About Us

Meet the hosts

We're the Allen Family!

We're so happy to have you staying at our second home! We're a multicultural family of 4 from Tampa, Fl. Aaron owns and operates a construction business, I homeschool our children and run a travel blog & party planning business on the side. We love to travel, and do so often. We're huge foodies and history nerds, and never turn down a cafesito!

Our Story

Aaron and I actually met in Italy in 2004 on a Summer trip touring the country. We spent 7 weeks traveling all over Italia, from top to bottom. We fell in love with the place, the people, the culture, the food, and the language while we were there... and well, with each other too. :)

It's been 18 years and 2 kids later and we are still soo enamored with Italy.

Our goal to own a home in "Bella Italia" was made a reality this year and we couldn't be happier to share it with you!

We hope you fall in love with Italia, just like we did!

-Josie Allen