Is it better to book a package deal or separate?
Flights - better last minute or in advance?
Recommended attractions
If anyone can help that would be great!

If by saying a package deal you mean hotel included with the flight and everything, then yes, usually package deals are better than separate because you get more discounts. This is sometimes, other times it all comes out the same. You could get some quotes online on hotels and flights and compare the package deals to getting everything separate, it would help.
Flights are *always* better booked in advanced because they come out cheaper. You could book last minute if you love to throw money out to the nice companies. [=D]
Attractions:
The Empire State building
The Statue of liberty
Rockefeller Center
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Times Square
Wall Street
Bronx Zoo
Central Park

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In March my mother and I are going to Rome. That's a long way away, but since I'm so excited I'm looking into everything now...and, I don't want to be stuck planning everything last minute. So, here are my questions....

1) I've been looking at a town called Assisi. It doesn't seem to be that far from Rome. If we wanted to take a day trip there (to experience the Italian countryside), how would we go about doing that? It looks like such a beautiful town (though, all of Italy is beautiful) and I would really love to see it....so, any advice you have about that is appreciated.

2) I looked into renting a villa, but the package we're getting with hotel + flight is much cheaper. What is the best way to get from the air port to the hotel? A cab I'm assuming...but, I've read in travel brochures and things online (which seem determined to scare you into not going) that there are a lot of fake cabs around...that, they'll put your luggage in the trunk and take off before you can even get in the back seat. Or, charge for more than what is appropriate. I'm thinking that we'll tell them where we're going before hand and settle on how much it will cost before we even go (though, I don't want to sound rude!) and one of us (either my mother or I) will be sitting in the cab while the other helps the driver with the luggage....is that being too paranoid? From the sound of these magazines and papers I've read, things like this happens...though, I'm not saying just in Italy (don't get me wrong), but in any big city I assume.

4) What are some foods we should be sure to try? We can't eat out a lot (we're on a budget), so when we do we would like to have something spectacular...though, I'm sure most of it is. I know that real Italian food is nothing like the Italian food we have in America. A friend has told me that while we pay more attention to bulk (such as on a pizza...it's very thick usually and has a lot of toppings), Italians pay more attention to spices and such. So, any direction you can give me on what to eat is helpful...though, I think while there I'll want to try everything....lol, I'll have to resist.

3) Do you have any general advice? I know about the dress codes for churches and stuff like that, I'm aware of pick pockets and scams and all the obvious stuff. Anything else that most people don't seem to be aware of?

I'm very excited to see Italy...I've wanted to go for years now. Thank you for the help!
oops, I just noticed question 4 came before question 3. lol, oops....

1) by train, you can reach Assisi from Rome in near two hours, a little less (starting from 1h and 46') or a little more according to the train; look here: http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html
(click on "buy" in order to see the fare)

2) if you have the name of the hotel, you can look on their website; or look for it on http://en.venere.com/ and take a look at their own page; generally, hotels gave all info about how to reach them in various way. Generally, youshould be able to reach the hotel if not by subway at least by bus.
I don't know what exactly you read about cabs, but the "fake" ones I know about are some private "companies" (usually not legal) which made agreement with the hotel, so when you ask the reception for a cab thay may call them, instead.
But outside of airports, railway stations, etc you can easily find the cabs area. In Italy cabs have a sign on the roof: "TAXI".
One true issue reported is: you can find (on treu cabs) some crook who try to deceive foreign tourists (the more exposed, since they don't know habits, rules and laws) by setting the wrong class fare (I'm not sure about the English term) on the taximeter: for instance, if for your run the right class is "1", they may put instead "3", which will cost you even three times more...
Also, it seems they're asking tourisrs, especially when bringing them from the airport to the city (or vice versa), a "double fee" because they have to cover the trip back, as well... this is absolutely false. That's all illegal and if something happens I strongly suggest you to report the driver to the police.

4) You said it Just try the local food in an average restaurant. Even better if they can offer regional food (which is usual); more than "Italian food" you should try various kind of "regional food".

Yes, generally American pizza are a lot heavier than Italian ones An Italian pizza *may* have a lot of toppings, as well, but according to the recipe. Generally they don't. The most common pizza in Italy is Margherita (mozzarella, plain tomatoe puree and basil). Other popular ones also have olives or anchovies, for instance. I heard an american tourist complaining in Italy we put too much cheese; then I realized he asked for a "Pizza ai Quattro Formaggi" (Four Cheeses)...

