“I read comments constantly from people who say their trip was ruined...”

― Sammi DiBacco, writer and content creator

― Luca Castagnini, travel photographer and content creator

― Martina Carucci, strategist with language learning app Preply

 ― Elisa Torello, founder of Elisa’s Italian School

― Samone Rich, travel blogger and content creator

― Marco D’Isanto, Instagram travel creator

― Margherita Berti, Italian language teacher

 ― Valentina Telese, Italian tours director at Walks of Italy

 ― Denyse Pantaleo, Rome tours manager at Walks of Italy 

― Lucrezia Oddone, founder of Learn Italian with Lucrezia

Responses have been lightly edited for clarity and length.

This article originally appeared on HuffPost.