Via Travel Design

Lori and James Redmond don’t book airline tickets, rental cars or even hotel rooms. Their niche is finding and renting superb vacation homes in Italy. They have a passion for travel, food and good wine — each year they spend a few months overseas looking for properties and restaurants to recommend. One recent find: La Casaccia, in Pienza in southern Tuscany, sleeps 19 and features a fabulous chef-in-residence. Perfect for that relaxing family reunion.