Hawaii Hotel Deals: The Newly Renovated Waikoloa Marriott

Where: 69-275 Waikoloa Beach Drive [map], Waikoloa, HI, United States, 96738

6/05/2007 at 11:00 AM
Tags: Hotel Deals, Hawaii Hotel Reviews, Hotel Renovations, Marriott Hotels

[Ed. Note: Alex Salkever is the founder/editor of Hawaiirama.com, a travel blog and site covering Hawaii.]

You gotta love deals for properties that have just come out of renovations and are looking to ramp up occupancy.

Witness the Waikoloa Beach Marriott, a nice hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii (Kona-Kohala Coast) in the Waikoloa Resort. The resort just completed (as in, just!) a $50 million renovation that significantly improved the property.

All the old, tired furniture is gone. Decor is now Hawaii-contemporary rather than Hawaii kitsch. The lobby and common areas have been opened up to give a much better view of the ocean. The renovations included a new, adults only infinity pool.

It's still a Marriott so its not as plush as, say, the Four Seasons. But check this deal out. $1100 gets you double occupancy for four nights plus rental care (roughly $50 per day so $200 total). Free breakfast included (add another $25 per day so $100 total). Granted, you are only getting a garden view room for this rate. But you're paying $200 a night for a really nice, well done hotel on a pretty nice beach and doing it in the middle of the summer travel season (the deal runs through July 20).

The deal is on offer from Panda Travel, a local Hawaii travel agency. An airfare portion is not worth it, adding an extra $500 roundtrip per person but you can do better than that.

[Photo: Amishah]