Dynamic Tour Hawaii

10.7 mi

Now at 58 Mamo st. Medy the owner is awesome! After I lost my itinerary I went in and she was not…read moreeven upset about the whole thing and proceeded to relook up my hotel conformation #'s for my travel plans for 2 cities! At the lowest prices available then, she's very accommodating, personable & enjoyable to work with, Hands down she's our go to person for our travel plans!

From the owner: book travel for international,domestic, las vegas package with escort, cruises and land tours,…read moredisney packages, able to speak tagalog, ilocano and english

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I am so glad I asked Makaela to help us with our trip! She helped us save a lot! It's made all the…read moredifference for our trip! I felt so relieved after she helped us. She took care of all the not fun parts of our trip so we could just focus on the fun! We will definitely be booking our trips with her again!

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Grand Naniloa Hotel Hilo - a DoubleTree by Hilton

I don't understand the rating here. The hotel has superb views and the staff is super friendly. The…read morerooms need a bit of a refresh but are comfortable. We had a room with a balcony facing the water and it was gorgeous. There were a couple of minor nits. The elevators sometimes were very slow, and the room could have had more drawers. But otherwise no complaints.

2.5 unfortunately…read more Pros: nice view, affordable, friendly staff, poke tacos at happy hour were solid, a free drink for every night of your stay that you can use at any bar, cutest cats roaming around (a con if you're allergic) Cons: They leave all the windows open on each floor which attracts a ton of bugs (I know bugs are common but spiders on my door was gross). For a standard room, there was ZERO dresser or storage space for clothes, only one hanging closet. Bathroom had so little counter space and was tiny, toilet flusher was weird (do I use my hand or foot?), parking in the lot across the street and resort fee made it more pricy, old building in need of renovations.

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Grand Naniloa Hotel A Doubletree By Hilton - Ocean Front Corner

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Grand Naniloa Hotel A Doubletree By Hilton - Oceanfront Corner

SCP Hilo Hotel

The price felt fair overall, but I think many reviewers weighted the cleanliness and renovated…read morerustic aesthetic too heavily. Having stayed in 2-5 star hotels across the U.S., this property is a good example of how subjective hotel ratings can be. Hilo simply does not have the newer luxury resort inventory you find on the Kohala Coast, so don't assume another hotel is upscale because it has "Grand" in the name. I can understand the appeal of its boutique-style, active-traveler, eco-conscious, customer-friendly atmosphere, hence the skewed 5-star ratings. Our biggest disappointments were room size, cooling performance, and noise/poor acoustic privacy. I'd still give it a low 4 stars because of the location, cleanliness, Aloha atmosphere, and staff friendliness. The property offers very basic accommodations in what resembles an old Travelodge/Motel 6-type property but cleverly renovated. The owners clearly understood that with clean rooms, vinyl plank flooring, fresh paint, and updated furniture, and a hint of a Zen/Environmental/Aloha vibe, they could offer a strong alternative to Hilo's aging high-rise hotels. While there are wheelchair ramps, the property has three stories and no elevators which means you'll have to carry your luggage up the stairs for most the upper floors. Some rooms face the inlet/ocean across the street fronted by a very old looking fish pond, while most others look across to each other with a small garden areas between or the decent pool area (no hot tub.) There's free lobby coffee in a large pump dispenser since rooms lack coffee makers, plus complimentary bikes and paddleboards. A very small lagoon beach is directly across the street, with two decent restaurants within a stone's throw. Downtown Hilo is about a six-minute drive but probably not walkable for most people. Rooms are compact, and the bathrooms are tiny with no exhaust fan. The bed leaned softer than average, and the TV was smaller than most modern computer monitors. The A/C struggled with Hilo's humid climate but managed to keep the room barely cool enough for comfortable sleeping. Shower pressure and temperature were acceptable, though the showerhead sat around chin height for me at 5'11". The biggest drawback was noise and lack of sound privacy. The glass louver windows provide almost no sound insulation, so you hear everything outside your room -- kids running the halls, conversations, foot traffic, and nearby guests. Anyone outside your room could easily overhear conversations inside. There's also noticeable jet noise due to the airport proximity, though fortunately I don't recall hearing flights between 10:30 PM and 6:30 AM. Rates are typically less than the nearby aging high-rise hotels with more upscale branding (and more uneven reviews). If SCP is at least 20% cheaper than those competitors, it's probably the best value in Hilo. If it fits your budget, I would opt for the ocean view rooms with the balconies at the SCP. The hotel appeared to be finishing renovations on its last older rooms during our stay, so many of the older 1-2 star reviews are probably no longer relevant

I love this place. It reminds me of old school Hawaii. The rooms were big enough for two. We slept…read morewith the sliding doors open(screens shut) and just a ceiling fan on. We had a balcony which was nice, it over looked the Hotel lagoon and the park. Couldn't see the ocean but we know it wasn't far from there. The pool area is great to kick it after a day of sight seeing. Also not to far from restaurants.

