Joy and Michael are great hosts. Their place is in a very good location between Hilo, Volcano National Park, and our favorite the Puna Region. The rooms were very spacious and clean, including everything we needed to feel at home away from home. The best part of the package was Joy and Michael themselves. We came in very late but they accommodated us and everything was ready for us when we arrived. As others have stated, their home has a very large and attractive covered lanai area were my wife and Joy would prepare meals that we shared together while Mike shared his knowledge of the island and told interesting stories. Joy has a wonderful garden we sampled from, and we are going to make her tumeric rice a staple in our home. We forgot our umbrella, they provided us with one. We were there for 5 days and anything we needed Joy provided, even twice waking up to a beautifully arrayed breakfast. On the east side of the Big Island we would not consider staying anywhere else but their home. We greatly enjoyed our stay and made two friends.