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Best Service Restaurants

Restaurant With the Best Service *** NOTE *** Since I last published this article 6 months ago Honua Kai’s own restaurant, Duke’s Beach House has opened.  It’s too early for comparisons but if you are in the area or are staying at the Honua Kai you might want to give them a try.  Click here [...]

Restaurants Near the Honua Kai

The Finest Restaurants Near Honua Kai. Even though each villa at the Honua Kai has a full kitchen we eat out just about every night while at the Honua Kai.  Luckily there are dozens and dozens of excellent restaurants just a 5 to 10 minute car ride from the Honua Kai.  ALL dining in Maui [...]

Zip Line

Zip-Line — a fun time Three Maui companies offer zip line adventures: Maui zip line or Maui zipline company was Skyline Eco-Adventures. Kapalua Adventures Piiholo Ranch Zipline. I must be honest here — I’ve never been on a zip line and probably won’t in this lifetime.  So I’m going to cover all 3 companies and [...]

Honua Kai Resort & Spa Late Check Out Kit

Late Check Out Kit If you live in the Mid-West or the East coast your plane leaves Maui at 9 PM or later and you checked out at 11 AM that morning from your villa.  What do you do during that time?  Well here’s some ideas that might help you. My renters can stay until [...]

Ka’anapali Beach Maui

Maui has been awarded Condé Nast’s “Best Island in the World” 15 times as of 2009.  Ka’anapali Beach has been awarded the title “Best Beach in the World” by Dr. Beach. What are you waiting for?  Oh, a 5-star, brand new, resort on Ka’anapali beach Maui – well you’re in luck that would be the [...]

Duke’s Beach House

Maui finally can welcome the legend of Duke Kahanamoku to its dining scene at Duke’s Beach House Duke’s Beach House has taken the island of Maui by storm!  Every night of the year has every seat booked – it is that good.  If you want to eat dinner at Duke’s you need to call for [...]

WKORV & WKORVN Owners!

Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas and the Honua Kai Resort & Spa Our 1-bedroom villa at the Honua Kai Resort & Spa is just a 5-minute walk north of WKORV and WKORVN.  I can see WKORVN and WKORV from our lanai. Your 1-bedroom is 960 sq ft and ours is 700 sq ft, not comparing [...]

Honua Kai Resort & Spa Convention Facilities

Hold a Convention at the Honua Kai Resort & Spa! OK, so the 2 900 sq ft meeting convention rooms would be nothing for Vegas but on Ka’anapali Beach they mean 50 folks can hold a convention in paradise – per room. It costs $500 to rent each room for an entire day and $250 [...]

Free Parking in the Ka’anapali Area

Why blow $5 to $30 in parking fees a night, when dining and shopping in Maui, when you can find free parking nearby?  I’d rather spend the money drinking or dining with the family.  Pay parking lots are all around Ka’anapali and Lahaina – I won’t talk about those easy to find money pits.  Here [...]

Best New Restaurant on Maui

2010 – Best New Restaurant on Maui *** Update *** Of course the opening of Duke’s Beach House in December qualifies it as the Best New Restaurant on Maui. I’ve written extensively about Duke’s click here for more information.  Duke’s is fantastic and folks from around the world go out of their way to find [...]