Pros:
- Friendly and welcoming host
- Very fast responses
- Quick check-in process
- Very clean apartment
- 15 mins away from airport, and 10 min away from downtown Kona
Cons:
- You are basically renting first floor from a 2 story private home in a suburban area with lots of other private homes around. Owners/co-hosts live upstairs. There is a separate entrance to first floor from a backyard. This should be made clear in the airbnb ad.
- No stove. If you want to cook anything at all, there is a bbq unit with a cooker outdoors. There is a small microwave.
- No A/C, although thats very common on Big Island because temp at night is cooler
- No cable TV. You basically get a Roku remote instead of TV remote with some channels via Roku apps and a Netflix login from a host.
- Driveway only fits a compact car. Bigger cars will need to park on a street as a driveway is a narrow ramp that spirals down to backyard.