Erika’s place was located perfectly central in Waikiki and just a 10 min walk to the beach. There is a lovely array of shops, restaurants, shave ice and other desserts about a 15 min walk away. You could effectively park your car in the gated spot provided and really walk to anything if you didn’t want to worry about parking. Or if you wanted take the 5 min drive. Her listing is exactly as described so please read it carefully if these things don’t work for you. For us it was fine, as city sounds don’t bother us much as ex New Yorkers. She provides beach towels and extras which made it nice and easy to walk to the beach. It’s about 30-45 min away from dole plantation, turtle beach, garlic shrimp and other food trucks and Kualoa ranch (aka the Jurassic valley tour). She was very responsive and helpful prior to booking and I would definitely recommend it as an affordable, centrally located place to stay!