Although we had done vacation rentals in the past, this was our first one through Airbnb. We started planning in January, and looked at lodging options after booking airline tickets. Initially I booked a hotel room on Oahu, but when I looked at hotels on our next stop in Maui I had a sticker shock. So I looked at Airbnb and one of its competitor's website, and booked stays through Airbnb for both islands. Bonnie's condo is at a prime location and exactly as described. The kitchen is well stocked, but we only used the blender to make smoothies and never bothered with cooking given all the dining options out there. We arrived on a Friday afternoon and went straight to bed. Being jet lagged, we woke up early the next morning and at 4AM went to the restaurant M.A.C. 24/7 in the Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel right across the street. The next morning we were woken up by a fire alarm at 1AM and walked down 28 flights of stairs to the street level. Having lived in apartment buildings in my younger years, I have had my share of being woken up in the middle of the night so I know that while rare this happens once in a while. We went to hang out in the lobby of Hilton, the kids got hungry and we ordered breakfast at the restaurant again. By the time the food was ready the fire department had cleared the building for residents to return. The beach chairs, umbrella, sand toys, and towels all came in handy when spending time on the beach. On our first full day we took advantage of getting up early and arrived at Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve at 6:30AM. So if you want free admission and avoid the crowds, arrive before 7AM. Parking spaces are not assigned to individual units, one can park anywhere in the garage. The building was constructed in 1979, well before the SUV craze arrived, so the clearance is a bit low thus one needs to be careful when operating the power liftgate if it happens to be under a beam or pipe. I had reserved a sedan with a car rental company, but for whatever reason they upgraded me to an SUV free of charge. Instead of driving a Chevy Malibu for five days, we had a BMW X5 for five days, so I am not going to complain :-) Wish I had known the 5th parking level has a much higher ceiling, otherwise I would have parked there from day 1. Bonnie was very communicative, we exchanged multiple messages right after I made the booking in January and then right before and during the stay. I highly recommend Bonnie's place to any future visitors to Waikiki.