Our visit to Volcano Village was great, and Linda's Mauna Loa Lodge made a perfect home base. Linda was responsive to my emails and requests -- she even made sure we had the coffee grinder and beach towels that we wanted! This place is very, very convenient to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. (The stores in Volcano are more like convenience stores, so bring your groceries from Kona or Hilo.) There were just two of us, but Linda's place would easily accommodate a family, especially with a stock of kids' videos to watch at night. She even provides ponchos for that inevitable Volcano rain!