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Has an Arrival/Departure Lounge, where travelers can unwind after a long flight. Personal showers and lockers in the lounge also are available to those who need to check out of their rooms before leaving the resort.
Has an amazing view from the Adult Only Infinity Pool
Daily resort fee USD 30 plus tax will be added to rate. As of 2018, the resort fee benefits were as listed below. However, this list came from a card labeled "Resort Fees & Amenities: Elite", and it's not clear which ones are different for or apply only to elites. There's also a disclaimer: "The Resort Fee includes a variety of amenities for our guests. Please note some amenities are subject to availability."
Has an amazing view from the Adult Only Infinity Pool
Daily resort fee USD 30 plus tax will be added to rate. As of 2018, the resort fee benefits were as listed below. However, this list came from a card labeled "Resort Fees & Amenities: Elite", and it's not clear which ones are different for or apply only to elites. There's also a disclaimer: "The Resort Fee includes a variety of amenities for our guests. Please note some amenities are subject to availability."
- Complimentary daily internet
- Unlimited US Domestic, long distance & local phone calls
- Outgoing domestic US fax service (up to 20 pages)
- 15% on Laundry and Dry Cleaning Services
- 30-minute personal photo session and package upgrade
- Daily Fitness Classes
- Daily Hawaiian Cultural Activities
- 1 hour bicycle rental (2 bicycles per stay)
- Bottled Water (2 per day)
- Welcome shell lei greeting upon arrival
- Courtesy rides within the Wailea Resort (upon availability)
- Beach Chair Rental (2 per day)
- Cabana Rentals: 10% discount on full-day cabana rentals at 'Ohi pools, Maluhia pools & NALU adventure pool. Dial 'At Your Service' for reservations
- Mandara Spa: 10% discount on 50-minute service (excludes special promotions and events)
- Ocean Concierge & Activities: 20% discount on weekly paddle board rental; complimentary fish identification card; complimentary introductory morning scuba lesson. Visit the 'Ohio Pools for reservations.
- The Movie House: complimentary movie screenings. View the weekly schedule for showtimes.
- GameSpace: complimentary access to GameSapce, featuring foosball, billiards, shuffleboard, vintage arcade and Xbox games [for those who haven't been back since the renovation, this is an indoor gaming area they added as part of the renovations. It's at the far end of the lobby opposite the Starbucks.]
- Akamai Business Center: 20% discount on FedEx & UPS Shipping
Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, Maui, Hawaii [Master Thread]
#646
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Roseville, CA
Programs: Lifetime Plat Marriott
Posts: 1,358
I just have to ask....
We are using points for a stay for our family this summer.
Is there a safe in the room and will my husband's laptop fit in it?
Is there a refrigerator in the room? We would like one to keep breakfast items for the week.
Is there anyplace in the hotel where they have free coffee in the morning?
Any tidbits about the hotel would be great appreciated
CSBM
Is there a safe in the room and will my husband's laptop fit in it?
Is there a refrigerator in the room? We would like one to keep breakfast items for the week.
Is there anyplace in the hotel where they have free coffee in the morning?
Any tidbits about the hotel would be great appreciated
CSBM
We've been all over the world with my laptop. I just have to ask...I do not mean to offend. My intention is to really try and understand.
Why does it even cross someone's mind to want to put a laptop in the hotel room safe? Is it because you think a housekeeper will steal it...or some other hotel staff (really....is YOUR computer that great over all the other 100's they see on a daily basis)?
Or....is it because you have some incredibly personal data/pictures on the laptop that, should the data/pictures get distributed, there will be some h*ll to pay? Or, perhaps some really confidential information (perhaps work) and because of HIPAA regulations, you don't want to be in violation of the laws regarding HIPAA?
I'm really not trying to be a smart *ss.....I truly want to understand the fasination of wanting to be able to lock your laptop.
Not for a second has it ever occurred to either me or my husband that we need to lock our laptop up....not in any country we've ever been to.
What gives? My guess with all the personal information, it may be a HIPAA thing. I once saw some really horrific pictures that a lawyer inadvertantly left on a public computer in the business center of a hotel....no doubt they were involved in a lawsuit for a surgery gone bad...they were disgusting and my guess is that he didn't realize he left the imagines behind.
