MomDDTravel

SeeHag - the construction is not impactful @ the Beach Club. I was pleasantly surprised over all by our experience. Obviously get an Ocean view if you can. Ours was listed as "partial" but there was nothing partial about it. It was magical. Being on the Harbor side would have been very different (It was ugly looking out that side of the building). The construction is next to the JW and I honestly never heard it and am generally VERY sensitive to that sort of thing.

I recall telling DH I would be very unhappy if we had been staying at the JW - due to the construction and noise level there.

I have stayed at the Marriott in Maui as well - but that was on our honeymoon about 14 years ago - so I cannot comment on it now - at the time it was lovely (but it was not the Wailea - although I always wanted to stay over on that side).

ksucat

Deb,
Montelucia was stellar!
They upgraded us to a gorgeous suite and they had champagne and chocolate truffles waiting for us.

We had several friends stop by for the big pool party for the holiday and it was a blast.

Best to you always Deb!
You and sf have such class and I love taking both your advice and I sure appreciate it and so does my wife!

Terranea resort is next on the list for $204.
Perfect Escapes is a luxury website but with a beer budget!

ksucat

Aloha SeeHag..
We are using Starwood points but we did look into briefly the Marriott Waikiki that was a solid 4*.

The Hilton Hawaiian Village is $159 on expedia.com and that is a solid 4* and totally renovated in the last year.
That is one hell of a deal.

You have to weight the cost of the room on its own vs. the points to get that room where you remember all the blood, sweat and tears for those points and you can get a week for $700 a week with oceanfront views..I rather buy on my own and save the points for some other property.

DebitNM

You got a suite for $99! Sweet!

CaliNurse

I too liked the Ko Olina. Have gone twice. Great for families. And i lov hte lagoons.
But...That is not the lush side of the island--it's very dry out there.. Went to Ihilani for drinks,and was surprised by the ordinary pool.
If your main goal is to "chill"--i agree with the others, there are better places on Oahu (or other islands).
What about Kailua area over the mountain from Honolulu?

wtm003

Mom, glad that you also enjoyed the "private beach" and to hear that construction is in the other direction.

bradykp

i stayed in 2007 and loved it. great spa. lagoons were nice and peaceful. ask for an upgrade, they often have the. i thought parking was 18/day when i went, and 30 if you did valet. dont remember though.

kuaui marriotts were nice also.

SeeHag

Ksucat,

Did you already take your September trip or is it coming up? I had to postpone due unexpected life issues getting in the way. I am jonesing for a laid back beach vacay so I would love to hear about yours!

MomDDTravel

Seehag...hate that! We cannot go at Christmas now either due to moving to Dallas and dh's new job. *sigh* hoping to go in March now over dd's break at school... we shall see.

SeeHag

Dawn,

Not to get off topic but how are you and your family settling in? Have you had your surgery? I just talked to our bf couple and she asked if we would be ready to go to Hawaii by spring break because that is her next vacation so maybe we will be there at the same time!

sf7307

If we weren't going to be in Vietnam, we'd join you! (we also have a timeshare that we have exchanged in the past for Ko Olina)

SeeHag

Vietnam sounds very interesting! Have you been reading NeoPatrick's wonderful trip report on the Asia board? I think Vietnam is coming up soon.

MomDDTravel

Hi SeeHag... I will update on a thread I had going as not to take this one

MomDDTravel

here you go Seehag

http://www.fodors.com/community/fodo...tance-move.cfm