SP.Q.R.

Be forewarned that this business (SP.Q.R = Special Quality Rome) is very dishonest. They will tell you untruthful things just to lure you in. My family and I were scammed by them into paying 30+ Euros MORE than what we would’ve regularly paid.
Admittedly, we had not planned well for our Vatican City visit by booking our tickets in advance so we decided to «wing it» and pray for a short line on the day we set out to visit Vatican City. This is a major mistake. DO NOT go unprepared because you will end up waiting at least 3 hours to go in. It is HIGHLY recommended that you book your tickets online and then pay the extra 4 Euro charge for the online transaction. That’s what the smart folks do.
This agency has their salesforce out on the streets wooing people in with the guided tours and explaining the benefits of taking a tour with their company. We were definitely looking for a guided tour option in hopes that we wouldn’t have to endure the 3+ hour wait and the information he gave us was very tempting indeed (but we later learned was inaccurate).
Here is the tour agency salesman’s breakdown to us:
Regular admissions to the Vatican Museum = 15 Euros
*** Admissions to St. Peter’s Basilica & the Sistine Chapel = 14 Euros [See *** note below]
He stressed to us at this point that it was already 29 Euros that we would be shelling out before we even calculate the guided tour which is 10 Euros.
Guided Tour = 10 Euros
«Skip the line» Fee = 4 Euros
Student DIscount = 5 Euros, to be returned AFTER entrance into Vatican City
So altogether, he said that it would be less than 50 Euros to get us in, we would skip the 3-​hour line, get a guided tour, and 5 Euros back for the ones who qualify for student tickets, etc. There were a few additional Euros in there I did not question since I figured that would be their commission and I fully believe they deserve to make money off of us. Well, as the tour went on, we discovered more and more that we were cheated at least 30-​something Euros and the breakdown provided to us was inaccurate.
We decided to address this with the agency at the conclusion of the tour. You know what the shadiest part of all this was? «Coincidentally,» the office was closing just as we were demanding to speak to someone at the end of our tour. Because of this, we ended up only speaking with the guide. When we spoke to him about our concerns that we were given inaccurate information and would like it to be addressed so that others aren’t given mis-​information, he simply brushed us off and said «no, that cannot be. This person would not say that. You heard wrong.» There were THREE of us and we all heard the same thing. This issue was not handled well at all by SP.Q.R
My final words to you, dear reader, are to BE CAREFUL and do not trust this business. You’ll end up paying 4x the regular price if you decide to go with them than booking on your own. I ended up shelling out to them 44 Euros when I could’ve only paid 8 Euros (student rate). That is a HUGE chunk of money you can use to spend on other attractions in Roma.
*** Admissions to St. Peter’s & the Sistine Chapel are FREE. Do not ever let one of these idiots tell you otherwise! ***