Eric And Elayne were excellent hosts and their place was just what we needed for our 9 nights. Great location and price. It's nice you can walk across the street to a beach and others are close as well. It is also close to a bus line if you need the bus. We rented a car the whole time though and appreciated having their parking permit and felt the location was safe and quiet being at the back of the condo complex. Using the pool and hot tub was easy and wonderful. We didn't try the grill but would have loved to if we planned for it sooner.
The space had all we needed generally for sleeping, cooking, showering, etc. We did note to the hosts that dishes were dirty and snorkel gear was full of sand. Hopefully that cleanliness piece can be addressed for the next people who stay. We didn't mind doing dishes though and while we didn't want to try the mouth piece of the snorkels, we did try one of the goggles out. We found the beach chairs, umbrella, and small blue cooler so helpful. We didn't try the boogie boards or tennis rackets (but it is pretty cool there is a tennis court on site).
We did laundry as we spilled coffee on their bedding. They were gracious to us about the incident and their house keeper changed the blanket out for us, but we at least wanted to wash and dry the blanket first. They had spare sheets in the closet as well. It is coin operated or via an app. Service wasn't great in the laundry room so we downloaded the app in the Airbnb then went to the laundry room after. It was easy to do so generally, but do check the machines as we did find someone's hand towel in a machine before we washed the blanket.
We did have a couple other issues, but the hosts dealt with them immediately. One burner on the oven wasn't working and they got maintenance to come take a look and repair it. Water also was off one night and they found out a drunk driver caused the issue and it was fixed by morning.
There were many other thoughtful touches, like some toiletries, sun screen, first aid kit, etc. Although paper towels and toilet paper were scarce. Perhaps they anticipated people would buy their own during the stay and they just supplied the first several days worth. I've seen plenty of Airbnb's take that route which is fine. It just means it's helpful to take inventory of what is lacking before going to the store if you can. We didn't mind this though. We also noticed some items in the pantry were out of date or close to out of date, so it would be helpful for guests to check dates on items before using them and for the hosts to toss (and replenish if they plan to) as needed.
We followed their house rules and didn't have to worry about bugs thankfully! I have been to Oahu before and definitely found bugs to be an issue so their tips to keep items in the fridge or stored properly and tossing trash out immediately were spot on. We also appreciated the heads up on the air conditioner and tried to keep it to their stated setting to avoid flooding the lanai/patio and the unit below (although, perhaps a change in air conditioner could prevent this? I am not sure how old their unit is but it would be great in my opinion to not have to even worry or wonder about that being a potential issue as the cost of repair would be quite steep if we did cause damage. Just a friendly idea for the future!).
Finally, we forgot to note that the lanai/patio door was left unlocked when we first arrived. We realized it a few days later after we finally used it. I forgot to tell the hosts this, so just a friendly reminder to whomever is in charge of that duty as that can be a safety concern.
Overall, we really enjoyed our stay and appreciated Eric And Elayne being such friendly, kind, gracious, caring, thoughtful, responsive, and attentive hosts. We would certainly stay again if the price stays competitive and the hosts remain attentive. We understand they don't live on the island and issues happen, so their attentiveness and responsiveness was really what mattered most when things did happen and they proved with 100% confidence to us that they would fix and attend to any issues that arose.
(Also just a tip: I recommend shopping for groceries at the local "Times" grocery store as opposed to Safeway. It had some different items, cheaper items, and was a great place to pick up some cheaper souvenirs as well rather than at over priced souvenir specific stores.)