Where to stay in Maui for our honeymoon?

Hello and Aloha to everyone,

My fiance Andrew and I are getting married in June and have decided to come to Maui after seeing so many gorgeous pictures of the island. But even after a little research, we%26#39;re not sure what area to stay in and we need your input.

As our screen name implies, we%26#39;re real foodies (love Iron Chef!) and want to rent a condo / home so that we can cook with local ingredients.

We%26#39;re both professionals in our early 30%26#39;s, and we really enjoy quite areas with nice shops, friendly people, and generally more upscale environments rather than overcrowded areas with bars, rowdy people, rundown areas, etc.

We love the sun and heat, and of course beautiful views of the ocean, palm trees, and of course nice beaches.

In terms of budget, we%26#39;re only honeymooners once so we%26#39;re ok with anything up to $2,000/ week for accommodation.

If any of you Maui experts would be kind enough to give us your input, we would really appreciate it.

Thanks so much in advance!

Rose

Where to stay in Maui for our honeymoon?

My wife and I are going to maui next week for our third time. I highly recommend this for honeymooners, if you dont mind spending bit more. Definetly the Wailea area in S maui.

Some suggestions:

Grand wailea resort hotel and spa

Four season resort maui at wailea

Renaissance wailea beach resort

Where to stay in Maui for our honeymoon?

I would suggest that you stay in the Wailea area. There are numerous condos throughout the area that are available for rentals. Check out VRBO.com under the Wailea, Maui area and you will some examples. Happy Wedding and Honeymoon! :)

Here is another website you can try for Wailea rentals: http://mauiownercondos.com/maps.html

You would love the 4Seasons in Wailea!

The Ritz in the Kapalua area could be another option as the scenery there is just awesome.

The Grand Wailea pool area always seemed to be very crowded by sreaming kids and teenagers...I would not want to spend my honeymoon there.

Grand wailea resort hotel and spa

Four season resort maui at wailea

Renaissance wailea beach resort%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;

do these places have kitchens with their accommodations --the ironchefs want to be able to cook

At $2000/week thats not even $300 a night. So I don%26#39;t think you%26#39;ll be able to stay at the FSeasons, Grand Wailea, etc. However, for a honeymoon I think its worth.

Also, why cook on your vacation. It is a vacation and I would rather have someone cook me thel ocal cuisine rather than cook it myself. It seems that a lot of time would be spent cooking rather than enjoying Maui. You say yourself your only honeymooners once, so enjoy Maui for all its worth while you are there.

Most of the replies above have ignored that you want a condo or house and you *want* to cook. So...nevermind the hotel ideas.

I%26#39;d pick Wailea or the Kamaole area of South Kihei. In Wailea look at: Wailea Ekahi and Elua (oceanfront); The Palms, Grand Champions (oceanview).

See also: Hale Pau Hana, Kihei Surfside, Mana Kai Maui (oceanfront); Maui Hill, Maui Kamaole, and a whole string of S. Kihei condos across from the Kamaole I, II and III beach parks.

With condos, you really want to rent direct from an owner so you know you will get a specific unit. Agencies can seldom guarantee a specific unit and have both lovely and un-lovely units in their rental pool. Once you establish where you want to stay, go online through vrbo.com Get photos. Ask questions. Run your choices past us here on TA!

';Also, why cook on your vacation.';

Because it is fun and relaxing. Just tossing out ideas.

You may want to look at another island altogether. If food and beaches are your thing, look at St. Bart. We had some of the best food outside of Paris there, and there are a ton of villas either with great views or right on the beach. No waterfalls, etc., but still, if food is the criteria, then that is a far better choice than Maui.

i%26#39;ll put my 2 cents in for the mana kai maui,ocean front condo that the ironchefs can cook their local ingrediants to their hearts content.

a couple vrbo #s 66640 unit 606 which is in a nice position in terms of location within the property for oceanfront viewing,also # 116692 which is a top floor unit,not sure of the specific unit #, both have avail. in june and are within your budget as much as 2K is it doesn%26#39;t go that far for oceanfront condos for 1 week. as good as the wailea elua village units are they are over your budget,unfortunatly.

Hello everyone,

Andrew and I just wanted to thank each of you who posted a reply to our message. We just got home from work and it is so snowy out there (what a winter!) that we can%26#39;t wait to get to Maui.

It is genuinely very kind of you to take time out of your day to help a couple you%26#39;ve never met. We%26#39;re going to use the valuable input you%26#39;ve provided to hopefully get our honeymoon booked.

We hope you all have a wonderful day!

Rose