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| Unit 12-201 Availability Calendar |
| Unit 5-203 Availability Calendar |
A Letter from the Owners of Keauhou Gardens, Unit 12-201
Jaci and are live in southeast Michigan and are both employed as scientists. Jaci works as a biologist for the federal
government and I work for a large chemical company called BASF Corporation. We purchased our 2-bed condo at the
Kona Coast Resort in 2002, as vacation home that we use for our frequent family vacations to the Big Island of Hawaii.
This lovely condo, unit 12-201, is also our future retirement home. In the meantime, our Hawaiian home is available for
rent as a luxury vacation rental condo.
We have been fortunate in that our guests have treated our home with care, as they would their own home. All profits
from our rental income have been used to make upgrades to our unit. Our prior guests have noted the many
improvements made over the years and we now have the benefit of many repeat guests. These guests know that our
unit will always be extremely well maintained and that is what brings them back every year.
As required by Hawaii law, we contracted a professional management company, West Hawaii Property Services
(WHPS), to manage our property in our absence. WHPS manages over 100 vacation rental properties on the Big
Island. They advertise separately from us and achieve several bookings for our condo each year. Most bookings,
however, result from our personal advertisements in websites like www.vrbo.com and www.vacationrentals.com. We
created this website to help prospective vacationers decide whether to stay at our condo during their next visit to the Big
Island. There are many, many vacation rental units available in the Kona and Keauhou area. We are familiar with many
of these condos and condo resorts. Some are good and some not so good. We believe that our unit, 12-201, has
significant advantages over many of the other vacation rental units in the Kona and Keauhou area. One purpose of this
website is the make those advantages clear to prospective guests.
If, after viewing this site you have additional questions about our lovely Hawaiian home, please feel free to contact us
anytime. We'd love to hear from you!
Mahalo, and aloha,
Tom Savino
Email: savinojt@gmail.com
Phone, Home: 248-982-1042 (EST)
Phone, Mobile: 248-921-4904 (EST)
Rate Information: Unit 12-201 - Deluxe 2-Bd, 2-Bth, End-Unit with Ocean Views
Current rental rates for Unit 12-201 can be found on the two websites we use to advertise this property. Just click on the
links:
www.vrbo.com Listing #22699
www.vacationrentals.com Listing # 10376
Rates are very competitive, and will vary depending on the season, from about $145 to $195 per night. We also offer
discounts on "last minute" rentals and stays for more than 3 weeks. We do not grossly discount our unit just to increase
the occupancy rate, however. This is a strategy that some other owners use, but we believe that it results in significant
wear and tear on the property, along with significant maintenance issues that guests will notice. We prefer having a
better balance between occupancy rate and maintaining the high quality standards that our guests have come to expect.
We also believe that offering vacation rental units at "bargain basement" prices to some guests is very unfair to the
other guests who may have paid full price when they reserved the unit well in advance.
Rate Information: Unit 5-203 - Deluxe 1-Bd, 1-Bth, Top Floor unit with Golf Course and Sunrise Views
Unit 5-203 was recently purchased and is currently unfurnished. This is a deluxe top floor air conditioned unit with
wonderful vaulted ceilings consisting of beautiful tongue-and-groove pine wood planks over large wood beams. This
unit has the same state-of-the-art tri-zone air conditioning unit as in unit 12-201. Unit 5-203 offers expansive views of
the 16th fairway of the Kona Country Club golf course, as well as stunning views of the sun rising over the hills each
morning!
This unit will be renovated during 2010 with all new floor coverings, new furniture, light fixtures and most new
appliances. The furniture and decor will be of high quality and look similar to that in unit 12-201. These renovations
will cost between $30,00 and $35,000. Our objective is to make this 1-bed unit a first class luxury vacation rental unit
that is nicer than just about every other 1-bed unit at the Kona Coast Resort.
Since this unit has never been rented before, the rental rates for Unit 5-203 will be very competitive in order to attract
new guests. Rates will be lower than every other comparably furnished 1-bed unit at the Kona Coast Resort and will
vary depending on the season, from about $120 to $145 per night. Low season rates will run from April to
mid-December while high season rates will run from mid-December to March. We will also offer discounts on "last
minute" rentals and stays for more than 3 weeks. This will be an ideal rental condo for a couple or a party of three or
four, since the unit will include a queen size sofa bed in addition to a California King bed. Guests will be able to enjoy
all the fantastic amenities of the Kona Coast Resort while staying in a beautiful first class unit at a rate equal to or
lower than that of an average vacation rental condo along Alii Drive.
We will officially begin taking bookings on Jan, 1, 2011. However, please contact us if you would like to make
reservations in advance of Jan. 1, 2011. Guest who reserve 2011 dates in 2010 will enjoy special low rates - lower
than the already attractive rates noted above. Please contact us for details. Note: No deposit will be required to
reserve dates in 2011!