I personally did not find this place good for a temporary 3 day stay. I stayed one night and then spent money renting out another place where I could feel at ease and at home. There are quite a few people permanently living at this hostel (more than just a week or two) just trying to live in expensive Maui. I believe many work at the hostel to reduce their cost of stay. There is a keypad on the 4 bedroom rooms which I assume is for safety reasons but it made me feel awkward. In the rooms with beds there will be a "permanent" or semi-permanent person staying in one if the beds and it's normal for these folks to consider the space mostly theirs given how long they have been there. I did meet some great people just trying to make it in Maui. If you are young, with someone else, and a partier, this might be more your style place. I am a very social person by nature and not everyone here (again the perm residents) were too welcoming of that. It was like being a complete stranger in a place where the perm residents knew each other and didn't really want you there but had to have you there to support their living if that makes sense. The location is great and very close to the beach, shopping, restaurants and the boat harbor where you can ferry over to Lanai. There was also free parking, coffee which was nice.