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Hawaii Marriott recommendations
Anyone have any strong feelings on the following two hotels:
JW Marriott Ihilani Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort Thank you! |
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wrote: Anyone have any strong feelings on the following two hotels: JW Marriott Ihilani Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort You know they're on different islands, right? Of the two, the Ihilani is the nicer hotel (opinion of coworkers who have stayed at both), but they're both really nice. They're both fairly small (in the 350 room range), which I personally like. Personally, I'd love a visit to either, I suspect, even though my taste runs to significantly smaller and more unusual properties. -- _Deirdre http://deirdre.net "Dogs may have kept us company on the hunt, but it was the cats who insisted we invent houses and discover fire." -- Khiem Tran |
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Anyone have any strong feelings on the following two hotels: JW Marriott Ihilani Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort Thank you! Just stayed at the Ihilani & it's gorgeous - only drawback is food (as with any Marriott) & remote location, but beautiful rooms & beach. The Renaissance is an older property, but in a good location in Wailea - there's more to do from this location in Maui. Have not seen the rooms, but I doubt they're as nice as the Ihilani's. Check out TripAdvisor.com for guests reviews on both. |
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... Anyone have any strong feelings on the following two hotels: JW Marriott Ihilani Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort Yes, I strongly favor both! Both are very, very nice. The Marriot Ihilani is far from the madding crowd of Waikiki and isn't in a touristy area. It has superb architecture and I would highly recommend it. The Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort is another very fine venue and is near the other upscale hotels that line Wailea Beach which is just South of Kihei and surrounded by excellent golf courses and is a long way from the crowds and hustle and bustle of Lahaina and Kaanapali. I'm sure you'd be very happy at either or both hotels. For more information about Oahu, you are invited to visit my Oahu webpage at: http://keith.martin.home.att.net/vOahu.html and for Maui info, my Maui webpage at: http://keith.martin.home.att.net/vMaui.html - where you'll find no advertising, no pop-ups, no cookies and nothing for sale. Bon voyage! KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3000 live cameras or visit NASA, play games, read jokes, send greeting cards & connect to CNN news, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards or learn all about Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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(brenda) wrote: The Renaissance is an older property, but in a good location in Wailea - there's more to do from this location in Maui. Have not seen the rooms, but I doubt they're as nice as the Ihilani's. Check out TripAdvisor.com for guests reviews on both. Yeah, it's definitely in a great location. -- _Deirdre http://deirdre.net "Dogs may have kept us company on the hunt, but it was the cats who insisted we invent houses and discover fire." -- Khiem Tran |
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... On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:08:22 -0700, (Deirdre Saoirse Moen) wrote: In article , JAC wrote: This will be an anniversary trip for us. We don't want tons of people around and aren't really into the night life seen. We do though, enjoy sightseeing and things to do (by car is fine). We will mix that up with just sitting in the sand also. Given your criteria, you've made 2 excellent selections. You didn't say how long you are planning to stay, so it's difficult to advise you, but, you may very well want to visit both islands and stay at both hotels. The only other hotels I would recommend for people looking for what you suggested would be Turtle Bay on the North Shore of Oahu as it has superb golf and tennis facilities, Four Seasons Wailea and Grand Wailea which are near the Renaissance Wailea are also very nice. Or for a very remote and off the beaten track hotel, the Hana Maui is ideal for honeymooners and anniversary celebrations, though it isn't as posh as the others mentioned, it isn't near any touristy areas. If you do stay at a hotel in the Wailea area, be sure to take the drive to Hana since you like sightseeing. Two other nice sightseeing trips are the drive from Wailea to Lahaina via Kahului-Wailuku and the north shore and then return to Wailea via the south shore, or vice versa. And the drive up Haleakala is a must see for sight-seers to Maui. And again, you are invited to visit my webpages at: http://keith.martin.home.att.net/vOahu.html for Oahu and : http://keith.martin.home.att.net/vMaui.html - where you'll find no advertising, no pop-ups, no cookies and nothing for sale. Bon voyage. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3000 live cameras or visit NASA, play games, read jokes, send greeting cards & connect to CNN news, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards or learn all about Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Anyone have any strong feelings on the following two hotels: JW Marriott Ihilani Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort Thank you! Forgot to mention the one drawback at the Ihilani - there's really no place else to eat but there - there's a few little places (you have to drive) in the Super K Mart shopping center, but other than that... Wailea & Kihei has many more dining options, so you don't feel like a hostage to the hotel's less than wonderful & expensive offerings. We were ok for 4 nights, but it started getting a little tedious after awhile - wouldn't have minded had the food been better. Still, love those rooms! We used Marriott points & instead of the worst rooms in the house, they gave us 2 deluxe oceanfront rooms in a separate & waterfront building of the hotel, as opposed to the tower - we never saw anyone in the halls, yet it was full. I think there's only 16 or 20 rooms in this 3 or 4 story wing. |
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"alohacyberian" wrote in message ...
