14 – 25 September 202612 daysCapri · Ravello · Sardinia · Barcelona
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Cancel the old ferry ticket, FH78KF6658UM. You rebooked onto the 17:40 but the 16:30 booking is still live. Cancelling gets about $77 back; leaving it loses the full $110.
7Pines is booked one night too long. It runs to Fri 25 Sept but the Barcelona flight leaves Olbia 17:05 on Thu the 24th. Shorten to the 24th.
Mon 21 Sept is the tight point. easyJet leaves Naples 10:30 and bag drop shuts 09:50. Ravello to Naples is roughly two hours on the coast road, so the car has to leave about 07:00. No transfer booked.
No hotel in Barcelona for the night of Thu 24 Sept. You land 18:30 and fly out 12:20 the next day.
No transfer booked Capri to Ravello on Fri 18 Sept.
Palazzo Avino is booked under Kayla's name for 1 guest, and is past its free-cancel date. Kayla is also not confirmed on the Air France ticket — worth a call.
14
Mon · Sept
Miami → Paris
Flight · Air France AF0091
Ticketed
Miami → Paris
Business class · Boeing 777-300ER
20:10
Miami · Term S
overnight
11:05
Paris CDG · 2E · +1 day
Booking
Checked
2 × 32 kg
Hand
1 × 18 kg
Flying Blue
AF 002094427645
Kayla is not confirmed on this ticket. The confirmation names you throughout and shows a single seat. Every other booking on this trip names you both. Worth one call to Air France.
15
Tue · Sept
Paris → Capri
Flight · Air France AF1278
Ticketed
Paris → Naples
Business class · Airbus A320 · seat 01D
12:55
Paris CDG · 2F
2h 20m
15:15
Naples
Same booking, ZZT4JI. Both legs are business, so nothing on this trip drops cabin.
Ferry · Omio
Rebooked
Naples Beverello → Capri
17:40
Beverello
50 min
18:30
Port of Capri
Booking
Vessel
NLG Jet
Total
$109.86
Fare
Semi-refundable
This is the rebooked sailing and the timing is comfortable. Air France lands 15:15, you need to be at Beverello by 16:40 — an hour and twenty five minutes for bags and a thirty minute drive.
The old 16:30 ticket is still live. Cancel it. Booking FH78KF6658UM was never cancelled when you rebooked, so you are holding two tickets for one crossing. Cancelling returns about $77; leaving it loses the full $110. The 30% cancel window shuts three days before sailing, so by about 12 Sept.
Hotel · 3 nights
Confirmed
Hotel La Palma
Capri · Oetker Collection · Deluxe Room, 2 adults
Confirmation
In · Out
15 → 18 Sept
Per night
€1,650
Total
€4,950
Rate includes full breakfast for two, spa wet area, pool and concierge — all taxes and service in. Luggage is €26 a piece each way between the port and the hotel, waived if their concierge arranges the transfer instead.
18
Fri · Sept
Capri → Ravello
Transfer
Not booked
Capri to Ravello
Ferry off the island, then a car up the coast to Ravello.
Nothing booked. Check-out is 12:00 and check-in at Palazzo Avino is 15:00.
Booked under Kayla Bennett, 1 guest. Worth fixing with the hotel — occupancy drives breakfast, city tax and sometimes the room itself.
Free cancellation ended 19 August. The policy is 100% of the stay inside 30 days, so this is locked. The hotel still owes a link to authorise the charge.
21
Mon · Sept
Ravello → Sardinia
Transfer · Critical
Not booked
Ravello to Naples Airport
Roughly two hours on the Amalfi coast road.
Leave Ravello around 07:00. Bag drop closes at 09:50 and the coast road does not forgive a late start. This is the single tightest moment of the trip and there is no car booked.
Flight · easyJet EJU4115
Confirmed
Naples → Olbia
10:30
Naples T1
1h 10m
11:40
Olbia
Reference
Bag drop
08:00 – 09:50
Hold bags
2 × 23 kg
Paid
€326.96
Seats auto-allocated. Check-in closes 40 minutes before departure.
Booked one night too long. The Barcelona flight leaves Olbia at 17:05 on Thursday the 24th, so you are paying for the night of the 24th and will not be in it. Shorten it to the 24th.
