Karen’s place has the most amazing views of almost all the major parts of Waikiki. It was breathtaking!
The place itself was very neat and tidy and instructions to check in and out were crystal clear. The room is based on an older building and so going up to the room on the 25th floor was a little of a hassle. There is only 1 out of 6 elevators that stop at the 25th floor, so if you didn’t want to wait for that 1 elevator, you have all the other elevators that either go up to the 24th or 26th and walked some stairs up/down. The interior of the building itself was old and had a funky smell throughout the hallways, but walking into Karen’s place made you feel like you were in a whole different building! Bright, clean, crisp, neat and tidy I would say. The main door is a little hard to shut and makes this loud noise as it shuts. And the sheets/blanket/pillows that we were provided weren’t at its best quality either. The sheets we were provided with weren’t pictured on her Airbnb listing, and I had expected a nice fluffy blanket and pillows as pictured on the listing. The blanket or quilt isn’t what we’re used to sleeping with (which my boyfriend described it similar to a rug :/ ) and all the nights I’ve stayed, I’ve caught myself sleeping with 2 of our traveling neck pillows instead of the pillow provided. Other than that, the kitchen was equipped with everything you needed, there is a vacuum cleaner, mirror and a clothes rack provided in the closet.
As her place being so great, it was a little of a walk to the center and beach of Waikiki. We had rented a car for our entire stay for that reason and to explore much more of Oahu itself anyway. We didn’t get to enjoy much of the beach and have only gone 2 days out of our 5-day stay only because parking at the Sheraton was $2 for every 20 mins. Speaking of parking, parking at Karen’s apartment complex was $25 per night, and the doors from the parking lot floors to the elevators close at 10pm or 11pm. If they were closed, you would have to walk down from where you entered into the L level to access the elevators to the room.
Our overall stay was comfortable and clean. Mahalo!