Hawaii suggestions

Re: Hawaii suggestions

• jemmini6 member

  

  August 2012

  I'd suggest looking on VRBO for rental houses to get an idea of what you can get for your money.  If you want 'secluded', I'd stay away from Oahu, since that's by far the most populous island.  Also, you can look, but it might be harder to come by a rental house on a sandy beach on the Big Island.  Don't get me wrong, they have beautiful beaches there and it's my favorite island, but they tend to be mostly public because most of the coastline is rocky (lava rock - one of the few places in the world you can stand on ground younger than you are).  It's still worth a look though because I absolutely love the Kona area.

  
  

  Based on the preferences you'd stated, I think Maui or Kauai would be the best fit for you.  There's probably a lot of rental properties that fit your priorities, and they are both very laid back and not crowded.  For Maui, I'd suggest the Lahaina area for access to restaurants/activities.  In Kauai, depending on the time of year you go, I'd suggest either Princeville or Poipu (though it's a small island, so driving isn't that bad between areas).

  
  

  Whichever island you choose, make sure you pick up the Hawaii Revealed book for that island.  It has such great info in it and is a must for Hawaii.

  
  

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• daria24 member

  

  August 2012

  It sounds like Kauai would be the best bet for you. We stayed on the western side and it was much more quiet, laid back (the drawback is not many places for dinner). Even on the western side, you can drive to the other side of the island in an hour.

  
  

  It will be VERY hard to find a house on a secluded, nice beach. Obviously if the beach is nice, they are going to build on it! 

  
  

  I would NOT recommend West Maui/Lahaina/Kaanapali if you are looking for an uncrowded area in Maui. That's pretty much the most populated area. If you really want to be out in the middle of nowhere, look at places around Hana.

  
  

  And ditto the Revealed books-we got one for each island and they were incredibly helpful.

  

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• Sjmiller418

  

  August 2012

  I agree with pp that Kauai would defiitely be a less busy isalnd but Maui if you stay down around Kehei. its not as crowded as Lahaina but is only about a 30 minute drive from there so when you do want to go explore there its close enough and there are a decent variety of resteraunts and beaches around Kehei also.

  

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• xctennis

  

  August 2012

  We recently stayed on Oahu on the north shore and went through vrbo.  It is a quiet area and you can easily stay on or right across from sunset beach or other white sandy beaches.  It is not commercialized yet is an easy drive to sightseeing in the Honolulu area. 

  

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• loudatlb

  

  August 2012

  We just booked our honeymoon in Maui.  We wanted quiet and seclusion so we booked a honeymoon cottage away from everything.  It's called Windward Garden B&B.  You can stay in the B&B, but we opted for the seperate cottage.  You may try looking into B&B type places on the islands.  They may not be right on the beach, but could provide seclusion you want.

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• tatertotpixie member

  

  August 2012

  we booked our honeymoon cruise, with a stateroom and private balcony (hot tub on the balcony) it leaves oahu and in 7 days is back on oahu! In between the time we'll hit up the volcano museum on the big island, kona coffee in duh, kona, and i'm gonna talk to a travel agent about kauai & maui. thats what my parents did both times they went to hawaii 

  

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• embm

  

  August 2012 edited August 2012

  In Response to Re:Hawaii suggestions:we booked our honeymoon cruise, with a stateroom and private balcony hot tub on the balcony it leaves oahu and in 7 days is back on oahu! In between the time we'll hit up the volcano museum on the big island, kona coffee in duh, kona, and i'm gonna talk to a travel agent about kauai amp; maui. thats what my parents did both times they went to hawaiinbsp; Posted by tatertotpixie That sounds awesome! I would be all about that private hot tub! What kind of things are you going to get to do while on the cruise? I mean do you have plenty of time on the islands when you stop to check it out and experience other things than what's on the ship? Cruises tend to be a little more cost effective right? I wouldn't hate that either.

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• tatertotpixie member

  

  September 2012

  We get 2 days on the big island (8a to 8pm) 1 day on maui and one day on kauai, our concierge will let me decide what we want to do on each island (like the volcano museum on the big island, kona on the big island) and the concierge will take care of the details like the rental car and such. 

  the butler will take care of everything on the boat, the only island we're not spending a lot of time on is oahu b/c its our departure/arrival spot so we'll check out oahu/ pearl harbor & haunauma bay when we get back from the cruise. shooting for a little under 2 weeks  

  I'm booking our cruise in 2014 and it's NOT really THAT cost effective b/c of the large suite we're getting, but its our HONEYMOON if there were ever a time to splurge  

  
  

  we're booking through vacationstogo

  http://www.vacationstogo.com/ticker.cfm?sort=s&r=21

  
  

  sorry about the late reply i dont get notifications when someone replies to a post!

  

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