24
Thu · Sept
Sardinia → Barcelona
Flight · Volotea V7 1444
Confirmed
Olbia → Barcelona
17:05
Olbia
1h 25m
18:30
Barcelona T2
Booking
Seats
8F · 8D
Checked
1 × 25 kg each
At airport
2 hours prior
This is what removed the clash. Sardinia now ends on the 24th, you sleep in Barcelona, and the flight home is unhurried.
Hotel · 1 night
Not booked
Barcelona
Night of Thu 24 Sept
Nowhere to sleep. You land at 18:30 and the flight home is 12:20 the next day.
25
Fri · Sept
Barcelona → Miami
Flight · American AA113
Ticketed
Barcelona → Miami
Business class (J) · lunch and a snack
12:20
Barcelona
10h 20m
16:40
Miami
Record locator
Seats
1D · 1H
Paid
375,000 miles + $86.46
Bags
First two free
Check in on the American app 24 hours ahead. Both bags free at the airport and online.
What is paid
Confirmed bookings only. Euros converted at 1.1643, the rate on 28 August.
Hotel La Palma, Capri · 3 nights€4,950.00
Palazzo Avino, Ravello · 3 nights€6,065.55
easyJet, Naples → Olbia€326.96
Ferry, Naples → Capri$109.86
American AA113, Barcelona → Miami$86.46 + 375,000 miles
Volotea, Olbia → Barcelona€320.72
Air France · 7Pines · price not shown on confirmation—
Transfers · Barcelona hotelnot booked
Committed so far≈ $13,400 + 375,000 miles
Action
Fix these four
Each one has the message written out. Copy it, send it, done. Two of them have money or a deadline attached.
01Cancel the old ferry ticketby 12 Sept · $77
You are holding two tickets for one crossing. You rebooked onto the 17:40 (FH83DS3738KR), but the original 16:30 booking FH78KF6658UM was never cancelled. Cancelling returns about $77. Leaving it loses the full $110. The 30% cancellation window closes three days before sailing.
Do it in the Omio app or on the site: My bookings → find FH78KF6658UM → Cancel. It has to be your account, so this one is yours to do.
Booked 21 to 25 September. Your Volotea flight leaves Olbia at 17:05 on Thursday the 24th, so you are paying for a night you will not be in. There is also no confirmation number on file for this booking.
Send to 7Pines
Hello,
I have a reservation at 7Pines Resort Sardinia arriving Monday 21 September, currently departing Friday 25 September.
I need to check out on Thursday 24 September instead. Our flight leaves Olbia at 17:05 that day, so the last night is not usable.
Could you shorten the stay by one night and confirm the revised total?
I also do not have a confirmation number on file for this booking. Please include it when you reply.
Thank you,
Forest Zukerman
03Kayla is not confirmed on the Air France ticketworth a call
The confirmation names you throughout and shows a single seat. Every other booking on this trip names you both. The baggage line reads “x 2”, but that is a bag allowance, not a second passenger. Do not assume she is ticketed.
Fastest check is Manage My Booking with ZZT4JI and your surname, which shows the passenger list. If she is missing, call them.
Booking reference ZZT4JI, Miami to Naples on 14 September.
I need to confirm that Kayla Zukerman is ticketed on this reservation. The confirmation I received names only me and shows a single seat, but the booking was made for two passengers.
If she is not on it, please add her in the same business class cabin on both legs, AF0091 and AF1278.
Flying Blue: AF 002094427645
04Palazzo Avino is booked for one guestlocked rate
Confirmation 6894SG064045 is under Kayla Bennett, 1 guest. Two of you are staying. The rate itself is past its free-cancellation date (19 Aug) and is locked at €6,065.55, so this is a correction to the booking, not a change of plan.
Send to Palazzo Avino
Hello,
I have a reservation with you for 18 to 21 September, confirmation 6894SG064045.
The booking currently shows one guest. There will be two of us: Forest Zukerman and Kayla. Could you add the second guest and send an updated confirmation?
Please also confirm the room is set up for two.
Thank you,
Forest Zukerman
15 – 18 Sept
Capri
Three dinners, the sun beds, and two free days. Anything marked in red has a date problem worth reading before you book.
