Dragon. It was lovely! On a quiet street in the heart of the left bank, we had a luxurious, huge brand new bathroom and a large room with lots of closet space & cute furniture. The staff at both hotels was helpful, although not much English was spoken in Paris.

Your descriptions were perfect & I will recommend your books wholeheartedly.

I hope to go to Italy next summer & plan to purchase your book.
Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Suzanne Mendelsohn

Maryellen and Gil Federico
Dear Ms. Classe,
I simply must write and tell you how glad I was to find your book and start using it for our upcoming trip to Italy in September for a month. This is our first time to Europe, and we will be traveling from Venice, to Florence (train), then renting a car for 2 1/2 weeks going to Cinque Terre, Tuscany, visiting family east of Rome, Amalfi coast and then Rome.

We are very excited but also a little apprehensive as will be traveling totally independent of any formal tours. I have really been using your book a lot to help us with all our reservations and have had great success in finding places with your information. We are happy to be saving money as most everything has been under $100 per night.

I am sure we will discover the real Italy in these smaller hotels and bed & breakfast places, meeting the local people. Many thanks again and we will let you know how our trip went when we return in October. What a wonderful time you must have enjoying not only the travel but the people... GRAZIE

Maryellen and Gil Federico
Scottsdale, AZ

Maryellen Federico (letter #2)
Dear Margo,
It was very exciting to hear from you - thankyou for your reply, which I really did not expect as figured you were very busy. I will definitely let you know all about our adventure at your hotels and if by chance you would like us to check on anything or any place while we are there just please let us know -we would love it !

This is where we will be staying:
Venice - Hotel Riva
Florence - Dei Mori
Cinque Terre - Hotel Pasquale
Sorrento - La Tonnarella Hotel
Positano - Marincanto Hotel
Rome - Primavera Hotel (our Italian tutor recommended the Piazza Navona area)

The people at the hotels have been very polite, and responsive to e-mails and faxes, etc. some even gave very detailed instructions on directions and advice on whether to take a taxi or walk and how to get reservations to museums, etc. I did have to send travel checks once and a personal check once. The others all took credit cards for deposits.

We also have a week time share in San Vencenzo on the coast of Tuscany to explore the hill towns. Although during our day trips venturing out will probably be using your book again to perhaps stay overnite a place or two also.

I have recommended your book to a lot of people. We purchased it through Amazon. com. I don't think I have seen it in any of the big book stores here like Barnes and Noble, Borders, or Bookstar (Phoneix area) etc. but perhaps they were out. I know a lot of my friends are always looking for these type of places in Europe. Most of the travel books (other than Rick Steves) do not have the excellent type of information that you do and his are not nearly as extensive.

Well, take care and hope to hear from you again. You have been very helpful! I used to be a travel agent and I guess it is in me to love to research, almost as much as the travel. Thank you again.

Maryellen Federico
Scottsdale, AZ

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READERS RECOMMEND
"Hello Italy! An Insider’s Guide to Italian Hotels, $40 to $75 a Night for Two’ by Margo Classé (Wilson Publishing)

I recently returned from a trip to Italy. I like being able to go with the flow. Classé read my mind in answering questions I wanted to ask."
Teresa A. Jones
Redondo Beach, California

Mary Redmond
Dear Ms. Classé,
I just wanted to tell you how helpful I found your book "Hello France!" on my recent visit to France.

As a woman traveling alone, I was concerned about security as well as economy. I found your comments about the neighborhoods "right on the money." I never was disappointed in any of the hotels where I stayed.

Congratulations on a job well done.
Mary Redmond
Albany, New York

Lynn Matthews
Dear Margo,
I am still working on a rather lengthy set of trip notes (up to 40 pages) from our visit to Madrid in October for ourselves and friends (in their 70's and what will probably be their last trip to Europe) when I ran across the section on Madrid hotels that you emailed to me. I took it with us and it really helped.

AFter arriving at the Plaza de Colon from the airport, we took a taxi to the Hotel Mora to find out they were sold out (it was early in the day too). Two of us immediately set out to find someplace else nearby; I had already reviewed your chapter on Madrid and highlighted a couple of places near the Mora in the event (I thought unlikely) that the Mora would not have rooms. We headed to Cervantes 34 and our second stop there (following your recommendations) was the Hostal Cervantes. Jorge was very helpful. We waited until he had two rooms cleaned for us to inspect. I really would have referred somewhere a little nicer, but it was more than satisfactory. My wife was happy with the room. The hotel is in a great location given our plans (Prado, trains, old city walks) It was one of those places where the advantages become more apparent the longer you stay there.

Thanks again for your help. My daughter is planning a trip to Europe in '01 after graduation from college. I will buy your book for her to plan her hotel stops.

