What a great place! From the beginning, Stephanie was super helpful and the cottage was perfect for our family vacation. Our goal for our trip was to cover as much of the island as possible in 7 days, so we needed a place that was centrally located to the activities that Kona had to offer, but we also needed to be able to hit the road without having to wind through town to get to points beyond. We also wanted to be far from the noise of Kona....We like to visit town, not stay there.
Before our arrival, Stephanie sent us a questionnaire so that she'd know our basic needs prior to arrival and then shortly before our departure for the Big Island, she made sure we had detailed directions on how to reach their property(You have to have a car to get there.). We followed the directions and made it there with no problem, even in the dark. Parking was easy and there was plenty of it. She lit the string lights for us on our lanai to make finding the correct cottage easy. Raj, the cat greeted us warmly, but then made himself scarce the rest of our stay. Don't let him in by the way. Stephanie is trying to keep the places allergen free for her guests. It was easy to make ourselves at home. Our 12 year old loved the loft and our 5 year old went up and down the loft ladder a lot, but we didn't allow her to sleep up there. The nights are cooler up in Holualoa, so our cottage was equipped with a little electric fireplace that worked like a charm. We miss having breakfast on the lanai every morning...so peaceful.
Communicating with Stephanie was easy. She replaced our hot plate as soon as we told her the one we had was having a problem. We had a water issue one day and she had that taken care of by the time we got home from our next adventure. We couldn't figure out how to open our green coconut and the next thing we knew, the troops arrived to cut it open for us!
We enjoyed our stay to pieces and we had the most amazing time! What a great place! The only complaint we had was that we had no time or energy left in our days to enjoy any dance classes with Stephanie. Our kids were begging to go to bed by dark every day! Ha!
We suggested outdoor wall hooks to Stephanie and Matt before we left because of all our drippy snorkel gear and soggy towels. We hope we didn't damage their patio furniture with our wet gear..... 2 days or weeks, the Tiny Red House is the perfect home away from home!