Maui Seaside by the airport is dingy. Not exactly Hawaii "paradise."

Some of the dingy hotels are such that one needs a vacation or time off after them to recuperate. Not to mention the negative memories, instead of what's supposed to be positive memories. I recently stayed at some dingy one, not this one but some other. When I got there in the evening I thought, "I'll get up as early as possible and get out of here," with plans to get out of there by 6 or 7 am. Instead I woke up so tired in that dingy place that I barely had any energy and finally got out of there by 10:30. What's the point of such suffering.

A drive to Kihei (plenty of hotel options there) is not bad at all, very easy and won't take long. (I'd stay away from Lahaina for this because it is way further and more involved in terms of driving, especially at night. But Kihei is easy and not that far.) If it were me, I'd try priceline and spend a bit more than suffer in some dingy outlet.