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The desire for luxury fashions and glamour will always be strong. But for many, prices are out of reach, and who among the glam-obsessed throngs really wants to settle for a knockoff?
Shop Around Tours offers budding and even experienced fashionistas the opportunity to indulge their desire for luxury fashion at discount prices while touring the mecca of exquisite design - Italy. It's the ultimate vacation for anyone who lives to shop and loves to travel: wining, dining, and designer outlet shopping.
The business was created by Deborah Mayer, an avid shopper with champagne taste but a Budweiser budget. In 2001, she took the plunge and launched a tour company with the belief that there are others like her who love designer fashion but not the prices.
Shop Around Tours takes travelers on guided tours to designer warehouses and factory outlets located throughout Italy, from the remote Tuscan countryside, to the bustling streets of Milan, to the charming lakefront, celebrity-soaked village of Como. Glam for recessionary times, no?
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