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Message: [QUOTE="DonaldDraper, post: 3251891, member: 1022"] Been there 4x in the last 7 years while living on the east coast. One honeymoon and three work prize trips. My assumption based on the lack of detail given is that you’re kidless and not a golfer. There wasn’t anything on length which can make a difference on which trips to do. I third (fourth?) the comments about Mamas fish house. As good as it gets. Go for the sashimi. It taste like candy. Read about the road to Hana and you’ll know whether or not you want to go. Driving down windy (albeit extremely beautiful roads) to get to beaches/cliffs pools and spending a whole day doing it is either exactly what you went there to do or NOT do. I did it once when I was there for 2 weeks but it is tough to redo when you’re only there for a week. Leave early in the morning and do this early in the trip. If you are doing the adult thing then wailea is def worth the money. Kaanapali is where I’d go if I had a smaller budget and kids under 15. If you have a good budget and kids then I’d do the grand wailea. Their pool setup is awesome and I had a crazy time there in May. Get an oceanfront room. I know it will be more than budget, but you can save a lot of money. Getting a mixed drink there is $20 a drink. If you have a good room with a good view you will be satisfied with getting a good base in at your room. There is a Costco about 5 minutes from the airport. Every time I go I get liquor wine and snacks there. POG and vodka or Rum is my go-to. Plenty of grocery stores as well. My main point here is that you can get an ocean front room with $150 worth of supplies and be in heaven vs paying $20 a drink or $200+ a day for a cabana so you can hang out by the ocean. The snorkeling is wailea is really really good so long as the chop is down. If the waves are up and the visibility is spotty then wait it out and go a couple hours later. When the water conditions are right the snorkeling here is much better than I saw at Molokini. It was fun to see dolphins swimming by the boat but for pure snorkeling I liked wailea better (my favorite was the beach/cove by the four seasons on lanai). Snorkeling in kaanapali is also great. The mud buggy tours are really fun and offer great views. Wear clothes you don’t care about being red forever. If you want to do Haleakala do it when you first get to the island as you’ll already be waking up super early and getting to a bus early will be easy. I did sunset there and learned two things: sunrise is better there and driving down a windy road full of cliffs in the dark is scary. Take a bus and bike down. Driving on your own is stressful. Last and most important: if you are flying with someone else, have one person get the baggage and one person go immediately to the car rental place. I’ve rented from a couple of places there and the lines get super long and the last thing you want to do after 13 hours of travel is to wait more than an hour to get your car. If your bags come late you’ll be waiting behind your entire plane and it’s super frustrating. I think budget has a speed pickup program. Going to bed. See ya. Have a great time. [/QUOTE]

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