The Wailea Ekolu 702 place was everything that was described in the website. The view from the apartment is gorgeous and the place is fully furnished, in particular the kitchen. We had all necessary items to enjoy the beach. There were only two issues: 1) the beach is not really that close especially if you have children and an elderly person, like we had, so I suggest that you have a car or be ready to walk about a mile to enjoy the beach; 2) my main complaint is the lack of clarity of both the hostess and Airbnb regarding the Hawaii tax for the rental. I paid in full when I reserved the rental using Airbnb but Kelli contacted me to my private email (not via Airbnb) to request payment. Airbnb apologized for this, informed that NO ONE should be contacting me using a different mail and confirmed that the property was reserved and ready for our trip. A week before our trip, I chatted with Hope from Airbnb and again she assured me that everything for our trip was ready. However, the day before the trip I had to call Kelli to ask about directions to get to the apartment and to retrieve the key, since there was no information available. Only then she explained about the taxes in Hawaii and told me that without paying for this tax she was not going to send me any information. I found this situation and her attitude bothersome, considering I had already paid the week in full and nowhere in the website there was a word about the Hawaii tax.
My suggestion to avoid this: clearly state the issue regarding the rental tax in Hawaii so no one else is cut between the renter and Airbnb.

Ana