This house was comfortable enough and the host was very responsive which was nice. It is not very close to Hilo. That was fine for us, but did require a bit of extra planning. The listing includes photos of a beach that are nowhere near the house. There is nowhere to swim near the house at all. Also the mosquitos are bad and once you get out there, there's nowhere to buy bug repellant. It would be nice if the house provided some or gave a warning about the bugs. The kitchen is bare bones--no salt/pepper/spices/etc. so you have to bring those as well. The towels were well stocked and there was plenty of beach stuff for us to use. We loved the geckos--inside and out!