Maria and Steve were great hosts! Always available for help if we needed. Their place was clean and comfortable! The bed was awesome. We loved having the living room and the back porch/kitchenette. No A/C as is says, and this girl loves A/C, but it's cool at night and there are plenty of fans on ceiling and portable to move wherever, we were very comfortable! We felt like we were in the jungle but also close to everything we wanted to do including Volcanos National Park. Good restaurants near by, we liked Hilo Bay Cafe (HBC), Jackie Ray's and Seaside. Our visit was march 11-14.