And we use the safe all the time....I have a little plastic bag that I keep cash and passports, credit cards/driver's license, rental agreements, confirmations, receipts, etc. But we never actually lock the safe....it is just a convenient place to keep it while we are vacationing!
Anyway, just curious....
Dawn
#647
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: FLL
Programs: Delta GM, (fmr US CP/PP/GP!), DL SkyClub, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Avis Chairman's Club
Posts: 5,162
I agree with you about not locking up your laptop, too much trouble, and I have been all around the world with mine too, no issues in any hotel.
However, the idea of leaving cash, credit cards, passports, and driver's license in an unlocked safe is positively mind boglingly scary! Do you realize the incredible risk you are taking? Leaving your passport and d.l. in an unlocked hotel safe might even make you a national security risk!
However, the idea of leaving cash, credit cards, passports, and driver's license in an unlocked safe is positively mind boglingly scary! Do you realize the incredible risk you are taking? Leaving your passport and d.l. in an unlocked hotel safe might even make you a national security risk!
#650
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 73
Maui and the Movies, by Kevin Dale
Living in the island paradise of Maui has a lot of benefits; white soft sand beaches, warm weather year round, palm trees swaying in the breeze, dramatic rainbows and fiery sunsets. Visitors from around the world flock to Maui to enjoy the natural and cultural wonders that have made Maui the Best Island in the World according to Conde Naste Traveler.
Once a year, for 5 days in June, Maui becomes the center of the world for the film industry when we host the Maui Film Festival in Wailea and at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center.
Every year I anxiously await the opportunity to watch screenings under the stars on the 50 foot outdoor theater that they call the Celestial Cinema located on one of Wailea Resorts pristine golf courses. Seating over 3,000 people, the location has premiered movies like Whale Rider and The Notebook.
Typically, an evening at the Festival opens with Harriet Witt, a local astronomer, describing something incredible about the constellations overhead. She always focuses on the stars that guided the first humans to Hawaii hundreds of years ago.
At the Maui Film Festival, you are actually among the stars as well Pierce Brosnan, Clint Eastwood, Woody Harrelson, Helen Hunt, Felicity Huffman and many more have all been honored for their contributions to the film industry.
I love movies so much I actually produced an award winning independent feature film entitled Let Me Die Quietly. I currently have an exciting new short film in post production starring the legendary Joan Collins and Charles Casillo entitled Fetish that I hope to enter into the Maui Film Festival this year.
When Im not making movies, I work at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. The hotel is centrally located for many activities of the Festival and has screened some movies in the past on our Pacific Terrace and Film Maker Forums under the shade of our gigantic banyan trees.
I would like to extend a personal invitation to you and your family and friends to come out to Maui to experience the best and most unique film festival in the world. The Maui Film Festival takes place this year from June 16 June 20, 2010. For the 1st time this year, the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort and Spa is now a category 6 Marriott Rewards Hotel, so can redeem your stay for fewer points! We also have an exclusive offer for Marriott Rewards Members who wish to attend the festival. We have secured access to Maui Film Festival passes before they are available to the general public and have packaged these with a room and breakfast (just request promotional code **EDITED**). I hope to see you under the stars at the beautiful Wailea Resort in Maui this June.
#652
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Suburban Philadelphia
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Plat, IHG Gold
Posts: 3,392
Looked nice when we were there; however the Hilton Grand Wailea property is next door, and that's where Mrs. Cargojon elected to have her spa "stuff" done. Depends on the cost (in points) and what you want.
#653
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Redondo Beach, CA USA
Programs: UA 1KMM, Bonvoy LTE+A, HH D, Nat'l EE, Hertz Plat, Avis PC
Posts: 3,692
The Mandara Spa at the Wailea Marriott is perfectly acceptable, but is a fairly standard resort spa. If you're staying at the Marriott and want to use points, and don't mind an experience like a spa you'd get almost anywhere else, I can certainly recommend it.
