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Lounge at a Hawaii Resort for Just $57 a Night
This rainy East Coast day has us pining for sunny vacations. Turns out, for once, we might actually be able to afford it too. Now through Sept. 17th, you can book stays at Kona Coast Resort starting at just $57 (!). That’s a savings of 45 percent off stays up to five nights and 65 percent off stays five days or longer; valid through Dec. 18 (not counting Oct. 3-11 or Nov. 22-27). We’re impressed!
Kona Coast Resort sits on the beaches of the Big Island’s Kona Coast, with fully furnished villas on 21 tropical acres, swimming pools, hula lessons and dive instruction, a 36-hole golf course and on-site spa services.. The package also includes a Pool Time Fun Kit complete with a tote bag, flip-flops, and tic-tac-toe towel and game.
Book the deal at the resort’s weekly updated blog, ShellHospitality.com/blog. Mahalo!
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Four Seasons Hualalai Offers $1,000 Resort Credit That's Even Good for the Room
The latest deal from the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai sounds extremely enticing. The resort is offering guests $1,000 resort credit that can be used for anything you can charge back to your room including the room itself.
Some suggestions from the hotel:
· an invigorating body scrub using a blend of local botanicals and minerals created just for you at the spa's new apothecary - $193 per person
· a guided hike to Puhiapele - a spatter cone that last erupted in 1800/1801 - $105 per person
· Surf, Sand, and Stars - a signature oceanfront buffet event on the beach with items grilled to order, a soufflé station, and s'mores - $85 per person
· a Romantic Dinner on the Beach - starts at $600 per couple
· stand-up paddle board lessons with the Alaka'i Nalu, Hualalai's ocean ambassadors - $130 per person
· four rounds of golf on the Jack Nicklaus Signature Hualalai Golf Course, home of the opening event for the PGA Champions Tour - $250 per person.
The $1,000 resort credit is good for standard room rate stays from May 1 to September 30. However, if you plan on using that credit towards the room those rates start at $725 a night. It's not much of a savings, especially since there's a four night minimum but it can at least pay for one night and a spa treatment. Or one night and four rounds of golf. Or one night and paddle board lessons. (The possibilities are endless!)
Yet this only seems like a deal if you had your heart set on staying here this summer, regardless of economic conditions. Our budget will have us seek out cheaper room rates elsewhere.
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Ghosts and Bedbugs at Hawaii's Kona Beach Hotel
The Shadowlands, one of the internet's creepiest compendiums for real-life haunting stories, has a thumbnail listing in its Haunted Places list of King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, located on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Footsteps. Apparitions. Hauntings. Ancient Polynesian warriors. The pissed off bones of the Hawaiian King himself, buried at an undisclosed location someplace beneath the hotel, that only his ancestors know about. A portrait of Queen Lilliuokalani, that glares at you and breathes.
It turns out this place is indeed haunted by more than just Hawaiian royalty, but by dozens of angry, restless spirits. You can even see them during daylight hours -- their hair-raising reviews on Tripadvisor will surely have you heading for the rolling green hills of The Big Island -- or flinging yourself into the nearest live volcano.
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Romantic Hawaii with Kids at Four Seasons
The NY Times tested the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai on the Big Island of Hawaii as both a family- friendly getaway and a romantic escape.
Starting with the kids, they can be sent away to the hotel's Kids for All Seasons day camp from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for ages 5-12. Kids under 5 can attend so long as there's a nanny in tow which is available from the resort fo $16 an hour.
While the kids are away explore the hotel's 32-acres which include five swimming pools, tennis, golf and a spa. Although, the beaches might be out of the option:
But don't come for the beaches. Lava rock, shallow reefs and prickly sea urchins persuade most guests to confine their swimming to a small protected lagoon and to King's Pond, carved from lava rock and stocked with 3,500 fish.
As with every Four Seasons prices are jacked (rooms start at $625 and ocean views cost more) so be prepared to drop lots of cash with or without kids.
Related Stories:
· Check-in, Check-Out [NY Times]
· Hualalai reviews [TripAdvisor]
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Another Honeymoon in Hawaii
You thought we were done with Valentine's Day... you were right. But romance can happen on the other 364 days, especially in Hawaii.
A coconut in front of your door is code for "Do Not Disturb" at Kona Village Resort. They call it "barefoot luxury," but you might call it "peace and quiet"-- no TV's or other electronic gadgets (AC, phones, computers are a no-no) to distract you from the resort's beauty and your significant other.
Guests stay in hales, polynesian huts-- aka bungalows. But recent guests mention a need for renovation. If you start to go crazy and miss cell phones, glitz, and Gucci then this isn't the place for you. Four Seasons is just around the corner.
Tip: Lots of families with kids go in August, so if it's romance you seek, try another month.
Related Stories:
· Here are the top hotel picks for romantic getaways in Hawaii [Philly.com]
· Kona Village Reviews [Trip Advisor]
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Brand Spankin' New Hotel Deal II
Wednesday is hotel deal day on the web.
Turns out SideStep is also pushing an introductory rate, this one at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort on the Big Island in Hawaii.
The rate SideStep is pimping is a $169 per night rate if you book and travel by December 20, 2005.
Mele Kalikimaka
Related Stories:
· Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort Reviews [TripAdvisor]
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Hualalai Resort Takes Top Golf Spot
Seems as if June is the month to grab your sticks and get your hacks in.
At least according to both Travel & Leisure and Conde Nast Traveler, who both boast big golf stories in their June issues. While T&L focuses on the legendary Pinehurst course and it's golf school, Conde Nast Traveler publishes a reader's poll of the top 100 Golf resorts in North America and The Four Seasons Resort Hualai holds the top spot.
The course is designed by Jack Nicklaus and is carved into natural lava beds. Just a quick glance at the lush Hawaiian landscape pictured here has us sold. The real question is how many balls will we lose in the lava?
Related Stories:
· Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Reviews [TripAdvisor]
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Service and showers questioned at Uncle Billy's Kona Bay Hotel Resort
Sounds like Kona Bay went low-flow. Unstable showers have to be right up there with terrible service, as far as hotel maven complaints go. Sounds like this hotel hit the quinella during asnpear2u's recent stay.
My family and I went on vacation to Kona, Hawaii. After our long trip on the plane I was looking forward to relaxing in the Kona Bay Hotel Resort. We walked into our room and it was half cleaned, at best. The room looked nothing like what we saw on their website. The room had a mildew oder and ants were everywhere! There were hard green water stains on the sink and toilet. We had to change rooms 3 times in 2 days. And all 3 rooms had the same problems. We needed extra towels, they would not bring them up to us, we had to go down 4 flights of stairs to get the towels and back up 4 flights on stairs to our room. The Hotel only had 1 elevator; and our room happened to be way on the other side of the Hotel. The water in the Hotel was unstable; so when taking a shower the water would go from boiling hot, to icy cold, and then icy cold back to boiling hot. The water pressure from the shower head couldn't be any weaker. This is the worst Hotel I have ever been in in my life! I would be ashamed to own a Hotel like that!
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