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Currently at the fairmont , Just a heads up for anyone traveling to or currently in South Maui (Kihei, Wailea, Makena area) — there’s a large water main break (reportedly a 30” main) that’s knocked out water service to a big chunk of this side of the island, hotels included. We’re staying at one of the resorts here and have had zero running water (no toilets, no shower) for an extended stretch.

Fiancé and I are debating on which of these two hotels to stay during our honeymoon. We like that HW is adult only and seems like a good honeymoon spot, but it's not beachfront. Those of you who have been, what would you recommend?

Staying at a condo in kihei but would like to do one day at a resort for the kids.. something differnt than the condo.

Were good with driving to the NW. We see on resort pass a good amount of options. Just not sure which is is worth it and best suited for kids 9 and 12.

Any recommendations greatly appreciated.

Is Haleakalā worth doing with ages 13, 10 and 6? I don’t care about doing sunrise. I would just do the sunset. The 13-year-old gets carsick easily so I’m a little worried about that but he is so interested in doing this. We thought we might try it. How long does it take to go up enjoy it and come back down to the very bottom? Maybe 2-3 hours?

If you’re near kahana beach where are you watching the game today??

We would like to spend our last day in Maui at a beautiful resort where we can enjoy beautiful tropical pools and great food, maybe a shower to freshen up before our flight.
Please help me narrow it down. Whats the smartest option or best experience you would recommend that gives us freedom to roam the resort as well. Thanks you in advance.

Visiting Maui for my second time and getting married to my fiancé, which will be her first time. We will be there for a week in Mid October. Would love to hear everyone’s suggestions for anything not listed as well that’s worth checking out/going to.

We’re looking for the best:

• Beaches
• Local Restaurants/Food Trucks
• Hiking spots
• Shopping spots
• Local businesses to support
• Ways to support and show love to the city of Lahaina

And anything else that’s worth doing the entire week we’re there. want to be able to experience a bit of the best things maui has to offer.

Last time we stayed in Kā’anapali and went to Black Rock Beach, Black Sand Beach, Lahaina to shop/eat, did road to Hāna, saw sea turtles ate shaved ice and had loco moco. would like to do some of these again but better and then new things as well, more so the new things because they’d be new things for both of us. Thanks in Advance everyone!

Hello!

This year, I have started getting into birding, and I'm joining a large family trip to Maui from the last days of July into the first week of August. The only birding specific tour I can find is a whole 11 hour excursion for 300/person, which is more time and more money than I'll want to do.

Does anyone have recommendations for hiking trails or national/state parks that the birds of paradise frequent? Anyone happen to know of anyone that'll do a birding focused hike for like, 3-4 hours instead of 11?

Thank you in advance!

Hello all!
Currently planning our honeymoon and planning on spending a week of it in Maui and abt 5 or so days on the Big Island.
I’ve looked a lot for this answer but couldn’t find clarification. A big priority for our trip is seeing the National Parks. I know that rental car agreements say you can’t do the back part of the road to hana and that I probably wouldn’t want to anyway because it’s a pretty rough road in some parts. Would driving to the Kipahulu section of Haleakala from Hana be considered part of the back road part that we wouldn’t be able to do with our rental car? Or is it considered part of the main road to Hana? Thanks!

Edit: Forgot to mention that we’re planning for early December. Ik this is the rainy season so also curious if we should skip this section of the NP anyway at this time of year.

Our flight out of Maui is very late, and we’re looking for a good way to spend several hours without wiping ourselves out. We will ask for a late checkout of course, and I’m hoping we can get 1pm. But the flight is at 9pm, so that still leaves a lot of time. It’s just me and my girlfriend.

One option is to just stay by the pool and beach all day. Not exerting, but we’ll be hot and windswept for our flight. We’re thinking maybe of seeing a movie. Also wondering if there are any spas intended for long term trips where we could sit for a while and also shower at the end (that won’t cost as much as a hotel stay).

Any ideas would be appreciated! We’re in Wailea, but anything from here to the airport an option.

Will you be able to see fireworks on the west side of Maui for the 4th this year?

Tomorrow is our last day and my daughter wanted to see a sea turtle as her bucket list trip item. We are staying in wailea and haven’t seen any. Is there a good place/time we should go? We went to the beach by mamas fish house yesterday but they weren’t out yet. Any advice appreciated!

Any recommendations for a snorkel tour that is more focused to intermediate/advanced swimmers/snorkelers/freedivers?

Not interested in booze cruise or food.

Thanks all

We're visiting Maui with my parents and our 10-month-old daughter. Unfortunately, we couldn't get sunrise reservations for Haleakalā, so we're thinking about going for sunset instead.
The forecast is showing clouds and some rain later in the day, and we're trying to decide if the drive is still worth it. Has anyone gone up for sunset when the forecast looked questionable? Were you still able to get good views or see the sunset above the clouds?
Any recent experiences or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Been going to food land gas stations ABC etc. all I can find is banana boat sport mineral which we don’t like. We usually go with sun bum or vacation spray or lotion. Any direction I can be pointed to? I’m near Lahaina.

We will be at Royal Lahaina in Feb for 10 days and don’t currently plan to rent a car. Our two big “to-do”s are whale watching and a luau. I wouldn’t mind a little hiking, some shopping and doing some touristy things. Is it a mistake not to get a car if we don’t have a real itinerary?