Super-responsive Host to all questions/concerns. Very different kind of VRBO - for us at least. We've done something like 40 VRBO trips but this is our first to a super-popular destination like Waikiki in Hawaii. If Hawaii is like New York City, Waikiki is like Manhattan, and the one street between the property and the beach, Kalakaua, is like Times Square. It seems like every parade and festival goes down Kalakaua - adding to the daily traffic jam. Around 10p it gets quiet. Until then, constant action, bodies, shopping (every mid-to-high-end brand you can name), street performers, etc.... with the ocean and a protected lagoon-on-the-beach right there on the other side. If you spend enough time on the balcony and the surf is up, you can watch things like surfing classes going on out there all day. A "better than most everyone else's" view, closeness to the beach, and all that action is what you're paying for. Inside the unit some things are nice - the window to pass food from the kitchen to the balcony is brilliant. the Stove and Fridge are up-to-date. For the price-point, everything else is mostly "fine", but a let-down if you're expecting the super-maintained, perfectly over-stocked-for-every-possible-need type $400/night rental you get on a small town beach, small town center, or short-drive-to-the-skiing-lodge type VRBO. This is at the center of the action for probably all of Hawaii and not even a full block from the beach. If that's what you focus on, you're good.