3/5 if I’m being generous…. This Airbnb is just a room in the Aqua Palms Waikiki. In regards to the hotel itself, the facilities are pretty old and one of the slowest elevators I’ve ever been in. This doesn’t factor into the rating, however.
We had a couple issues with our reservation that I feel needs to be pointed out. Sure, this is a room in a hotel and as such we have to abide by hotel rules / policies, however upon arriving at the hotel and checking in at the front desk, we were quoted $28/night for parking (+tax which brings it to ~$30). The listing clearly states $25 and upon inquiring with the front desk, they told me it was upped to $28 over 6 months ago and to take it up with the airbnb host as they have no control over that. Six months and you couldn’t update the listing description? We didn’t bother and parked far away at street parking.
Another issue we had was overall cleanliness. The room isn’t just old, but also had some cockroaches that we had to catch and throw out among other things.
Finally, the front desk told us as this was an Airbnb that there would be no room cleaning or supplies. Anything we need, contact the host. Sure, that’s fair. As we are staying for ELEVEN nights, paying over $2,000, obviously by the tail end of our trip we were running out of essentials like toilet paper (provided 3 rolls), hand soap (provided one bar), and body wash/shampoo (provided tiny ones that lasted two days). After contacting the host, Mark, he told us we’re on our own and that there is an ABC store around the corner if you need anything. Really??? Sure it’s just a couple dollars and I can go grab it, but how did you not properly stock up on essentials like TOILET PAPER and you’re asking your guests to go buy your own? We paid over $2,000, room essentials should not be on us.
Otherwise, decent location. Did the job for our trip.