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Hilo Honu Inn

(20 reviews)

3.4 mi

Our four-day stay at the Hilo Honu Inn was special - not just in the context of our week-long visit…read moreto The Big Island last week - but when compared to all vacations our family has ever taken. We booked the Samurai Room - with its Japanese themed furnishings and an unobstructed view of Hilo Bay from the sitting room. Our girls loved having their own room and separate beds, and my wife and I enjoyed restful sleep in the king-size bed, coquí frog chirps notwithstanding! We had our private parking spot, and all major attractions were a few minutes to half an hour away. Breakfast was a bowl of fresh fruit - lichee, mango, papaya, kiwi, grapefruit, melon - along with juices, lemon-infused water, tea, and fresh-brewed coffee, followed by something more filling, like banana-macadamia pancakes, quiche, French toast, or scrambled eggs and bacon. But the best part of breakfast was the conversation - with our hosts Gay and Koa - who we had all to ourselves for three of our four mornings. We talked for 2+ hours every day about Hawaiian flora and fauna, music, arts, history, language, and culture. Gay danced the hula for us and Koa played his favorite Hawaiian songs for us. They showed us their workshop - where they teach how to make feather leis, woodwork, ceremonial masks adorned with coyote teeth, traditional weapons made with tiger shark teeth, and countless other Hawaiian artifacts. I can go on and on, but that still won't do justice to what our stay meant to our family, so I'll share photos of what our girls wrote in their guestbook. Thank you Gay, Koa, and Hilo Honu Inn for a lifetimes worth of special memories. We will be back to stay with you next time we visit Hawai'i.

Greatly enjoyed our stay with Gay and Koa with interesting conversations about old Hawaii as well…read moreas current events. They also shared with us their 'hobbies' of wood carving, weaving and other Hawaiian arts (they're quite talented both of them). The inn is a very well preserved old plantation style house, very peaceful but close to town with delicious breakfasts.. Highly recommend this place!!!

Our girls loved having their own private bedroom and individual beds.

View of Hilo Bay from the top of Haili Street

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The Japanese furnishings made our experience special.

Hale Kai Hawaii Bed & Breakfast

Pros: Great view, hot tub, pool…read more Cons: Not what it used to be. I've stayed here at least three times since the early 2000s. Gone are the days of live-in hosts who greet you, prepare great breakfasts on the communal deck where you mingle with the other guests, and provide a sense of welcome. I get that all that can change with new ownership and especially in the wake of Covid, but the place is in need of maintenance. The huge view window in the Bamboo room we rented was filthy. Breakfast was marginal. Very sterile rent/check-in process. We are not picky travelers and prefer to be self-sufficient with meals so we brought a lovely fresh fish to grill and they no longer provide an outdoor BBQ! A disappointing stay in comparison to our past experience here.

Pros: Nice View Cons: Everything else. Terrible breakfast,…read moredirty room, missing smoke detector, no staff on hand. Ignore the old reviews and pictures. They describe a very different place and experience. We were bitterly disappointed. It's called a bed and breakfast. This is technically true. There is a bed, and you get breakfast. If you want to be welcomed by a smiling inn keeper and served a piping hot, freshly cooked breakfast, stay somewhere else. First, there is no welcoming staff (or staff at all other than housekeeping). The property is currently managed by a company that runs multiple places on Big Island. We arrived at noon and got a message to just go to the room (it was unlocked) and grab the key. On the plus side, we did ask to check-in early at noon, and that was accommodated. We had the Bamboo room which is more private than the others. Second, the room was dirty. The coffee maker had not been cleaned. There was a bunch of coffee in the paper filter, with several dime-sized blobs of mold. The pot still had some liquid coffee in it (see picture). There was some green something or other on the nightstand. After a few hours, my wife noticed that her socks had turned black, so we walked around in sandals the rest of the time. The shower is moldy (see picture). Third, calling the breakfast uninspired is high praise. When we arrived, inside the small refrigerator in the room we found a plate of cut fruit, two muffins, some milk, two Yoplait yogurts, and a bowl with two hard boiled eggs. That was to be our breakfast for the next day. We ate the fruit, one muffin and the yogurt. The next day, the pattern repeated: a new plate of fruit appeared in the fridge, but no extra muffins (gotta finish them if you want more!), and the yogurt was replenished. That pattern repeated the third day, so that's the extent of the breakfast. (They also have some standard oatmeal packets and granola bars on the desk that looked picked over). Is the fruit plate a collection of local Hawaiian fruits like papaya or pineapple? Nope - bog-standard bananas, apples, cantaloupe, and strawberries. And since it's cut the previous day, the banana and apple start to turn brown by the morning, even though it's in the fridge with plastic wrap on it (see pictures). Oh, did I mention that our room was missing the smoke detector? It had been pulled out, so there is just a hole in the ceiling with wires hanging out (see pictures). The view is great, I will say that. Bottom line, look elsewhere. You've been warned...

The refrigerator with breakfast inside (I took the fruit plate out for the next picture).

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