This Airbnb is perfect. From the moment we walked in, both my husband and I were essentially in love with this place. We were looking for potential next trip available dates, as we wouldn't want to look to stay anywhere other than here.
The location is fantastic, it's within walking distance or a very short drive down to a bunch of cute stores, including a large used book store, candy store, and fun local tavern that we thoroughly enjoyed. It felt like it was 45 min max from anywhere we wanted to go, including Volcanoes National Park and the visitor center below the summit.
The place itself is absolutely beautiful, from the kitchen to the bathroom. It has sweet little touches all over the place. It had anything we could have needed. It felt clean and new and everything was so comfortable! The couches were so comfortable that all 3 of us nearly napped there, and my husband insisted that we look at the mattress brand before we left.
There isn't AC (at least as far as we saw), but the hosts provide so many fans, and between those and open windows, we were perfectly comfortable, and the nights were perfect.
If you're a light sleeper for sounds, there are some pretty loud frogs around the island at night it seems, and if you sleep with windows open they are quite loud if one happens to hang out close by, but neither my husband or I had any problems. It was almost like a nature soundtrack. I'm sure if it would bother you, earplugs would work fine, and to be completely fair, you'll probably have that problem no matter where you stay.
Checking in and out was so easy, and it's easy access to the street. There are some stairs, both down from the street and then up to the door so if you have mobility problems it may be not the best for you, but I think it's probably perfect for anyone else.
These hosts were super responsive, had great local eatery advice, and obviously put a lot of love and time into this place. We were so sad that our trip in Hilo was so short, as we would have stayed at this place for our entire vacation.
This was probably our favorite airbnb ever, and was an incredible and too short experience. If you're iffy and looking all over like I do, this is the place to go!