Originally Posted by
mkenwayx
If you don't really need to be directly in the resort, perhaps check out the Mauna Lani Bungalows (condos). That's what we did last year and they are amazing, plus you have privelages at the Hotel and the 4 seasons (or at least we went up there all the time). Plus, the community has a nice separate/private beach area with a small "restaurant," as well as another black sand beach.
We booked ours through a travel agent and with the car, it was the best price we could find. They are pricy, but we were a bit scruffy (the hiking/snorkel type, we didn't even bring true resort wear), and like the "seclusion," as opposed to the busy resort ways.
If you go, the beachfront restaurant at the 4 seasons is top notch! Expensive, but it's outdoors and we were at sunset...definitely the best and most memorable meal of trip!
Enjoy the trip...once you go, you can't stay away!
Do you mean the "condos" at Mauna Lani or the "Bungalows"? Big difference!! The Bungalows are like $4k a night if I'm not mistaken. There are only like 4 of them at the Mauna Lani hotel and they have a private entrance and are basically like private residences. The condos are probably much cheaper than that (but still not as cheap as regular Mauna Lani Bay Hotel rooms) and have the separate "private" (if you can call it that) beach area and restaurant/clubhouse. I highly doubt either of them have any priviledges at Four Seasons. Four Seasons is nowhere near the Mauna Lani. Maybe you mean Fairmont Orchid?