| Date | Rating | Comment
[Guest Comments: 9 positive, 1 negative]
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| 01/12/09 |
Positive
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| My wife and I and 11 other family members stayed at this house the week of Thankgiving 2008. We had an exceptionally good time and experience at this location. Plenty of room for 13 and 5 additional guest on Thankgiving day. House and property were clean and well maintained with all of the extra's. Have a great time. |
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David Corcoran, Pendleton, Oregon
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| 05/08/06 |
Positive
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We just returned from one most relaxing weeks of our lives. A friend who lives in Kailua was getting married and all of her Calgary friends were looking for a place we could all stay. Let’s just say we hit a gold mine with this house. Thanks to Lianne, it had everything we needed and more. We took full advantage of the pool, bbq, boogy boards, bikes, laundry, ping pong, tennis rackets, etc. The location was perfect, two blocks from the beach and all of the amenities of town within walking distance. I highly recommend a daily trip to Kalapawai Market and Deli for coffee. The house is very large with lots of spaces to just sit and relax so even when it is full you never get in each others way. The kitchen was very well stocked with everything we needed (the blender had a good maitai workout) and there was no shortage of linens and beach towels.
Let’s just say we loved it so much we did not want to leave and spent our last day thinking about when we could all come back.
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Kevin Zwack, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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| 01/07/06 |
Positive
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Wow! We just returned from a 2 week vacation with 11 of us staying at the house. It was absolutely amazing! Lianne and her sister were there to greet us and show us around. They gave us lots of helpful hints and were always just a phone call away.
We just can't say enough about the house and the location. It couldn't have been any better. Even with that many people, we never seemed to get in each others way. The pool was fabulous! The beach, shopping, boogie boarding, surfing, and day trips were perfect. We had a most amazing time and would highly recommend this property to anyone. |
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LaDonna Schamber, Alberta, Canada
403-628-2111 |
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| 04/28/05 |
Positive
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My husband and I stayed here for four days before
our wedding. We had our entire wedding party (6
other people) stay with us and the place never felt
crowded. The property is a beautiful, short walk to
Kailua Beach. The house is fully stocked with all
the necessary amenities and the master bedroom is
HUGE! We'd definitely stay here again! |
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Theresa Le, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 04/12/05 |
Positive
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Just finished a great two week family reunion at the Ko'olau Vista Villa. We had family fly in from Japan, Pennsylvania and Utah and we found the house to be the perfect gathering place for us to relax and play and enjoy our time together as a family. The pool was a favorite among the adults and children along with the ping pong table and the large fenced in yard. The location was great and we were able to find everything we needed at the nearby stores. We enjoyed meeting Lianne & Ramon and appreciate all they did to make our stay a positive one. We would definitely reccommend this house to anyone looking for a geat vacation rental on Oahu!
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Sarah Ohki, Makakilo, HI |
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| 03/23/05 |
Positive
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| What a beautiful home. We had 9 adults and 3 children and an infant. We took advantage of every bedroom in the place. The walk to the beach was so convenient, the neighborhood is quiet, the pool was great for the days we wanted to lay around . We really enjoyed every minute and Lianne and Ramon were very helpful with information. BTW, Lianne, the folks at Hanauma Bay didn't show for the Saturday evening snorkling, but we went on a morning and it was fabulous. |
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Deborah Starner
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| 02/20/05 |
Positive
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| Thanks so much Lianne and Ramon for our beautiful vacation in Kailua....4 adults and 4 teenage girls enjoyed every day in your roomy home - they especially loved boogie boarding at the beach and suntanning by the pool - lots of trips into Waikiki to do sightseeing and shopping.We cooked at home every night so the kitchen is great!!! Loved the lanai for the adults at night and the weather was great....Feb 5-12/05....thanks again for the welcome package and all your tips on where to go, what to see and places to shop......hope to come back again!!!! |
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Karen and Brian, B.C. Canada |
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| 02/20/05 |
Positive
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| My daughter Andrea Dejesus already said everything about the house that we rented from Lianne & Raymond and how great it was to have a chance to experience a great vacation there. They have everything that we needed and more. The house is very beautiful, clean and near a private beach. I highly recommend to anyone that is going on vacation to stay there. Lianne & Ramon, thank you so much for everything and cannot not wait to come back and stay there again soon. If you are ever in Los Angeles, please come look us up. |
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Kazuko Lori DeJesus, Los Angeles, CA
323-467-3827 |
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| 01/28/05 |
N/A |
Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
My name is Sabrina Brill, and we are from California. We stayed at Ko'olau Vista Villa the house in October with our children and some friends and their daughter. It was perfect for us - having our own pool, the Jacuzzi tub in the master bedroom, the veranda off the upstairs bedrooms ( I just lounged on the chaise for hours and read a book after the kids passed out at night), the two outside showers the enclosed yard for my 2 year old son, and the hours and hours all the kids spent trying to catch a gecko... was the icing on the cake. We rode the bikes to the beach and everywhere. The beach down the street is amazing, it was breathtaking and great to walk down to the beach and just sit and drink coffee in the morning while the kids played in the waves.
