For the cost to rent this place, it was overall okay.
This was my first time using Air BNB and I didn’t read the reviews until after I booked this place. I read the information that the owner provided and he included the elevator issue but I thought that it couldn’t be that bad so I went ahead and booked the room. Then I read the reviews and realized that the elevator issue is pretty bad. Luckily during the time that I stayed the elevator did not shut off but everyday that I went back to the hotel, I was very concerned that I would have to stay elsewhere or suck it up and climb 37 flights of stairs to get to the room. There is only one elevator and the longest that I waited was about 10 minutes.
There is a blog that the building manager updates when the elevator is out, it is https://waikikimarina.blog/category/blog/ and that helped out a great deal.
There were many people who were staying there and they were very upset about the elevator. I’m sure the owners of these little studios are also frustrated as well. When there are high winds, the elevator is shut off.
I loved the view and the big windows. I loved having a designated parking space. I slept with the window open for fresh air and it was quite noisy from all of the cars. The air conditioner doesn’t circulate the whole room. You’ll have to take your own trash out of the room at the end of your stay or you may lose your deposit. A roll of paper towel, a new sponge, a refilled bottle of dish soap, a bottle of hand soap, 2 little bar soaps, 2 little bottles of shampoo, and 2 little bottles of conditioner were provided. Towels were also provided.
Instructions on how to obtain access to the room was easy to follow.