Book a hotel near Kona Pacific Farmers Cooperative, Captain Cook

"The GARMIN pointed us to the wrong driveway which was steep enough. Across from it we saw the Kona Palace sign at their building and returned to the paved road--the minivan almost bottomed out upon arrival to the pavement. We chose the next driveway which did have a small sign at the mailbox post and pitched over the edge. I spent 30+ years driving high-clearance 4x4s down gravel roads less steep than this one to the back yard of another residence. I told my wife I would pay this person for parking if we had to drive down yet another steep pitch. We turned around and went back up the hill and bottomed out the minivan again on what amounted to a blind corner on the narrow Na po'o po'o road. On the pavement, I found a SAFE place to pull off and call Rebecca and ask about the driveway. I hadn't received her text with the picture that does in NO way reflect how steep the driveway really is. She said "well, everyone else makes it down here." Maybe so, but I could just see trying to repeat the drive down there IN THE DARK. No way. I told her that she could keep the money, I was not putting us in that kind of dangerous situation, and we headed to our next destination. Fortunately they could work us in earlier. The view may be nice but read all the negative comments and believe they are more than just hard to satisfy guests. In the end, we did not stay at Kona Palace."

" Felt so spacious, fabulous view."

"House had great views,but was sparsely finished. Very few amenities for such an expensive VRBO."

"All the above "

"Really wonderful stay. Beautiful location, great room, delicious breakfast, wonderful hosts!"

"I am a Platinum rated renter. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed in the Vacasa management of this property. The photos do not show the condition of the house. I love this location and the view from the upstairs deck. There are new appliances in the kitchen, the rest of the house is a bit run down. If you have young children, the downstairs two bedrooms are hard to get to and very far from the upstairs living area. You have to go on the outside deck, down outside stairs, through the garage and then you get to the first of the two bedrooms. That first one has two twin beds and no other exit. The second downstairs bedroom (found by going through the bathroom from the room with twin beds) does have a sliding glass door. My sister and daughter were disappointed in the downstairs rooms. We complained and got about 60 refunded (10% of the cost of one night). "