I love Airbnb and have had wonderful experiences with hosts before.... and I also feel it's important to share experiences that Didn't feel so good.
This Was One of them for me.
After an initial experience of awkward communications, I was unclear about where to go exactly and where to park my vehicle. The home was located in a very tight, double cul-de-sac in residential Kona with a lot of cars and very limited parking. When I found a place to squeeze in... hoping my car wouldn't get hit with somebody backing out of their driveway... I wasn't sure which house to go to and I ended up at the neighbors home. They were very friendly but unpleased to hear that a vacation rental business was happening next-door still...
after several visits from the county serving papers saying that it was illegal to have a vacation rental business in that residential neighborhood because of the limited parking and close quarters.
There were some other uncomfortable pieces to the puzzle that the neighbors also shared with me so I reluctantly went there to stay with my 2 children.
The room was definitely overpriced at $95 a night including a $25 cleaning fee… with a shared bathroom down below with two other rooms tucked in between, and kitchen being upstairs in the hosts private family space. And the photo on the listing did not depict what the place looked like at all.
If you want a feel good, authentic aloha experience… I recommend going elsewhere.