The Hale Lani home is located in a lovely, well-kept neighborhood. The kitchen is superbly equipped, affording us the opportunity to cook some really fabulous meals. These meals were made all the more special eaten in the lush, gorgeous garden which we enjoyed at meal time, for morning coffee, afternoon quiet time and cocktail hour each day. The bedrooms in the main wing were comfortable & nicely furnished with comfortable beds and, though dated, the bathrooms functioned nicely (great water pressure once you got the hot water to that side of the house!) The Parrish Collection staff was courteous & it was nice to have the home stocked with essentials upon arriving.
The house should NOT be listed as a 4 bedroom. It's a three bedroom with extra twin beds in the office which did not accommodate my 200 lb, 6' 2" grandson well. This house is a mid-century design with open walls above this office which also made sleeping there difficult if anyone awakened early or stayed up late! The "short" walk to the beach & pool statement is inaccurate. It's 10 minutes to the beach & 15 to the pool. Lugging chairs, towels, etc., there was not convenient. Further, these locations were inaccessible to our 74 yr old family member (as I suspect it would be for families with small children.) These were 2 must haves on our wish list that were not accurately described in the listing. Had they been, we would have made another home choice that would have worked better for our family. As to the after hour check in procedure - totally unacceptable! Most daily flights come from the mainland quite late in the evening. Traveling unlighted, 2 lane roads at 11:30 pm (raining like crazy, too!) and having to make an extra stop to pick up keys was not fun or easy. Even with our GPS locked in - finding the Parrish Office with the giant tree in the middle of the driveway was ridiculous. Gratefully someone we waved down knew where it was and lead us there. LOCK BOX at the residence!
This home, though comfortable, is dated. Especially the living room furniture which was actually coming apart during our stay and the badly stained carpet was just unpleasant making the daily fee feel inappropriate.
Our celebratory family vacation was magical. Kauai is lovely, we had many great outings. Hale Lani was not unpleasant but did not meet the description in the listing. Parrish needs to rethink the truly inconvenient check in process.
Doubt I'll use HomeAway again.