Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Redondo Beach, CA USA
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While it's true that the economy has been booming for a few years, and tourism is surging as a result, I think what the OP is seeing is more their own fault than anyone else's. Maui has never been "cheap", but the affordable mass-market hotels are in Ka'anipali. Since the OP doesn't like that area, and also doesn't like Wailea (which is pricey but not "base rooms are $800 a night most of the year" pricey), his options are EXTREMELY limited. So it's no surprise that given those constraints, lodging prices are high.