Shipman House Bed and Breakfast Inn, Hilo Hawaii

12/06/2019

A delivery man had the best reaction to discovering a basket of snacks on a family's front porch.

07/30/2018

Find us over at Shipman House's Guest Cottage (on FB) now

02/15/2018

Amazing--We are STILL getting calls from people wanting to make reservations at the B&B. THE SHIPMAN HOUSE BED AND BREAKFAST CLOSED LAST JUNE. It is NOT OPEN for business.

07/09/2017

Our next chapter....

Private room in Hilo, US. The Historic Shipman House on Reed's Island, in Hilo, had a large guest cottage for important long-term guests. 4 blocks from downtown, the 2 self-contained, mirror-image units may be rented singly or together. The Mauka Room looks out onto the ju...

07/09/2017

We have now officially closed the Shipman House B&B, but today the Shipman House Guest Cottage went up on Airbnb.com, so when you want to come back and visit Hilo, this is the place to stay. The rooms in the cottage can be booked separately or together (great for 2 couples traveling together!). The links :
This is the Airbnb link for the Makai Room in the Shipman House Guest Cottage:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/19682128?location=Shipman%20House%20Guest%20Cottage%20Room%20&s=7rRZHh5_

This is the Airbnb link for the Mauka Room in the Shipman House Guest Cottage:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/19664488?location=Shipman%20House%20Guest%20Cottage%20Room%20&s=7rRZHh5_
The Mauka Room is the one on the jungle side of the cottage, and it gets the cooler mountain breeze at night. Hope to see you !!

Private room in Hilo, US. The Shipman House Guest Cottage is on Reed's Island in Hilo, and was part of the former Shipman House B&B. Its 2 separate units are mirror-images of each other, and may be rented singly or together. Just 4 blocks downtown, it's an easy walk to exc...

06/08/2017

Lots of excitement here a half-hour ago when a couple earthquakes hit. No damage so far, but lots of shakin'. 5.1 measured on Richter scale, somewhere between Kalapana and Volcano. Everything's fine.

06/07/2017

For several years we've had a 2-night minimum stay, but for these next 3 weeks we will honor single-night reservations, for anyone who wants to stay, but doesn't have 2 nights to spare. Visit our online calendar

06/04/2017

27 days to go!

Part of the historic property will remain open as an Airbnb.

05/08/2017

Yesterday our house and upcoming retirement were featured in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald's (and West Hawaii Today's) At Home magazine section. Does anyone have a copy they would like to pass on to us, rather than throw it in the recycling bin? Please let me know if you do. Mahalo

04/24/2017

We've just completed our 21st Merrie Monarch week! Everyone left this morning, and it was a wonderful group. The ladies who have made a slumber party out of their stay for the past 20 Merrie Monarchs brought husbands this year, and we were so happy to finally meet them. Just as fun as their wives!! Another group came for the first time, and managed to get tickets to the Miss Aloha Hula program, which they thoroughly enjoyed. Who wouldn't? Fresh flower lei, "fruit salad" hairdo, crowd-watching, cultural fashion show in the audience's apparel. The craft fairs were phenomenal! Downtown shops went all out. Several thrift stores save up their Hawaiian wear donations (like Sig Zane Designs, Tori Richard, etc.) all year to bring out during Merrie Monarch week. Mahalo!!