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Summary: Best Guidebook I've Found
Review: This guidebook was terrific. The reviews are true to their word. Restaurant reviews were right on, from service to quality. I recommend this one to anyone who travels to Maui. Don't bother with the others!
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Summary: Favorite guidebook on Maui
Review: Very honest, well written. Even though I'd been to Maui before, this book pointed out some great atractions for my second trip.
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Summary: Road to Hana
Review: We were sorry we used this book for our roadtrip to Hana. It missed so many of the good places we later found out about. It also fell short when it came to seeing the coastal area around Kaupo which to us was the most pristine of all, virtually free of tourists. Also there were very few places to take our children. Basically, there's not enough content and way too much space loaded with opinions.
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Summary: A letdown
Review: I didn't find this book to live up to its reviews. It was terribly confusing to follow and so syrupy and wordy and authoritative. It oversells itself and really gives tourists the wrong impression. Maui is seeped in history and some of the best beaches are skipped right over. The trail selection is skimpy as are the directions. My advice, and I spent three months there, is to buy some other book.
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Summary: Made the honeymoon really sweet on!
Review: My officemate who went to a conference in Maui last year recommended this book for my honeymoon. Just got back from Maui last weekend and I am so excited to recommend this book to anyone going to Maui. My husband and I didn't have much money, so this book helped guide us to the experiences that wouldn't zap us of cash. We particularly liked the directions and recommendations to the Fishbowl and the Aquarium. These snorkel spots required trekking over in some places raw lava. These little coves just north of Le Perouse Bay were even more awe-inspiring than the pictures in the book. There were people at these very remote snorkel destinations--and those people all had a copy of Maui Revealed. While my husband and I took so much care to protect the coral at these coves, some people we saw there just broke off so much coral I could cry. I agree with someone's comment that most of the hikes/treks in this book are for people over the age of 12 who are in good physical shape. I wouldn't recommend many of the suggested snorkel spots for those with children under 12. I saw one woman sitting along a trail (who had a Maui Revealed book no less), who could go no further with her hip replacement. Take heed. We followed the directions to beaches, and for many we were the only people at the beach (in May)! Just imagine paradise all to yourself. The book helped us decide that the bike tours down Haleakala might not be right for us. We decided to drive up, watch the sun rise, and then drive down. Savings: about 150 dollars or more. Sunrise experience: 100% delight, and some good photos too. The book's help in locating waterfalls was great, too. While driving around West Maui (which I feel is far superior to the Hana drive: it's got a surrealistic feel to it that nibbled on my and my husband's artistic vein, those stacked rocks up on the roadside and the cliffs were amazing), we were able to see the "Lonely Falls" which we would otherwise have missed. The Hana drive is going to be bustling with people no matter where you go. People do just follow other people--even to more remote spots. Those four falls mentioned in the book did have several other Hana-trippers basking in the falls. A few of these people I had seen at the Aquarium the day before carrying around Maui Revealed books. Perhaps the others just followed? This book is good--I'm recommending this book highly to our best man in the wedding and his family who's leaving tomorrow for Maui. We used this book to help us find snorkel spots, to find good snorkel rentals, to plan our Haleakala trip, to plan our Kaanapali and Lahaina visit, to beach crawl the South Maui beaches (big beach just kicked it--so beautiful), to avoid the many money grubbing average luau's, and to find some good restaurants, etc. I don't understand how someone could call this book for the "tour bus crowd." This book really tells you how to do it yourself, which is the antithesis of the whole "tour bus crowd" mantra, is it not?
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Summary: awesome
Review: Great book! Lots of pictures. We used it for the entire trip. With the book we were able to find some great beaches, resturants and a magic show that we would have missed otherwise. Take their advice regarding parking at the beaches. It saved us a parking ticket.
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Summary: Best Guide I have ever used!
Review: A wonderful guide book. Very detailed and easy to read. The maps, photos, and directions given to each tail, beach, or adventure are excellent. You will not find a better guide to the Hawaiian islands! Look for their other books on amazon.com
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Summary: Hidden Gems
Review: If you're wanting to find all the touristy spots this is the book to choose. The "hidden" waterfalls and trails the authors reveal were mobbed with people. We thought we were going to escape the bustle of Oahu on our 3 day weekend getaway. Whatevas! Next time we'll spend more time at the bookstore researching our options instead of relying only on online book reviews.
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Summary: Snorkeling
Review: I read every guidebook I can get my hands on before I go on vacation. Of the pile I took along, this was the worst for snorkeling. My main problem with this book is its tone. It was trying to be too authoritative on every topic. Snorkeling experts they are not. There is a much better book out for snorkeling called SNORKELING MAUI by Malewowski. The maps are much clearer, there are far more places to snorkel and it is much better written.
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Summary: Great for snorkelers, too!
Review: This is a great guide book. As other comments posted have shared, it has a lot of useful information on sights to see and places to hike that are kind of secret, and it has a good selection of inexpensive and moderately-priced restaurants on all sections of the island. The reason I especially loved it was the information provided for snorkeling. Many travel books give information about good dive sites in their area. However, this one also includes pretty extensive information for snorkelers too. They made it possible for us to have great snorkeling each day during our precious-little time on the island. Although the best sites require an bit of an arduous hike, they were as fabulous as the book described. P.S. I, too, loved the Warren and Annabelle show. It's great magic and also hilarious.
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