<p>My daughter did not take the group flight, but flew from Newark to Milano on her own. We live in northern NJ and flying out of Newark is a lot easier than getting her to JFK or LaGuardia. She had a night in a hotel in town, then caught the group bus back at the airport the next morning. She had no problems, but this was before the program moved to Arezzo and she was not lugging her bass, having arranged to rent one locally. It also helped that we had spent a few days in Milano on a trip the previous year, so she was at least somewhat familiar with the public transportation system there.</p>