If you're waffling between a hotel and Lani and Sky's place, the choice should be clear: choose the condo. I cannot express how happy I am that we chose Lani and Sky's beautiful condo instead of a hotel room. We looked at all the hotels, read reviews, compared prices, but ultimately we'd be paying for a single room. Sure, it may be a spacious room. But the only real advantage of a hotel would be guaranteed beach access. Lani and Sky's place was more affordable, but with it we got a full kitchen, washer and dryer, patio, living room, etc. Plus, the neighborhood was beautiful and the place is within a short walk of a great cafe (Lei Petite) where we had most of our breakfasts.

The money we saved on a hotel, we spent on more important and exciting things together: a helicopter tour, a chocolate farm tour, a luau, etc. For the big ticket things we hadn't planned -- beach visits, hikes, food -- Lani and Sky provided excellent advice in their booklet.

It was a wonderful vacation, and a big reason for that was our incredible lodging.