Do it yourself
Using the links on the hotel and condo pages of this
website, you can get more information, compare prices and make reservations
at any of the Maui hotels and condos that I have described. You can call
the hotels directly at the phone numbers listed for each hotel on those web
pages. For the big hotel chains (Hyatt, Marriott, Westin, Sheraton, Four
Seasons, Fairmont, Ritz Carlton) compare prices by also calling each hotel
chain’s national toll-free number. You can search
Hotels.com,
Expedia, Orbitz or
Travelocity to see what deals they offer.
But don’t pay rack rate. “Rack rate” is the official list price for a hotel
or condo on Maui or anyplace else, but you don’t have to pay that much.
Always ask the hotel or condo for discounts, seasonal specials, weekend
rates, holiday rates, AAA discount, AARP discount, and any other lower
rates. For the major hotels, join the hotel chain’s Frequent Guest program
(usually free, like airlines’ Frequent Flyer programs), and ask about
discounts for members of that program. Ask about package plans that include
hotel and rental car and airfare.
Use a travel agent who specializes in
Maui
Most travel agents in your home area have never seen
most of the available hotels and condos on Maui. So if you’d like the help
of a travel agent to get you the best Maui Hotel or Maui condo for your own
particular needs at the best price available, I recommend that you use one
of the following agents who specialize in Maui. Each of them either lives
on Maui or has been to Maui many times and has personally seen many of the
hotels and condos that you are choosing between.
Kay Ryan kay@mauikay.com
www.mauikay.com
Kay lives on Maui and specializes in personal service. Kay will email back
and forth with you before you arrive, send you a packet of info brochures
about Maui, book activities in advance before you arrive if desired, meet
you in your hotel or condo, spend an hour with you highlighting maps and
answering questions and orienting you to Maui, and allow you to call her any
time during your stay on Maui with more questions. Most condos will not let
you reserve a specific room to be sure you are getting one of the nicer
units. But if you book your condo through Kay then she can usually
recommend and reserve a specific unit that she knows is one of the best in
whatever building you and she select. Kay can also
get you a vacation package that includes air, room and car.
Dave Williams davewil@mc.net
www.royalhawaii.com
Dave lives part-time on Maui and specializes in finding the best deals on
Maui condos.
Bryan Brown Hawbreezes@aol.com
www.hawaiianbreezes.com
Bryan has close family on Maui and so goes to Maui frequently. He
specializes in Maui vacation packages that include air fare as well as hotel
or condo.
When you email any of the above three Maui specialists,
you will get the best service if you tell them you were sent by Jon’s Maui
Info website. They know they have to please you if they want me to keep
recommending them.
Should you rent from an individual Maui
condo owner?
Sometimes you can get a lower price by renting a Maui condo from the
individual person who owns that condo unit. But I don’t like using this
method, because it is less reliable than renting from the condo building or
the agency that manages that building’s rentals. If you rent from an
individual owner, and you don’t like the unit when you arrive, he can’t
offer you any other unit instead. If you rent from the condo building or
the agency that manages it, and you aren’t satisfied when you see your unit
on arrival, they can usually show you other condos in the same building or
other buildings that they manage, and switch you that same day to something
you may like better.
