Enjoy these four tips on getting the most joy and value on your cooking school tour in Italy, gleaned from my 14 years experience creating and leading these tours in Italy.
1. Many cooking school tour members say, "I've eaten too much! There's too much food.”
Find out what’s on your menu so you can pace yourself and avoid eating a lot of one course only to find three more courses are coming and you don't have room for all the wonderful food. Sample a little of everything so you experience as many dishes as possible.
2. Some cooking school tour members say, "I didn't get enough time to cook hands-on in the lesson. The chef did too much of the cooking."
Get beside the chef and be assertive, “I’d like to do that.”
3. Some cooking school students ask, "Will I gain weight on my cooking tour with all the irresistible food?" Not if you're like this woman.
She lost 10 pounds on her cooking tours in Italy. Italians eat less junk food and more fresh, local foods than many of us. She drank water, no pop. She walked much more than at home.
4. Communicate in a direct, friendly way with your tour guide about what you want.
On your tour you may want to change the tour itinerary a bit. For example, you discover tempting leather shops in a Tuscan hill town and want to spend more time shopping and fore go your spa treatments on the itinerary.
Ask your tour guide how you can change activities. Most guides try to be as flexible as possible. After all, their job is making sure you enjoy yourself!
If you're not enjoying something on your tour, take your guide aside and give constructive, friendly feedback. Don't be like some people who say nothing about their disappointments until they fill out the evaluation form at the tour’s end when it's too late to help them.
If you're really enjoying an activity, ask your guide how you can do more of it. Tour guides love seeing you happy and will do all they can to delight you.
Buon viaggio!
This tip is provided by supplier M05151
