NOT the honeymoon of our dreams.....This AirBnb unfortunately created a lot of stress and discomfort for us during out Honeymoon.
We were notified the day we arrived in Kauai that the porch would be under construction during our stay. Due to the late notice, we didn't have much of a choice but to stick with this AirBnb (had I been notified sooner and been told the extent of the work, I would have found somewhere else to stay).
The extent of the work was downplayed greatly by the host (or she wasn't told how bad it would be??). She referenced only that they would be removing some tile on the porch, then moving the air conditioning unit (and therefore construction workers would need to briefly enter the condo).
What actually happened with the "removing some tile" was drilling and jackhammering loud and extreme enough to shake the entire condo. All of this occurred in the morning just a few feet away from where we were sleeping. Not the way I envisioned waking up on my honeymoon. We had to scream to hear each other as we quickly packed our supplies and ran out of the condo to a coffee shop to make plans for our day in Kauai.
What actually occurred with "moving the air conditioner" was several construction workers tromped right into the condo with their dirty boots on, walked all the way to the porched, and dragged a giant air conditioning unit to store INSIDE the condo while we were there. They moved furniture around to accomplish this, creating a crowded, messy feeling inside the condo.
The construction workers then left the AC unhooked for the duration of our stay. We spent 4 days and 3 nights with no AC. Not only was the heat VERY intense (even at night it took a long time to cool the place down with loud fans blowing at top speed), but the AC unit they had dragged inside was full of construction dust that gave me a severe allergic reaction. Each time a walked into the condo, my eyes and nostrils started burning. My eyes were bloodshot and tearing constantly. I actually had to go outside to get relief, then wear a KN-95 mask and eye mask just to be able to sleep at night.
We notified our host, and she had her island contact drop off some towels to cover the AC unit with. This actually did help cut down on the severe allergic reaction so that by our final night I could sleep without a KN-95 mask on.
Speaking of the host's island contact... check in was not easy due to this person. We got a text from the host's island contact shortly after our plane landed. She stated that she was ready for us right away. We still hadn't gotten our luggage or our rental car, and needed to stop at the store to get a little supplies before heading to the condo. She didn't want to wait for us (it was 2:30pm at this point, by the way, and we weren't due for our check-in until 4pm...) so she texted asking if she could meet us at costco because she "had the jets". I reluctantly agreed, so she went right to costco to try to meet us there. We were still, however, at the rental car place trying to get our car sorted out. While dealing with the rental car, I was given the added stress of texting back and forth many times with this person trying to give her directions to the rental car place instead (since there was no way we'd make it to costco to meet her right away). She eventually met us at enterprise in the parking lot, and gave us the condo key cards. However, I could have done without all the last minute stress, texting, etc. and just checked in at the condo at 4pm as planned! Not to mention, we weren't told which building the condo unit was in so we had to search around for it for quite a while as we waited for yet another text from the island contact with this information...
Anyways, back to the construction fiasco: were also told that the construction was likely all going to be finished within a few days so that the last 3-4 days of our stay would be construction free. This wasn't the case. The construction went on during the ENTIRE duration of our stay.
We also saw multiple other condos with construction notices on their doors throughout this location. Meaning, if you book this place-- get ready to hear the jackhammers next door or a few doors down. It looks like this whole condominium complex is under some major maintenance right now.
In our hosts defense, she did offer us a 20% discount on our stay, which we gladly accepted. She also responded very promptly to messages and seemed to be trying to mitigate the construction stress. However, again, I would have rather canceled and stayed somewhere without all of this stress. You can't get back time and memories wasted on stress during your honeymoon...