Nice place for an extended vacation. It’s a condo unit within a hotel, but it’s a Vrbo unit. Some units utilize the property management on site. For this unit, you save going Vrbo and you have enough access to whatever you need. There’s not daily cleaning services, but we expected that, and it’s easy enough to wash towels or trade in pool towels. There’s a washer and dryer within the unit and a fully stocked kitchen. You can pay for yoga and other fitness classses outside facing the ocean ($10/class). Utilization of the gym was $5/ session. There’s not really a business center in the whole place, but there’s a shipping place across the street with computer/printer access you can pay for. Good wi fi in the rooms. Having two pools and a beach on site was great. I understand there are seasons when the beach is washed away, but there was nice sandy beach when we were there in August. There are great little shops for all your necessities within the hotel lobby. There are little shops and food places across the street including Hawaiian BBQ, shave ice, pizza, etc. It is a short drive to Lahaina (too far to walk). Kitchen has adequate supplies and utensils (but could use baking sheet etc), so we made a lot of meals. The TV and DVD player work fine but a bit complicated to get the DVD going because you start it through a Play station, but the front desk will help. You can rent DVDs/movies through what’s effectively a red box at the grocery store across the street (unlike hotel managed units where you can pick up in the lobby).
We drove to Nakaleke Blowhole, down to aquarium, to Lahaina for shopping and surf lessons and luau, snorkeling in South Maui with friends, and up to the highest point of the mountain for sunset view (that’s a 5-6 hour round trip drive)—all to say, this is a good home base and more affordable if you are willing to not have regular cleaning. There’s a daily parking charge for a car but you do need one. Pick up groceries at Costco (near the main airport) in your way in...decent prices there. VRBO owners are responsive to any questions.