Emiliano contacted me via email and via whatsapp before the trip and was always available on whatsapp. He lives next door too, so we could always knock if we had questions.

He even let an extra friend stay for the first night at no cost AND let my friend stay an hour past the normal check out time so that she could go to a museum without hauling her suitcases around Rome.

On our final night, Emiliano and his friend took my friend and I to one of their favorite neighborhood bars, spoke in English and Italian with us (which we really appreciated), and we had so much fun. He works as a musician and is a brilliant conversationalist - I wish I lived nearer to Rome if only so I could hang out with him and hear his band play.