Richard’s place was great it is like getting the resort experience without the resort prices. We always look for places where we can cook to save money and his full kitchen was great for making breakfast or other meals. We had a great sunset view from the deck and spent a lot of time just eating or hanging out at the deck watching the waves crash. The bed was very comfortable and better than ours at home. His place comes well stocked with coolers and beach chairs along with towels for hanging out on the beach. Maui’s beaches can get a little rough with the winds kicking up in the afternoon. So what we learned about Maui is get up early to hang out on the beach and if the West side of the island is to windy with rough surf pack up and drive down to the south side because it will be completely calm on the other side of the island and only 30 mins away. Maui’s beaches in general can be kinda rocky depending on the surf conditions so water shoes can help or finding the calm beach for that day. Parking was cheap $3.5 a day a lot better than the bigger resorts. The parking garage is small and tough to park an SUV in though we just strategized our choice of spots and did fine. The garage were we parked our SUV smelled pretty bad, we both work in patient care in a hospital so not a lot of smells get to us but the garage smelled like raw sewage.