Our first trip to the Big Island for our family of 6. I was surprised at how big the whole resort was and how far we actually were from the beach and from the Hilton. We walked to both areas on different days but ended up driving after that. During our 10 day visit we ended up going to the Hilton only twice, once for a Luau and once to check the pools and the slides. We were happily surprised at how close the Queens Marketplace and Kings Markets were to our unit to get food and things we needed. For our future trips we will make sure we come prepared with everything we need (hygiene, sun screen and even snacks) because things really were very expensive on the Big Island. I thought I did my research ahead of time but didn't realize how windy it could be and how it affected the waves on the beaches--it was windy most of the time we were there and thankfully found some calm beaches south of us. The parking wasn't right outside of our unit so we would unload outside the unit and drive to find parking. The unit itself was wonderful. Spacious and clean it had everything we needed to cook and clean. The dryer went out the 3rd day we were there and our host offered to do our laundry for us, which was much more than I expected, and we were very happy for this since we were swimming every day. Overall the beds were comfy and we had what we needed to cook every night so we were happy. The Wifi was great too.