My hubby left the planning to me, but I am leaving all the conversations requiring Italian to him! He has three assignments before we leave:
1) have a chat with his buddy, Tony, who is from Rome and visits a couple of times a year. This is important, because Tony owns a gourmet Italian grocery shop here in NJ, has all but adopted my husband, and will give us some great tips on restaurants, cheese, coffee shops, cheese, and other out of the way foodie treats. Oh, didi I mention cheese shops.
2) Study the maps so that he can comfortably navigate the pre- and post-cruise stops--Rome (5 days) and Venice (4 days.)
3) Call the Bernini Bristol a few days before we leave to verify the pickup at FCO.
His fourth, and optional, task is to sign up for Global Entry. I already have it because I do enough business travel to make it more than worthwhile. Also, I am not afraid to use it and leave him in line. #CallMeEvil
There is also an app called Mobile Passport that I have seen advertised at Terminal B (yuck) at Newark. I works for "24 US airports" and Newark is one of them. Does anyone have any experience using the App?