I hope nothing has happened. We were there last summer and enjoyed it. VRI manages about half the units; the rest are individually owned and rented. We got ours through a RE company- very reasonable prices! The Punaluu black-sand beach is only 1/2 mile away, and there's a cheap golf course next door. I guess you know that it's remote, but some things are close by- Volcanoes NP, southernmost point, and HOVE community (you've got to see it to believe it). If you're going there, fly to Hilo- much closer than Kona. --ken