I had never used airbnb before planning my summer’s trip to the Big Island so I was a little nervous about what it might be like. Staying in somebody else’s home for my vacation, especially since I was going to be staying for 5 weeks, was something I hadn’t ever considered doing before, but wanted to give it a whirl considering how much hotel charges and fees are nowadays. Let me tell you: my experience couldn’t have been any better! I fell in love with condo F-11 at the Kona Reef when I was scrolling through the listings and had high hopes I would be getting what was being advertised. When I arrived on my check-in day, everything was perfect! There was plenty of parking either outside or underneath in the garage. What I found when I walked in matched all the pictures on the listing to a T, if not better. The view was exactly as advertised, absolutely amazing I might add, and everything within the condo was even better than expected. The pictures showed some white appliances in the kitchen, but everything is currently stainless steel. The management company has a binder put together with all the resources you could ever need for your stay at this condo and some really great general information about traveling around the Big Island as well. There are plenty of dishes and utensils and pots and pans, especially for just the two of us that were here on this trip. There is a blender, coffee maker, toaster, 2 really nice knife sets, and a stainless steel teapot. There was a complimentary bag of 100% Kona Coffee beans waiting for us by the coffee maker and grinder and a couple bottles of water to get us started. There was even some basic cooking seasonings and oils in the pantry to use until we could stock up. Speaking of the pantry, there are several canvas Walmart bags to take with you when you go shopping because the stores typically charge for grocery bags if you need them. There is also a small fabric cooler if you just wanted to pack up a couple drinks and snacks to head down to the shoreline and a couple waterproof phone cases for your use. The furniture is nice and beachy and just as shown in the pictures. There are a couple board games and some playing cards if you’re having a night in, as well as some reading material and a stack of pamphlets and magazines about activities that are available to do on the island. The large television in the living area is a smart TV and we took advantage of the Netflix, hulu, and Youtube apps frequently, although the Charter channels available are very extensive. The lanai has the table and 4 chairs as well as a tote filled with all things beachy: snorkeling masks and fins and sand castle building accessories, as well as a handful of floating noodles for the pool and a few boogie boards for the beach. The bathroom is amazing, just as shown, as is the bedroom. There are plenty of bathroom towels and even had some complimentary shampoo, conditioner, lotion, and soap waiting for us, as well as a couple rolls of toilet paper. The king size bed and pillows are super comfy and I had no problems sleeping on my vacation. The dresser has 6 large drawers that easily accommodated all of our foldable clothing for the two of us. The closet has all kinds of extras for your stay including a couple of fans to put around the condo if you feel like conserving energy and not running the air conditioner, although it works really well. There are also towels for the pool, some exercise equipment, a couple foldable beach chairs, a yoga mat, the air mattress and pump that were advertised, a vacuum for cleaning up the pesky sand that tends to follow you everywhere, and a very tricky pop-up shade tent that you can take to the beach, which pops up very well, but takes a think-tank team to put back in the pouch. There were a couple of USB plug-in connectors in one of the bedside table drawers, which was nice of them to have available in case I didn’t bring my own. The TV in the bedroom is not a smart TV as far as we could tell, but does have all the Charter channels that the living room TV has for your enjoyment. The washer and dryer are in a closet in the hallway and are pretty new it seems and work very well. There were some basic cleaning supplies in the laundry closet, such as a broom, dustpan, and swiffer sweeper, as well as some detergent pods to help with a couple loads of laundry. There were also some dishwasher pods and household cleaning supplies under the kitchen sink to help out as well. The condo grounds in general were really great too. We definitely made use of the bar-b-q area frequently to grill up some dinner (there are 4 large, gas grills available for guest use) and the pool and hot tub are very nice. There is even a shower to wash off at the pool and a restroom if it becomes necessary. We discovered that there is a bin for recycling aluminum and plastic bottles down by the grills, so we were very thankful that we could use that and not have to throw them in the trash or try to find a recycling center while we were there. There are also 3 large dumpsters on site to dispose of your garbage in, which there were several garbage bags left for us to use while we were here in the condo. So basically, what I’m trying to say is we loved this condo and can’t wait to book it again in the future! The few quirks that it has are manageable: the ice machine in the freezer tends to