BEST FOR SINGLE TRAVLERS AND ADULTS
NOT REALLY FOR FAMILIES IN MY OPINION..
if youre a single traveler or a few adults that plan on spending most of your time exploring honolulu or beach bumming it and just want a place to hang your coat, sleep and shower this is the place for you! its a 5 min walk to waikiki beach and has plenty of food and shopping within a 5 min walk! The check in is smooth and the hosts communicate well.
Now onto my issues. (to be transparent i didnt voice any of this to the host cus i dont like to be a bother. But im sure if i had Graciela and her husband would have tried to mend it they communicate with you while your there and they seem really friendly)
I do have a few issues but only express them being someone who was traveling with my wife two daughters and son. My first issue is that in listing it doesnt state that parking isnt included and i know it doesnt state that parking IS included but there should have been a warning in the initial post stating that you more than likely will have to walk 4+ blocks to find regularly available parking that will cost $25 per day. I wasnt informed of this until i got email instructions a week befor my trip and by that time finding a place with a comparable price was impossible.. This was an inconvenience especially having to walk back and forth with 3 young children in a busy area of honolulu.. again if i was by myself no problem.
one other issue i had was when i arrived the beds werent made very well it looked as if maybe someone laid on them before i got there and my wife found a few press on nails in the corner or the bathroom. This wouldnt be much of an issue for me but seeing as the house rules and check in instructions make it very clear, highlighted in fact, that the hosts want the place returned in a clean and most perfect state or you will be charged extra cleaning fees on top of the cleaning fee they charge you just cus (mine was $150 for cleaning and $117 for service for 4 days) Now i dont have an issue cleaning any rental that i rent out but when im being charged almost $40 a day for cleaning and $25/day for service it begs the question what exactly am i paying for if the hosts expect me to clean the place and return it in the state i recieved it in? and what cleaning are they doing if i find press on nails swept into the corner of the bathroom.. just some thing that i found myself annoyed with after the fact.
all in all though a great place to use if your gonna be out and about most of your trip