Where to begin? We enjoyed Simon and Jeri’s place so much! It is in a lovely location, convenient enough to VNP and Hilo, but definitely not overrun with tourists.
From the welcome note, chocolate-covered macadamias, and shopping bag, to the available cold bag in the pantry, to the robes and slippers in the closets, the thoughtful details just kept coming. Several of the neighbors keep chickens, and there were even ear plugs by the beds (they work better than the ones I usually buy, it was almost as if my hubby wasn’t snoring).
We kept ourselves too busy to ever turn on the TV, but I imagine it works as just well as everything else. Each bedroom and the living room all have air conditioners. The bedrooms also have ceiling fans. We were always comfortable. We turned them all off when we left, and were able to cool the house in mere minutes upon each return.
Of particular note is a fully-enclosed garage with laundry, and a shoe rack right by the door. It was so nice to be able to unpack and to load up the car without getting wet, as it was raining lightly when we arrived and moderately when we left. In fact, I messaged Simon and Jeri that we were in the area before check-in time, and they kindly allowed us to enter early, even opening the garage for us, so we didn’t have to get out in the rain to enter the code. I mean, it’s Hawaii… we were going to get rained on, and we did, but not at those luggage-handling moments. It was a little thing with a big impact.
The neighborhood is lovely for walking, and I got some nice sunrise photos.
After a long day of flying, we were able to grab a pizza and chicken wings at a place not too far away our first night. We ate in Hilo the other nights (be sure to check out Pineapples Restaurant in Hilo - great food and cocktails)!
This is a very nice place with superb hosts! Their communication was top-notch! We would stay here again.