We feel lucky to find Sandra and Mark's house for our Big Island vacation. We have been Big Island for three times, but before we stayed in those resorts in the Waikoloa village. This time we just would like to avoid large crowds of people in the hotel, and also we could have an option to cook by ourselves, to be safe, since the pandemic is not over yet.
Sandra's apartment at the Fairways is located at a very beautiful community with its own swimming pool and the hot tub, the only thing is it closes a a little early at 7 pm. But good thing is , it is only about 5 mins drive or 10 mins walk to the luxury Fairmont Orchard resort, where you can enjoy their swimming pool (until night I guess 10 pm?) and restaurants. I called the Fairmont and the staff confirmed that the outside guests could use their pool with a covid negative test result, but not the gym. The fairways apartment also has its only beach club with private access to its own beach, where there is a bar/ restaurant by the side.
Sandra's apartment is clean and well equipped with pretty much everything you need for an island vacation ------another pros of staying with Sandra's house. When I stayed with the hotel/ resort before, I will have to rent our own beach chair/ umbrella, if I'd go to Hapuna beach, but Sandra has everything in the garage, like the umbrellas, chairs, sand toys for kids, snorkeling gear and bikes if you would like to go bicycling.
Last but not the least, Sandra and Mark are really nice people to work with! They always provided the timely responses to our questions/ requests.
We had a great time here and we hope we could come back some day for another relaxing vacation! :)
Thank you Sandra and Mark!