Finelli & Shaw

WE PLAN. YOU TRAVEL.
Your vacation should be nothing short of exceptional. With Finelli & Shaw, you have the opportunity to drop the trip planning process into the hands of experienced and dedicated experts. Using the skills and expertise we’ve developed through our years of experience living and working in Europe, our luxury travel planners eliminate the guesswork and fatigue involved in planning the vacation of your dreams.

OUR HISTORY
Finelli & Shaw has evolved over the years from our parent company, The Roman Guy. As a tour operator based in Rome, we’ve developed profound relationships with a multitude of vendors, cultural institutions and eateries. Our local partnerships allow us to offer authentic experiences for you and your group that other luxury travel companies cannot.

With our well-developed partnerships, our team irons out the smallest details of your stay before you even set foot in your destination. For example, we’re happy to book the best hotels to suit your comfort level. This way, you don't have to worry about a thing.

WHAT WE DO
Have you ever been on vacation and seen someone doing something so incredible, like diving off the side of a catamaran when you are sitting on the beach and thought, “I wish I were doing that.” We make sure you don’t have to think things like that, at least while traveling in Europe.

HOW IT WORKS
Contact us and we’ll schedule a phone call for a time slot that slides easily into your calendar. Talk to us on your drive home from work or even on a lazy morning walk. Within a few days, we will send you an itinerary tailored to your personal travel style. Either approve it, or send it back with comments on how to better customize it to your travel ambitions.

PLANNING TAKES TIME
Planning a vacation can sometimes seem like a full-time job on top of the one you already have. After all, the entire reason you’re planning a trip is because you need a break.

We’re not just the people who recommend tours, immersive experiences, hotels and restaurants. Through our years of running award-winning and critically-acclaimed tours all over Italy, we are tourism virtuosos. As citizens and expatriates who live and work in the countries you’re visiting, we know and understand the destinations on your bucket list like the backs of our hands.

YOUR ITINERARY
We recommend at least one structured activity per day to ensure the most memorable vacation possible. That could be an incredible day trip by helicopter to taste Brunello wine on a Tuscan estate with the owners themselves. Or perhaps you’d prefer a private boat excursion along the stunning Amalfi Coast. How about visiting the Vatican after-hours with your own private art history expert so you can witness the splendor of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel when the museums are empty?

Sound too good to be true? It’s not. There’s more. We not only arrange and execute experiences that you’ll remember for a lifetime, we take care of all of the minute details of your vacation as well.

While on vacation in Spain with his wife and kids, co-founder Sean Finelli noticed that he was spending 30 minutes to an hour per day on Yelp looking for places to have the perfect lunch or dinner with a view. However, with us, no research is required. We suggest and plan your dining experiences, so that no detail of your day is left to chance.

TRAVEL YOUR WAY
One of our first clients described our services by saying, “Everywhere I went someone had a sign with our name on it.” Our mantra states that we take care of everything so you can be on vacation.

For a small fee, we provide a SIM card waiting for you at your first hotel. This way, you will have calling and internet capabilities ready from the get-go. From there, get in touch with us anytime you need something - we are always here to help. If you recommend a change that results in an added fee, we will always let you know.