Italian Town and Country,has been recognized by StartupNation as one of the top businesses in its annual Home Based 100 competition under the category of Most Glamorous.
Many of the StartupNation Home-Based 100 submissions revealed that business owners are bucking the current economic downturn and finding business success in these tight times. Historically some of today's most well known businesses started in a downturn, including Microsoft and General Electric.
"The 2008 ranking shows that the home-based business is more relevant than ever. The current recession has spurred a new wave of home based businesses as a response to loss of jobs, the need for supplemental income and the sheer passion for blazing your own trail and running your own show," said Rich Sloan, co-founder of StartupNation.com, one of the leading small business networking and advice websites. "Home based businesses are the biggest block of all businesses in existence and we expect numbers to grow ever greater as extra bedrooms, kitchen tables, basements and garages become host to the innovative thinking and pursuit of success by millions of Americans."
A few years back, Italian Town and Country was born from a passion for travel to Tuscany. After almost 20 years in the construction management, John Ferrari suddenly realized that he was not passionate any longer about construction. He quit and he and his wife, Michelle, decided to create a Tuscan villa rental agency together.
"It was a real honor to be in the top 10 winners in our category" said co-owner Michelle Ferrari
"It shows you how important home based businesses really are"
"There has never been a better time to plan your Tuscany get away" said John Ferrari co-founder of Italian Town and Country Tuscany Villas property rentals. "The dollar is stronger than its been in years, and we are offering discounts for early bookings" John also says, "A group of friends can rent a 3 or 4 bedroom Villa and spend around Fifty dollars per night, with the added bonus of cooking amazing meals with the freshest ingredients in your own kitchen, (something you wont find in a hotel, at twice the price."