Dinner
L’Olivo2 Michelin
The island’s only two-star, up in Anacapri at the Capri Palace. Have the aperitivo on the bar terrace at sunset first.
Dinner under a canopy of lemon trees. Not the best food on the island; it is the most Capri thing you can do at night.
€90–140· dinner season 21 May – 11 Oct
Wants 8–12 weeks · you have 2This is the one at real risk. You are 16 days out and they ask for two to three months. Worth asking the hotel to try anyway - a concierge gets tables a guest cannot.
Sun loungers on the rocks directly under the Faraglioni. Staff assign your spot, so arriving early matters more than booking early.
€54 lounger pp· umbrella €24 · towel €14
Check in before 13:00Their €200pp minimum spend runs only to 13 Sept, so on your dates it should not apply. Confirm that when you book - it is the single biggest cost swing here.
The cheap and easy one. Calm bay by the Roman villa ruins, free shuttle boat from Marina Grande at 09:30.
€40 pp· umbrella €12
May close 13 Sept · call before counting on itTwo sources disagree on the season end. One says mid-to-late September, the booking product says it stops 13 Sept - two days before you land.
Palazzo Avino’s own beach club down at Marmorata, with a complimentary shuttle. Ravello has no port, so this is much the easiest way to reach water.
loungers and umbrellas free to hotel guests · you pay only for food
Ask the concierge to confirm shuttle timeSources disagree on both the season end (30 Sept vs October) and the shuttle departure (09:30 vs 10:00). One question to the concierge settles both.
The cliff walk from Bomerano to Nocelle, 7.8 km and mostly downhill. Three to four hours.
free · no booking needed in September
The compulsory booking is July–August only
Private boat from Amalfi
A day on the water down the coast, or across to Capri.
from ~€750 for 4 hrs· ~€1,300+ full day
Captain, fuel and kit included
Ravello Festival
The classical festival in the Villa Rufolo gardens.
Over before you arrive · ends 5 SeptWorth knowing so you do not go looking for it. The 74th edition finished on 5 September.
To book
Getting between places
Two gaps in the chain, and one of them is the tightest moment of the trip.
Mon 21 Sept · Ravello to Naples airport
⚠Leave Ravello at 07:00tightest point of the trip
easyJet EJU4115 leaves Naples 10:30 and bag drop shuts 09:50. Drivers quote the run at anything from 1h20 to 2h depending who you ask, and one operator warns that September mornings add fifteen to twenty minutes. Plan on two hours. Leaving at 07:00 puts you at the airport around 09:00, with roughly fifty minutes in hand.
Nothing is booked. This is the one I would sort first, because there is no second chance on it.
Benvenuto DriverBest price
Real Amalfi car service with a published fixed rate for this exact run. They quote 90 minutes. Books by email or form, not instantly.
The most detail published anywhere: fixed price, tolls and fuel included, meet and greet, an hour of free waiting. But read the price twice.
€201.60 at your time· listed at €168 · confirms within 2 hrs
Their night rate runs to 08:00 · 07:00 is surcharged 20%The headline €168 is real but it is not your price. Their supplement covers 20:00 to 08:00, and a 07:00 pickup sits inside it.
Hello,
I need a private car from Ravello to Naples airport on Monday 21 September, picking up at 07:00.
Two passengers with luggage. We have a 10:30 flight and bag drop closes at 09:50, so an on-time 07:00 departure matters.
Could you confirm:
- that you can do a 07:00 pickup
- the total price, including tolls
- whether any early morning supplement applies
Pickup is Palazzo Avino, Via San Giovanni del Toro 28, Ravello.
Thank you,
Forest Zukerman
Copy and send
Messages for your hotels
One message per hotel, written to their concierge, bundling everything they should arrange for that stay. Dinners, sun beds, boats and cars in a single email rather than five. Copy it, paste it, send it. Barcelona joins this list once you pick a hotel.
01Hotel La Palma, Capri15 - 18 Sept
Send to concierge.lapalma@oetkerhotels.com (concierge). Subject line: Arrival 15 September - booking 35982SG008957 - requests for our stay
A real published concierge address. They run their own beach club at Marina Piccola, so the sun bed question is asked, not assumed.