Lianne & Ramon were SO SO SO very HELPFUL.... they had such a beautiful welcome basket we walked in and the house was so amazing to begin with. They were so good about cluing us in on all the best local places to go and eat and do stuff, they are a goldmine of information about the island and all it has to offer.
We had an amazing week and are planning to be there again soon. We loved it so much we started looking for jobs and a house to buy there.
It's not a scam...I had my reservations too, because it sounded too good to be true, but after 35 years of Oahu visits to Waikiki - I wanted something better for my family and this is it. I also looked at other rental's in Kailua... but this was the best price for the most amount of space and a pool. (For me it was the Jacuzzi tub that put me over the top) I was very impressed with Lianne & Ramon and how great they were with any questions or problems we had. We even helped them change a couple light bulbs.
Please feel to email me with any further questions you have... we had a great experience and would do it again in a flash, even with 3 kids in tow!
Sabrina Brill
Valencia, Ca.
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Sabrina Brill
Valencia, CA.
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| 01/25/05 |
Positive
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We had a wonderful stay in this beautiful home in November of 04. The house is well stocked with just about everything you might need. Lots of towels, mats, we even used the bikes to bike around the neighborhood. We loved the fact that it is so spacious, plenty of room for our 2 young children to run around. There were 5 adults and 2 children in our party. We enjoyed a morning walk to the beach almost daily. The nearby Kailua beach is great for family, and it is not crowded. We used the pool, and even had a BBQ party with some local friends. We had a wonderful time, and it is a great vacation home to enjoy the island, and stay away from the much too crowded Waikiki beach.
Aloha,
Jenny Parker |
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Jenny Parker, San Jose, CA |
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| 08/20/04 |
N/A |
Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Aloha!
I just stayed at the Ko'olua Vista Villa last week. I was there from August 9th-15th with my whole family of 14. Lianne and Ramon were so wonderful. My family and I planned our trip to Oahu almost a year ago because I was getting married there. The house that we originally rented fell through the day before we were leaving. We were horrified because we didn't know where we were going to stay. Luckily I found Lianne and Ramon's listing on-line. I spoke to Lianne and she was very nice. She really made me feel at ease. She showed me pictures of the house through their website cometooahu. com The pictures do not even do justice because the house is a million times better in person. The house is a 4 bedroom house, but it could easily be a 5 bedroom if you count the ping-pong room(which has a couch, futon, and TV in it). You can tell that Lianne and Ramon really put alot of love into the house by the way that they decorated it. Each room has so much character.It was amazing. They thought of everything you could think of to accommodate their guests. There were bicycles,fishing poles, surf boards, boogie boards,unlimited towels/beach towels,linens galore, beach mats,books, movies, games...gosh I could go on forever. There was a swimming pool that we spent countless hours at, that is if we weren't at the beach 1 1/2 blocks away(if it was even that far).The beach was so beautiful.We really liked Kailua Beach better than all the rest because it was more secluded. It was an amazing trip. We all had so much fun. Kailua was the perfect location..not too far from anywhere. We all had rental cars so I'm not too sure about the bus line. However my husband used to live in Oahu and said that the bus line was near by and is very easy to use. Oh yeah, Lianne and Ramon also have a washer and dryer which was very useful. There was also a BBQ grill which we took full advantage of. The kitchen was fully stocked with all the necessary stuff...my husband is a chef and really enjoyed using their kitchen. So all in all..the house exceeded our expectations. It was perfect in every way, and we were all really sad to leave it behind. The house completed or vacation...we could not have asked for anything more. Lianne and Ramon were very professional, but at the same time you feel like they are old friends that you've had for a long time. They just give you that feeling of comfort and their house totally reflects that as well. I hope that you enjoy your stay at Ko'olua Vista Villa. I promise you that you won't want to leave the house and the beach nearby...this is what a vacation is all about. It's a great place for family, and friends.
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Andrea De Jesus Kim
California
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