My parents and I stayed at Mark's place for 4 nights. Below are my thoughts about this unit.
Pros:
- Very convenient location. You can walk to all the Waikiki beaches, ABC stores (local convenient store) and shopping malls within minutes.
- Mark communicates very fast with us. We had to reach out to Mark twice for housekeeping. And he responded very fast, which is very much appreciated.
- The bed in the bedroom is quite comfortable.
- The security of the place is superb. You have designated parking space, at an additional cost of $15 per day, which turns out to be highly valuable considering the location. For anyone to get to your room, they have to pass 2 gates and 1 door, so we feel very secured.
Cons:
- The day when we arrived, Mark sent a local host to greet us at the gate, but he arrived 20 min late, which is quite inconvenient for us since we had to wait in the car, right next to the street.
- The apartment is in a very noisy area. Lots of people on the street even at late night. For people with sleep issues, earplugs are a must.
- Like others have mentioned, the blinds are not well maintained. They were partially broken, so again could be quite annoying for sleep. Fortunately I brought eye mask with me.
- It is basically impossible to cook there. We tried to make fried eggs, but all frying pans in the kitchen are very sticky. Usually airbnbs would at least have cooking oil, salt, pepper and sugar, and I've seen a couple with more ingredients. But we don't see oil or sugar, only a tiny bit of salt (maybe good for 2 meals).