We mostly enjoyed our staycation at Big Island Cottage #2, although the hosts were less than courteous.
Our biggest concern was being threatened with physical violence for following the “no smoking on the property” policy. My husband went out to the road to smoke.. and not only did the daughter call him stupid, but also threatened to knock him out. This was not the only display of a serious lack of aloha, but it was the most surprising. The family is very boastful taking prideful ownership of the island. This is unfortunately all too common with folks from the mainland trying to capitalize on the aina. It was disappointing but not surprising that they thought they owned the highway too.
The listing had both 3:00 and 4:00 listed as check in times, and right after we checked in at 3:00 the hostess came over to rudely suggested that we had not read the material. We had. We pointed out the inconsistency in the listing and she was grateful. That didn’t stop her from sending us multiple (not duplicate) emails reminding us of our upcoming check out and again boasting ownership of the island. We live 5 minutes up the road. Their pushy mainland attitude was not enough to ruin our staycation, but we did find the ignorance somewhat comical.
The kitchen was stocked with several things to encourage making large meals, so it would have been nice to have options for leftover storage like Tupperware or even ziplock bags.
It was also nice to have access to laundry on site but was odd to not have laundry soap available.
Outside windows could really use some attention, bugs haven’t been washed off in a long long time.
All in all it suited our needs just fine ! Mahalo !