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Saving Your Moolah in Maui

Where: 2259 South Kihei Road [map], Kihei, Maui, HI, United States, 96753

Hawaii is not a cheap place to visit. Not even in the summer and the big resorts in Wailea on Maui don't really offer a price break during these months. We're talking $350+ for a room with a mountain view.

But there is a budget option out there at the Maui Coast Hotel in Kihei. The full-service hotel has a bunch of package options to consider. One going on right now is the fifth night free with an alcove suite costing $245 a night. This also applies to the one bedroom suite at $275 a night. Standard room rates are $240 and the hotel accepts AAA and AARP discounts.

So now you know you can save a few bucks here, what's the hotel like? For starters, the whole place is nonsmoking which is good because we like to breathe fresh air when we're on vacation. Each suite comes with its own lanai and when you want to check out the island sights, there's a complimentary shuttle service. The hotel also offers up two tennis courts that light up at night because we always enjoy an evening match.

There's no charge for parking which is practically unheard of these days, free laundry, free internet access in the lobby (but WiFi will cost you $15 a day), free use of the fitness center and happy hour at the place from 4-7pm offers up mai tais for $3 and beers for $2.50.

Of course, there's some bad about the hotel. The rooms only have garden views, the beach is still a walk away, the pool is smallish and the hotel restaurant is not that great.

The hotel did undergo some recent renovations but one guests says book the higher floors if you can:

The hotel rooms on the upper floors are much nicer than the ones on the ground level floors (1 and 2). There can be slight problems with the toilets and ants on the first two floors, so request a room on the upper level. I would give this hotel a harsher review, however, ants seem to be the order of the day at most of the lodgings in Kihei on the ground levels.

If you have stayed at the Maui Coast or plan on going, let us know how it went.

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· Maui Coast Hotel reviews [TripAdvisor]