For the value, this place is the best you’ll find on the island. They do have the lodging tax but even with the lodging tax, considering that they have free parking on site, it all equals out in value. My husband and I wanted something that wasn’t in Honolulu so we could actually experience the island and not just be tourists. The location is great. Wonderful beaches just minutes away. You can see the water and the mountains from the house! Just as other reviews said, you do enter through their normal front door and they do have kids but this was never an issue at all. Everyone was so welcoming and friendly, it felt like we were staying with family. And we never heard the kids past 9pm. The bathroom is a shared bathroom, but again, we never had an issue with that. Overall they made us feel very very welcomed.