3) Yes: remember not to dress like you're in a church when you're not in a church
And don't care if people stare at you: it's nothing extraordinary, just a local habit, and not meant to be taken as offensive.

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Demand, supply and market price
- A holiday tour operator, such as Thomson Holidays, will be offering holidays to tourists from the UK to a great variety of resorts and hotels, apartments etc. The range of holidays they each offer is contained in the company’s brochure obtainable from a travel agent. There are a number of such tour operators offering similar packages to UK tourists.

- Use demand and supply analysis to examine the factors that will determine the brochure price of a holiday in Cyprus to tourists from the UK. How will the price of a holiday in any year be affected by shifts in demand and supply and explain what might cause such shifts?

Holiday Bargains
Each year package tour operators offer some cut price holidays through travel agents as ‘ last minute bargain

These holidays will be offered at a discount on the price of the same holiday in the original brochure. The original brochure price will reflect the cost and expected demand for holidays in that year.

Use demand and supply analysis to explain the rationale for these ‘last minute bargains’.

I would say the demand of something directly relates to the price and how the price will be influenced the following year. If a holiday is 'in demand' or popular then it can be offered at a higher price with a relatively safe guarantee that it would sell out. With low demand the price also has to be lowered in order to sell the product. Often direct marketing will affect the supply/demand of a product. A very well advertised or 'hyped' product will obviously sell better than a less well advertised product. Also the popularity of that product (or in this case the destination) will also have a bearing, and also be more popular during different times of the year. The demand for holidays in Cyprus are obviously going to be greater in the summer months when people are on holiday from school/work compared to other times of the year, at the same time the weather and attractions abroad are at their most favourable. Last minute bargains are usually not. They're just advertised as that to encourage sales of products they either want to get rid of quickly or know aren't selling well. E.g. If a hotel has to fill 200 rooms and they know they'll make a profit on 175 of them by selling at £100 per person, then they can offer the remaining 25 rooms at discount to guarantee they'll have a full hotel, from which they'll subsequently generate additional profit from food/drink/entertainment etc.

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I am doing a spreadsheet to automatically fill the amount for a trip based on selections for Occupancy, # of Nights staying, and Land/Total travel package selected.

I have multiple criteria in each selection category--Occupancy=single/double/triple/quad, Nights=Two/Three, Type=Land Only/Total package. The rates will vary for each of those conditions, so basically there are 16 different rates based on the various combinations available in the array.

The main sheet has columns: (D) Occupancy, (E) Type, (F) Nights

I did a separate sheet to put all my values with the columns being (A) Occupancy values, (B) 2 Night - Total values, (C) 3 Night - Total values, (D) 2 Night - Land Only values, (E) 3 Night - Land Only values.

The Land Only is at the end since it was added at the last minute; the formula was working fine before then. I used this formula:

=IF(OR(D12="", E12=""), "", INDEX(Sheet2!$B$22:$C$25, MATCH(D12, Sheet2!$A$22:$A$25,0), MATCH(E12, Sheet2!$B$21:$C$21,0)))

Now that there are figures based on Land Only (for both 2 days 3 days), I'm lost. When I tried to fix the formula, it didn’t work. It still gives me the total rates just as it was doing before I added the new information. This is what I tried:
=IF(OR(D12="", E12="", F12=""), "", INDEX(Sheet2!$B$22:$E$25, MATCH(D12, Sheet2!$A$22:$A$25,0), MATCH(F12, Sheet2!$B$21:$E$21,0)))

What am I doing wrong? I’m just learning formulas and this is driving me nuts! Please help me.

What are the values in E12 and F12 ?

What are the Values for B21 to E21 ?

The last part of your new formula is this
MATCH(F12, Sheet2!$B$21:$E$21,0)))

F12 is trying to be matched to one of the columns in B21 to E21. My guess is that F12 doesn't match any of the columns in B21:E21

Give this a try...

Select E12
Select from the menu DataValidation
-Select Allow: List
---Source: B21:E21
OK

You can now select from a drop-down list in E12 one of the column labels from B21:E21 (you could do the same for D12)

The use this formula
=IF(OR(D12="", E12=""), "", INDEX(Sheet2!$B$22:$E$25, MATCH(D12, Sheet2!$A$22:$A$25,0), MATCH(E12, Sheet2!$B$21:$E$21,0)))

The larger point here is that the value on E12 (or F12) has to match exactly one of the column headers in B21:E21