Send to Hotel La Palma
Hello,
We arrive Tuesday 15 September for three nights, leaving Friday 18 September. Booking 35982SG008957, two guests, Forest Zukerman and Kayla Zukerman.
Four things we would like your help with.
1. Dinner on all three nights, two people, around 20:30. We are interested in L'Olivo, Il Riccio, Le Grottelle, Da Paolino and Le Monzu. We know Il Riccio serves dinner Thursday to Saturday and that Le Grottelle is closed Tuesdays, so please arrange them in whatever order actually works and tell us what you would pick.
2. Sun loungers for two on the 16th and 17th. Our first choice is La Fontelina and our second is Da Luigi ai Faraglioni. Can you reserve these for us, or should we contact them ourselves? Please also tell us how Mare by Casa Tua works for guests and whether loungers there need reserving in advance.
3. We leave for Ravello on Friday 18 September. As there is no road off the island, we assume this is a ferry to Sorrento or Amalfi plus a private car, or a private boat the whole way. Could you quote both options, with timings, for two people with two large suitcases, and tell us which you recommend.
4. We arrive by ferry from Naples on the 15th. Please confirm the port shuttle and where we should meet it at Marina Grande.
Thank you,
Forest Zukerman
02Palazzo Avino, Ravello18 - 21 Sept
Send to info@palazzoavino.com (the only address they publish). Subject line: Booking 6894SG064045 - 18 to 21 September - for the concierge desk
There is no concierge address at this hotel and no form. info@ is genuinely the only one, so the subject line carries the booking and the request is addressed to the desk. The four other addresses on their contact page are PR and sales agencies. Do not write to those.
Send to Palazzo Avino
Hello,
Please pass this to the concierge desk.
We arrive Friday 18 September for three nights, leaving Monday 21 September. Booking 6894SG064045.
1. The booking is under Kayla Bennett and shows one guest. There will be two of us, Forest Zukerman and Kayla Zukerman. Please add the second guest and confirm what that changes on the rate, breakfast and city tax.
2. Dinner on all three nights, two people, around 20:30. We would like one evening at Rossellinis. For the other two we are considering Il Flauto di Pan, Sensi in Amalfi and La Caravella. Please book what you can and tell us what you would recommend.
3. The Clubhouse by the Sea on the 19th and 20th, for two. We understand access is complimentary for guests but subject to availability, so please reserve us in. Please confirm the shuttle times and that the club is open on our dates.
4. A car on Monday 21 September. We need to leave Ravello at 07:00 for Naples airport, as our flight is at 10:30 and bag drop closes at 09:50. Please arrange this, confirm the price, and tell us where it collects us.
5. On arrival on the 18th, where does a car set us down, and can you help with luggage from there?
Thank you,
Forest Zukerman
037Pines Resort Sardinia21 - 24 Sept
Send to concierge.sardinia@7pines.com (concierge). Subject line: Arrival 21 September - Zukerman - concierge requests
Send the shortened stay to reservations.sardinia@7pines.com instead. That is a different desk and it is message 02 further up this page. They sell a full day charter but never name La Maddalena, so this asks for it by name.
Send to 7Pines Resort Sardinia
Hello,
We arrive Monday 21 September and leave Thursday 24 September, two guests, Forest Zukerman and Kayla Zukerman. I have written to reservations separately to shorten the stay to the 24th.
1. Transfers. We land at Olbia at 11:40 on Monday 21 September on easyJet, with two large suitcases. Please arrange a car to the resort and confirm the price. We fly out of Olbia at 17:05 on Thursday 24 September and will need a car back.
2. A full day on the water is the thing we most want to do. Please quote a private full day charter routed into the La Maddalena archipelago, with a skipper and lunch on board, for two. Tell us the boat, the price, and whether the 22nd or the 23rd is the better bet for weather.
3. Sun loungers on the main beach on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd. Are loungers and cabanas included for guests or charged? If they are charged, what do they cost?
4. Dinner on all three nights, two people, around 20:30. One evening on the property if you recommend it and two out. Please suggest what is genuinely still open in late September around Porto Cervo and Baja Sardinia, and book what you can.
Thank you,
Forest Zukerman