"JAC" wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:08:22 -0700, (Deirdre Saoirse Moen) wrote: In article , JAC wrote: This will be an anniversary trip for us. We don't want tons of people around and aren't really into the night life seen. We do though, enjoy sightseeing and things to do (by car is fine). We will mix that up with just sitting in the sand also. Given your criteria, you've made 2 excellent selections. You didn't say how long you are planning to stay, so it's difficult to advise you, but, you may very well want to visit both islands and stay at both hotels. The only other hotels I would recommend for people looking for what you suggested would be Turtle Bay on the North Shore of Oahu as it has superb golf and tennis facilities, Four Seasons Wailea and Grand Wailea which are near the Renaissance Wailea are also very nice. Or for a very remote and off the beaten track hotel, the Hana Maui is ideal for honeymooners and anniversary celebrations, though it isn't as posh as the others mentioned, it isn't near any touristy areas. If you do stay at a hotel in the Wailea area, be sure to take the drive to Hana since you like sightseeing. Two other nice sightseeing trips are the drive from Wailea to Lahaina via Kahului-Wailuku and the north shore and then return to Wailea via the south shore, or vice versa. And the drive up Haleakala is a must see for sight-seers to Maui. And again, you are invited to visit my webpages at: http://keith.martin.home.att.net/vOahu.html for Oahu and : http://keith.martin.home.att.net/vMaui.html - where you'll find no advertising, no pop-ups, no cookies and nothing for sale. Bon voyage. KM I tend to disagree on your hotel rec's - the Four Seasons is sterile with a crowded pool area & sometimes snotty staff (gorgeous rooms, tho!) & the Grand Wailea is a zoo with pretty dinky rooms for what you're paying & indifferent service. Although, I love their Spa Grande, among the best in the world! I'm also not a big fan of Turtle Bay & still looks old & run down, even w/ renovations - guess different strokes for... |
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Ihilani's restaurants are extremely pricey; the food at the spa is the
best value. You can go next door to the Paradise Cove luau, if you're into that sort of thing. By mainland standards, Haleiwa and Wahiawa are short drives away from Ihilani so you could hit Kua Aina and Jameson's By the Sea in Haleiwa and Molly's Smokehouse in Wahiawa, but none of these are fancy restaurants. Wailea and adjoining Kihei are, on the other hand, replete with good restaurants. "brenda" wrote in message om... JAC wrote in message . .. Anyone have any strong feelings on the following two hotels: JW Marriott Ihilani Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort Thank you! Forgot to mention the one drawback at the Ihilani - there's really no place else to eat but there - there's a few little places (you have to drive) in the Super K Mart shopping center, but other than that... Wailea & Kihei has many more dining options, so you don't feel like a hostage to the hotel's less than wonderful & expensive offerings. We were ok for 4 nights, but it started getting a little tedious after awhile - wouldn't have minded had the food been better. Still, love those rooms! We used Marriott points & instead of the worst rooms in the house, they gave us 2 deluxe oceanfront rooms in a separate & waterfront building of the hotel, as opposed to the tower - we never saw anyone in the halls, yet it was full. I think there's only 16 or 20 rooms in this 3 or 4 story wing. |
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