Venice tourism suicide

[Mervyn and Trish]

I see that after banning large cruise ships because they blame them, rather than the local Vaporetti, for undermining their foundations, Venetians now plan to ban wheeled suitcases, and worse, fine anyone who brings one, because they don't like the noise.

Venice has pretty much no income other than tourism. It also has no roads. Some of the hotels are right on the waterfront and can be reached by water taxi, if you can get one (when we stayed there for a week the waiting time at the airport for a water taxi was over an hour so we didn't bother). But most accommodation requires a walk from the nearest Vaporetto stop.

When we did it that walk would have been impossible if I'd had to carry our luggage for a week's stay. (Trish's back will not allow her to carry a moderate sized suitcase). So without wheels we cannot consider another land stay. And I'm sure we're not the only ones.

[Quizzical Bob]

I see that after banning large cruise ships because they blame them, rather than the local Vaporetti, for undermining their foundations, Venetians now plan to ban wheeled suitcases, and worse, fine anyone who brings one, because they don't like the noise.

Venice has pretty much no income other than tourism. It also has no roads. Some of the hotels are right on the waterfront and can be reached by water taxi, if you can get one (when we stayed there for a week the waiting time at the airport for a water taxi was over an hour so we didn't bother). But most accommodation requires a walk from the nearest Vaporetto stop.

When we did it that walk would have been impossible if I'd had to carry our luggage for a week's stay. (Trish's back will not allow her to carry a moderate sized suitcase). So without wheels we cannot consider another land stay. And I'm sure we're not the only ones.

You can always go by water instead of wheeling the cases, can't you?

[david63]

Can you buy suitcases without wheels these days?

[Quizzical Bob]

Can you buy suitcases without wheels these days?

Not easy. A junior hacksaw should do the trick

[Mervyn and Trish]

I see that after banning large cruise ships because they blame them, rather than the local Vaporetti, for undermining their foundations, Venetians now plan to ban wheeled suitcases, and worse, fine anyone who brings one, because they don't like the noise.

Venice has pretty much no income other than tourism. It also has no roads. Some of the hotels are right on the waterfront and can be reached by water taxi, if you can get one (when we stayed there for a week the waiting time at the airport for a water taxi was over an hour so we didn't bother). But most accommodation requires a walk from the nearest Vaporetto stop.

When we did it that walk would have been impossible if I'd had to carry our luggage for a week's stay. (Trish's back will not allow her to carry a moderate sized suitcase). So without wheels we cannot consider another land stay. And I'm sure we're not the only ones.

You can always go by water instead of wheeling the cases, can't you?

When we went for a week we did go by water as far as we could - i.e. the nearest Vaporetto stop. But it was still quite a walk to our accommodation. More than I can lug a couple of suitcases with togs for a week.

[Quizzical Bob]

I see that after banning large cruise ships because they blame them, rather than the local Vaporetti, for undermining their foundations, Venetians now plan to ban wheeled suitcases, and worse, fine anyone who brings one, because they don't like the noise.

Venice has pretty much no income other than tourism. It also has no roads. Some of the hotels are right on the waterfront and can be reached by water taxi, if you can get one (when we stayed there for a week the waiting time at the airport for a water taxi was over an hour so we didn't bother). But most accommodation requires a walk from the nearest Vaporetto stop.

When we did it that walk would have been impossible if I'd had to carry our luggage for a week's stay. (Trish's back will not allow her to carry a moderate sized suitcase). So without wheels we cannot consider another land stay. And I'm sure we're not the only ones.

You can always go by water instead of wheeling the cases, can't you?

When we went for a week we did go by water as far as we could - i.e. the nearest Vaporetto stop. But it was still quite a walk to our accommodation. More than I can lug a couple of suitcases with togs for a week.

I'm sure that if this requirement is enforced there would soon be a supply of porters with luggage trolleys readily available. It wouldn't be like the Italians to miss such an opportunity. (Yes, I know, they still have wheels but it's the the little noisy ones that they're trying to erradicate.)