Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook, Second Edition

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Summary: Thanks for Ruining Paradise
Review: This book is great for disrespecting 'haole' tourists, sure you get to see hidden and exotic sites, but at such a cost to the locals that anyone who goes there must be truly inconsiderate. This book tells of places that are on private property, and areas that are special to someone, but being published the people that come to those spots ruin them. Buy the book and use the advice, but exercise caution when visiting some of these places, if you offend a land owner turn around, and keep in mind that because these places are private and unknown, they are usually dangerous as well, so not only do you anger locals, but you are putting your body in danger.

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Summary: Unfocused .
Review: Frommer's was better in terms of real facts and information I needed. I liked Frommer's because when I needed an address or recommendation or restaurant price range I could find it in a snap. I found Maui Revealed a fictional work badly representing this perfectly beautiful spot.

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Summary: We're calling it the Bible
Review: Just back on the mainland and still in awe at how essential we found this guidebook. It seems that no matter what you want out of your Maui visit, this one will help you make the best of it. We met other travelers who were also referencing it and called it their Bible for touring the island. Well done, Andrew and Harriett!

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Summary: Must-Have for Maui
Review: What a great book. We've been to Maui several times, but found a lot of new things to explore w/ this book. One recommendation we were really happy to read was Warren & Annabelle's Magic Show. Sounds hokey (and not very Hawaiian) - but it was awesome! The magic is cool - but Warren is hysterical! We had tears coming from our eyes we were laughing so hard. Check it out if you can (in Lahaina).

Aloha!!

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Summary: Greatest book for Maui!!!
Review: This is the greatest travel book you can ever find for Maui. My husband and I went there for our honeymoon and it couldn't have been as fun as it was if we didn't have this book. The book describes every detail to get to the most wonderful spots. Our stay consisted of spending a lot of time in Hana, Maui. We wouldn't have been able to find the hidden spots on our drive there if this book didn't describe it to the mile.

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Summary: junk
Review: Nothing like exploiting the people of Hawaii for personal greed.
Some of the places in their book are not safe for tourists to go to... and some are private lands and some are dangerous. Have the authors no morals?
Book should be pulled.

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Summary: A Maui Essential
Review: This book completely made our trip. We would have been lost without it. We were constantly amazed at its accurate details and followed every bit of advice. The directions were up-to-date and the opinions honest and frank. I was never a travel book kind of person until I got this one. Now I wouldn't think of going back to a Hawaiian Island without one of their books!

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Summary: Best 15 bucks you can spend in the San Francisco airport!
Review: We picked this book up on our lay-over to Maui at the San Francisco airport bookstore. We would have been lost without it; it allowed us to explore independently without relying on the touristy activity vendors. The authors never steered us wrong & we had tons of fun...enough said.

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Summary: Planning a trip to Maui?
Review: This is THE book for your trip to Maui. I read through many books, but this is the one I found to be most useful. It covers all areas of Maui, it was especially helpful for our stay in Lahaina, but it covers all areas from central Maui, West Maui, to a fabulous long chapter on Hana Highway and all of the little gems along the way.

I highly recommend this book if you are still narrowing down where to stay. The recommendations seem to be right on the money, from my experience and recent trip. The restaurant guide was extremely accurate, so accurate that you can tell the authors have actually eaten at every place they have reviewed in the book.

Activities and all things filed under fun are well documented and described, all to help you plan you one of a kind Maui vacation!

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Summary: Amazingly Accurate, Covers Everything
Review: My wife and I were amazed by how accurate this book is. For example, we found an excellent Vietnamese restaurant situated on a hard-to-find side street in Wailuku that had no outside sign. It turned out to be frequented by many locals and was a bargain, in Maui sense only of course. We followed the book in our selection of vendors for powered hanggliding, horseback riding tour and intro diving. Everyone of them were excellently run. We also found the maps and directions to be high quality and easy to use. This book helps us tremendously.