Robin was a wonderful host and was very prompt in her response on Airbnb. She called us up when we landed in the airport provided us with directions to the home. She walked us through the house giving us details on what we can find and where. The house is really close to Subway, Laudromat (both about 200m away), about .3 miles from an Indian restaurant, Hawaiian Shave ice/ ice cream and about 1 mile away from Walmart, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, IHop, Sears, Macys, KTA Supermarket, etc. She gave us tips on going to the Green Sand Beach and that we should not drive our SUV up to the beach (she was right the road is very rough, you may damage the undercarriage).

Regarding the house, it was a good size house with 3 bedrooms (one bedroom with 2 beds). There are books everywhere, except one bedroom and the kitchen :-) The amenities in the house could have been better. One of the common bathroom doors did not close (probably due to the wet weather in Hilo), so we had to put something by the door to indicate that someone was inside.

The kitchen had a lot of utensils and we were able to cook a few meals. We wished that there was a dish washer , the ladies did not like that they had to wash the dishes by hand for 7 days we stayed there.

We did not have the time to go to the laundromat, so we also wished that there was laundry inside the house to dry the wet towels. Since, it rained all the days we stayed at Hilo, the wet towels left in the rooms (spread out for drying) would not dry.