We fell in love with The Love Shack! Julian and Kelly are amazing hosts and their lovely little house was just perfect for our first trip to Hawaii. The house is clean and cozy and you have all the amenities you can wish for, including fully equipped kitchen, washing machine, Netflix and lots of stuff for the beach. We felt like it was our home away from home, and we really appreciated the effort Julian and Kelly made to make sure we had everything we needed, they even borrowed a high chair, crib and play table for our little baby daughter from their friends! What’s more the house is in the best location on Oahu, you are in a calm residential area but there’s so much within walking distance: great restaurants (our favourite was The Pioneer Saloon), cute little shops, coffee shops and a really cool beach where the locals hang out. And 20 mins away you have the Waikiki beach and around there is so much to do, great shopping, more restaurants, bars, surf lessons etc. We loved Waikiki but we wouldn’t have liked staying in the hotels there since we wanted something a bit more quiet and relaxed so the location of The Love Shack really is perfect.
Lastly Julian and Kelly shared lots of tips about the area and they had many recommendations of places to visit and things to see in other parts of Oahu. Some highlights that we did was hiking up to Manoa Falls, surfing in Waikiki and seeing a giant sea turtle on the North Shore.
Mahalo!