The hosts are very sweet and helpful and have a great carefree attitude. We didn't really realize the large size of Rome, so the area seemed to be really out of the way to where we wanted to go and see, also it was in a type of neighborhood that two younger woman walking around felt uncomfortable to do on their own. The apartment was 100% homey, but to be fully honest, not the cleanest place. The glasses we used still had lipstick on them from previous users and the shower needed some work. One great thing though was the hosts are super flexible with check in's and out's, so when we had a night train the day of checkout, it was really nice to be able to stay later instead of lugging our backpacks around.