These are two very special people who graciously opened up their beautiful estate to us and made us feel like family.

Karen and Tim's fabulous guest home (adjacent to their main home) was perfect for our family in many ways -- as a mother, I really appreciated knowing that the entire one acre was gated and that I could let my five-year-old son roam free. Their property is gorgeous, filled with tropical trees and plants. My son and I enjoyed the hot tub almost nightly. We also liked meeting Karen and Tim's darling five small dogs and parrot. (The dogs do bark unless they have their bark collars on, so Karen and I texted each evening about our arrival back to the house, so she could have them inside with their bark collars on).

The location was very convenient for our needs -- near to the Kona airport (10 minute drive) as well as the marina (snorkel tours, dolphin tours).

Karen was very gracious in assisting me with planning our itinerary, suggesting many things that my son would love, and even helped me with acquiring some local rates. Thank you, Karen!

As an added bonus, Tim is a naturopathic doctor and spent a good deal of time assessing my 80-year old father in the home and also at his off-site office. (Hopefully my father will put some of his newly acquired knowledge to practice!)

Lastly, Karen was very sweet to loan my father her car when he was in a jam. 5 stars all around for that alone!!

Thank you Karen and Tim, for a wonderful and memorable holiday!