PROS: Great location. This condo is located in the middle of the main road that you would take to get just about anywhere. The scenery from the balcony is beautiful and it was lovely to wake up to that every morning. Condo was well stocked and we did utilize the washer/dryer and beach chairs which was great.
NEUTRALS: The beach itself in front of the condo is beautiful, but a little harsh and windy. I would not recommend trying to snorkel, picnic, etc. romantic walk along the shoreline or collecting shells? Perfect!
Check-in process - I am used to (and prefer) self-check in. They offer this, however are not well equipped to do so. Our flight got in to Maui very early so instead of wasting the day from 9am when we landed to the 3pm check in time, we went on a driving tour and got dinner. This put us back home around 8pm at night when the main office had already closed. If we would have checked in at the main office, it would have solved several miscommunication issues later on. My recommendation, check in during the main office hours.
Location - This condo is a third floor walk up and is not handicapped accessible. Not a big deal for us, but just be prepared to lift all of your luggage up four flights of stairs.
CONS: air conditioning. Let me preface this by saying that I had totally missed the part in the listing where we had to pay extra for AC. Had I saw that, we wouldn’t have booked it. Completely my fault. However, it says that you are asked to check an option for ac when booking; you are not. The only way you know about the additional AC cost is if you read the entire listing or check in through the main office. They charge $25 PLUS 14.42% in tax per day to use the AC. This is absolutely not okay with me. My husband and I looked up utility costs in the area and it would be roughly $150 A MONTH for cooling. At $25 a day, we just about paid the bill for them and we are obviously not the only ones staying there for the month so overall, they are making a large profit off of charging people for AC. On top of that, the office manager Vanessa made me feel stupid for even asking that the ac be turned on. She informed me that I was “completely too overdressed” for the Hawaii heat. I was wearing light green loose linen pants and a white cropped tee shirt. She also informed me that people in Hawaii don’t use AC so it’s “strange” to them when tourists expect it. Again, not true. Literally everywhere we went had AC plus the airbnb we stayed in on Oahu had AC as well. The kicker was, she said to “not turn the AC below 70 degrees or it will freeze up and you’ll be out of AC until someone can come in on Monday”. So you’re telling me that I’m paying $25 a day for AC that I can’t control? I should be able to put it to 60 if I wanted because I’m paying for it. Also the reason why the AC freezes is because it’s out of coolant and clearly no one keeps up with it. Again, they are charging $25 a day for AC that no one even bothers to maintain.
Overall, it’s a beautiful place to stay if you only care about scenery from your front window and cleanliness. For the price and difference in opinions regarding the AC, we would not stay here again.