Big island bargain - Hilo Bay Hostel in Hawaii - Brief Article

Travel America, Sept-Oct, 2003

The Hilo Bay Hostel, the first hostel in downtown Hilo, Hawaii--and perhaps the best deal on the east side of the Big Island--is open for business. Prices start at only $18 per person. Private and dorm-style rooms are available, each spacious and cool with ceiling fans and open windows that catch breezy tradewinds. The hostel, with a view of Hilo Bay, comfortably accommodates up to 50 in an elegantly restored building originally built as a hotel in 1913. Bath and shower rooms are new, as is a kitchen/break room. High-speed Internet access is available, as are cable TV, an outside patio garden area, free coffee and tea, a billiards table, storage lockers, and free local phone calls.

Contact: Hilo Bay Hostel, 101 Waianuenue Ave., Hilo, HI 96720; (808) 933-2771; www.hawaiihostel.net.