We stayed for 12 days. The host was very communicative and helpful. The condo is small, but large enough for 2 people. There is a beach that you can see distantly from the sliding glass doors, but you won't hear the waves. The beach is 5 minutes away, but I wouldn't recommend swimming there. It's too rocky. Lots of things to walk to (grocery, restaurants, new Longs drug store next door), but for nicer beaches you'll need to head northeast to Hanalei and the Na Pali Coast or southwest to Koaloa or Poipu. Both are a 45 minute to 1 hour drive. So, while a car isn't required, because of the proximity of shopping, you'll probably want one to have the true Kauai experience, because Kapaa is not the best area of Kauai (it's not the worst either, but it's pretty suburban and not very pretty). Internet access at the condo was noticeably slow, but reliable. If you're going for vacation only, no problem. But, if you need to work over the internet, you may not get a strong enough signal and you won't be able to use your smartphone as a hotspot either because mobile reception is also limited.

Overall, for the price, it was a great value.