Our stay in Waikoloa Village was amazing! Where to start?!... First off, the pictures are accurate but the reality is better! That is always a huge relief when booking/ buying anything online! The location is right next to the major resort area so if that's what you're looking for then this place would be great. (I do think you need to consider what you want out of your vacation, location, and how much you want to drive when choosing where to stay on the Big Island since it is so much bigger than the other popular Hawaiian islands.) Here, you get the resort feel without as much of the resort prices. Of course you don't get all the resort amenities as it's a condo and not an actual resort but it does have some great amenities and it's obviously less crowded than a resort. You can just walk or do a short and easy car ride down to one of the close resorts if you wanted. We did that multiple times. Location is super close to great restaurants and shops. Not too far of a drive to some of the well-known beaches and even a few lesser known that require some hiking to access.
But now to the condo itself... beautiful, pristine, comfortable, everything you could want or need and then some! It was super spacious and immaculate. Having the washer and dryer in the unit is always a plus! And while it may not be oceanfront, you do get beautiful views of the lawns, golf greens, lava rock, plants and ocean views in the distance with a good amount of unobstructed sky also (beautiful for anytime during the day and for watching stars at night.) And even though it's a ground unit which means the upper unit probably has better views, being on the ground means you can walk right out onto the grass and over to see the ocean up close (no beach access, just shoreline). We enjoyed that and you can even walk all the way over into the neighboring resort area and grab a drink or something to eat. We loved that! It was so convenient having assigned parking and we never heard a noise from the neighbors. The beds were so comfortable and big. They gave plenty of towels and soaps of all kinds. I experienced only one gecko outside and two friendly but not annoying stay cats on the grounds. No critters of any sorts inside if you're worried about that as it can be common in tropical locations. And speaking of tropical locations... this unit also has a great AC, zero humidity indoors and you can tell is fairly new and very well maintained!
I really can't say enough good things. While the instructions/ rules do seem a little "stuffy" or overwhelming when you first read them, they really aren't bad at all and the check-in, check-out process with the front desk was super easy! Being given an access card for the gate during your stay makes coming and going a breeze. This was our first time on the Big Island and we were there for 16 nights total and stayed in 5 different locations (we wanted to experience different areas) and our stay in this unit was by far the most overall COMFORTABLE stay.
-written by Anna Andrews on behalf of Kevin and Anna Andrews