It was really great of you to send it to me. I saw your posting on the travel board this AM, and having worked on the journal last night reminded me that I had not yet thanked you.

Thanks for the great work Margo.

Lynn Matthews
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Chris Walsh
Dear Ms. Classe:
My wife and I just returned from Spain and wanted to let you know how helpful your Hello Spain book was on our trip. With the exception of Granada, we stayed at hotels recommended in your book in every city we visited. Without exception, every hotel was clean, comfortable, conveniently located and reasonably priced.

We were particularly impressed with the Hotel Gonzalez in Cordoba and the Hotel Dulcinea in Madrid. Elena of the Hotel Gonzalez was very helpful when we left our coats at her hotel after we had departed for Sevilla. When we realized our mistake, we called from Sevilla, and Elena arranged to have the coats delivered that same day to Sevilla. The Hotel Duclinea was very clean and comfortable, particularly when considering the low price of their rooms. The manager of the Hotel Dulcinea was also kind enough to store some souvenirs at the hotel until we returned a week later.

Chris Walsh
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Brian Voge
Your book looks like just what I wanted. I can handle the where to go and what to see stuff, I just needed to know where to stay.

Brian Voge
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Gloria
So nice to hear from someone who enjoys traveling (the do-it-yourself method) as much as I do.

Your book arrived today. I got home from work and had to sit down and read it. Very nicely done. I will get a lot of use from it and have already recommend it to a few friends.

Keep in touch. Let me know of any new books you are planning. The next time I go to Spain, you know which book I'll be buying.

Thanks again and good luck with sales on the net.

Gloria , Ciao!
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Jay Sheila
We love your Italian Hotels book ('99 version).

Jay Sheila
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Joe
Hi Margo:
Really enjoyed reading your Italy book last weekend.

What a terrific resource!
Best to you,

Joe
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Renee Davis
The BEST book I've ever used for finding hotels in Italy I loved using the 1st edition of Hello Italy but this newest edition is wonderful. It contains detailed descriptions for over 400 charming and affordable hotels in more than 20 of the most popular cities in Italy. The book also contains tips on how to make hotel reservations, how to get to the hotels, useful websites, list of packing unusual items, which hotels have handicapped access rooms, foreign phrases, how to get hotel discounts, what to do before leaving the United States, contact information for individual tourist offices, list of laundromat in the major cities, etc. Wow! I've been looking for a book like this for years and I've traveled to Italy more than 10 times.

Renee Davis
Los Angeles, CA

Marie Snook
We are a family of 6 ( 4adults -2 children ages 6 & 9) traveling to Italy in Sept. Your book has been an invaluable resource... Thank you for your wonderful book!
Marie Snook
Hobe Sound, FL

Mimi Greenberg
Hi Margo,
Just back from paris. Found your recommendations right on target. Will always use your guides in the future.
—Thanks, Mimi Greenberg

Michelle Patterson
Dear Margo Classé,
About your book — it is a very excellent book. You are doing a very good job and I hope you become very successful, because there is definitely a need for what you are doing. Keep up the good work!!!!
—Michelle Patterson

Maryellen and Gil Federico
Dear Ms. Classé,
I simply must write and tell you how glad I was to find your book. We are happy to be saving money as most everything has been under $100 per night.
—Maryellen and Gil Federico

Ken Mijeski
Margo,
I have recommended your book. Your book was worth the two hotels we stayed in!
—Sincerely, Ken Mijeski

Michel Puckett
Hello Margo,
I love what you have done. That is, pair travelers with smaller, more intimate hotels with a personal touch. You have helped us and so many others find the wonderful, small, intimate hotels that really make the trip rather than a large impersonal “American” hotel just like the ones here in the States.
—Michel Puckett

Hebe Smythe
Margo,
I have had great fun marking places in your book. Your descriptions are wonderfully thorough. I am so glad someone is finally doing what you are doing.
—Hebe Smythe

Andrea Egan
Margo,
I love your book because you embrace one of my big requirements....clean!! And the other huge thing you added into some descriptions that helped me with the yeah/nay decision....‘popular with students’ which can often mean...late night kinds of folk..also was glad to see the designation ‘quiet’ or ‘noisy’ P.S. Thanks for all your hard work. I certainly can trust your recommendations in the future, which says a lot because there’s so many ‘guide books’ out these days ya never know!
—Andrea Egan

Pizza Hair
Dear Margo,
I received the book yesterday and really enjoy reading it.
So helpful.
—Pizza Hair

Amy Soelzer
My companion and I just returned from our 2 week trip and we used your book to choose our hotels. I wanted to thank you and to tell you about our good experiences. I wanted you to know that we thought your book was WONDERFUL and would recommend it.
—Kindest regards, Amy Soelzer

Larry Handley
Hi, Margo,
Got your book yesterday and haven’t put it down – it’s great.
—Larry Handley

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