WerdehausenAdventures: Big Island Hilton Options

Hilton Ocean Tower - we stayed here 2 nights early in our visit. This was planned. Ocean Tower is the farthest lodging option accessible by a tram of art hallway walk. This is a bit of a pain moving in/out with luggage. But you still get full access to the resort amenities at a more reasonable cost. The rooms are so-so, though with our Hilton Gold status we did get access to free laundry facilities and a late checkout time. If you like hanging out by the pool or salt-water lagoon, stay here. Otherwise, skip it.

view from our room.

bathroom vanity.

closet

bathroom

mini-fridge. No microwave.

King bed and front door

king bed and couch view

Hilo DoubleTree by Hilton. - We booked here last minute after our 3rd AirBNB fiasco. Our status got us preferred room location (specifically a 10th floor ocean view). Our room had both mini-fridge/freezer and a microwave. The shower even had a mirrored glass wall so you could see the ocean FROM the shower. We easily walked from our hotel along Banyon Tree Drive and over to Coconut Island. I'd stay here again, though it was expensive. Kee was apparently 'over it' and took exactly - pictures OF our room.

ours was the third floor from the top, 5th window from the right.

View from our room.

Coconut Island

Statue and view of the ocean from our hotel lobby.

Kings Land by Hilton - We didn't mean to book here. It was a last minute booking error, but alas. Kings Land is the Hilton properties that are technically part of Waikoloa Village (where Oceans Tower is located at the end), but Kings Land are about a half mile to a mile away and are nearer a golf course. King's Land are condos (mostly vacation rentals). The space we stayed in at Kings Land was lovely, however, the staff couldn't care less if we are frequent Hilton guests. They were not having a late checkout beyond 11 am. Also, check-in time is 4:00 and pretty strict. In most hotels, if you arrive early, we've round they'll put you in some room a bit early within reason. Not so much here. We literally killed almost 2 hours waiting for our unit to be ready. Each unit has an in-unit washer/dryer. We're guessing they get a-lot of Japanese visitors. Ours also had toilets like we're used to seeing in Japan. GREAT space. Poor(ish) location and services. The hospitality suite (see separate post) was a nice perk, however the annoyance of an outdoor airport almost made it moot.