As i pulled into the neighbourhood i was already having second thoughts as there were these shabby looking broken down houses . As i was early i drove around a bit to see where the beach was and it definitely was not a "3 minute walk" as stated in the advertisements and wherever i saw access, it was dirty and smelly.
Then when i went into the house, it hit me that there was no A/C at all. Not even room units. Hawaii in July was no different than it is in Texas. So if your idea is to spend your vacation sweating buckets and paying more than 200 a night then this is your place. Yes, Beth did advertise that there was no A/C but she knows how hot it gets in July but it is my first time in Hawaii, how am i supposed to know. How does AirBNB allow this?
Are there legions of people out there who want to be sweaty and miserable on their vacation while paying for it?
What finally convinced me to look for another place was the rule of "no running" in the house. So on my vacation i am supposed to tell my 9 and 7yr old boys not to run around. Just perfect. Then Beth took my downstairs to show the laundry area which is so dirty that i cannot imagine washing clothes there and the ceiling is so low that i bumped my head so hard that i sported a gash on my head for a week afterwards.
I did not even take my lugguage out of my car. I called a couple of places, found a great hotel and had a great rest of vacation.
I lost a lot of money but learnt a lot from this experience.