Funny you mention this. We just spent a week on the big island in late June. Thankfully we book pretty early before the prices and car rentals got insane. We stayed up by the Mauna Lani resort in a rental house. Usually we are closer to Kona. It was nice being close to Hapuna beach park. Best beach on the big island. But unless all you want to do is go to the pool and golf you have a long drive to Kona. We did a couple of touristy things this time but mostly relaxed. One of teenagers wanted to go to Hilo for the day but I would skip it. We thought about retiring on the big island but house prices just jumped 40% this year. Maybe we’ll just continue to rent.