The Spa Grande next door at the Grand Wailea is in a whole different class. It is regularly voted as the best spa on Maui, if not Hawaii, and one of the best in the world.
The Spa Grande next door at the Grand Wailea is in a whole different class. It is regularly voted as the best spa on Maui, if not Hawaii, and one of the best in the world.
#654
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NYC/DC
Programs: Marriott Platinum; SPG Platinum; HHonors Silver; Avis 1st; Amtrak Select Plus
Posts: 16
Wailea Marriott - Beach Access
I booked a stay at the Wailea Marriott, and I know it's not on a beach itself. How much of a pain is it to walk to the neighboring beaches? Are any of them much nicer or not as nice? (which way should we walk)
Thanks!
Thanks!
#656
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Programs: MR LT Titanium, IHG Plat.,UA Premier Silver, & PA/OH Turnpike Million Miler
Posts: 2,269
Actually the Marriott is in between two beaches. If you go right like DL-DON suggested, you will come to Ulua beach. If you go left, you will come to Wailea beach. Both beaches are very nice; however, when we where there last summer we experienced some undertows at Ulua. So we liked Waikea better. Wailea beach is right in front of the Grand Wailea Hotel. Since the Wailea Marriott Hotel Complex is very spread out, which beach is closer will depend on your particular room assignment. Regardless it is an easy walk to both of them. Wailea is great! I wish we were going back this summer. Have a great triip!
--Jon
P.S. If you continue past Wailea beach on the beach walk, you will come to some other nice beaches.
--Jon
P.S. If you continue past Wailea beach on the beach walk, you will come to some other nice beaches.
#657
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: DFW, 3.5 MM, AA EXP, LIFETIME PLATINUM, MARRIOTT LIFETIME PLATINUM, STARWOOD AMBASSADOR 223 NIGHTS, AND LIFETIME GOLD, HILTON DIAMOND, NATIONAL EXECUTIVE ELITE
Posts: 5,847
This hotel is a wonderful location, however:
1. The beds are terrible - I got a horrible backache.
2. Bar service is awful (i.e. slow) - only 1 bartender available to wait on a pool area full of people.
3. Food is also terrible.
Its really a shame, because the grounds are wonderful.
1. The beds are terrible - I got a horrible backache.
2. Bar service is awful (i.e. slow) - only 1 bartender available to wait on a pool area full of people.
3. Food is also terrible.
Its really a shame, because the grounds are wonderful.
#658
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: AA Plt 3MM; UA 1K 2 MM; MR Lifetime Plat; HH Lifetime Diamond; HH Diamond; IGH Spire Ambas; SPG Gold
Posts: 2,149
I agree. The location is one of the most spectacular in the world--with rock formations in front of the hotel along the ocean that enhance the beauty.
There are also any number of spots where you can pull up deck chairs (always easy to find) to laze away the day listening to the waves with views to die for.
And best of all is the walking/jogging path along the ocean--I have never come across anything quite like it anywhere in the world. The Marriott is right in the middle of this path that stretches from the Kea Lani in the south to the private residence community (next door to the Renaissacne) in the north.
It's about five minutes to beaches walking on this path either way from the Marriott.
There are also any number of spots where you can pull up deck chairs (always easy to find) to laze away the day listening to the waves with views to die for.
And best of all is the walking/jogging path along the ocean--I have never come across anything quite like it anywhere in the world. The Marriott is right in the middle of this path that stretches from the Kea Lani in the south to the private residence community (next door to the Renaissacne) in the north.
It's about five minutes to beaches walking on this path either way from the Marriott.
#659
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: New Orleans
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Platinum; UAL Silver
Posts: 296
This hotel is a wonderful location, however:
1. The beds are terrible - I got a horrible backache.
2. Bar service is awful (i.e. slow) - only 1 bartender available to wait on a pool area full of people.
3. Food is also terrible.
Its really a shame, because the grounds are wonderful.
1. The beds are terrible - I got a horrible backache.
2. Bar service is awful (i.e. slow) - only 1 bartender available to wait on a pool area full of people.
3. Food is also terrible.
Its really a shame, because the grounds are wonderful.
#660
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: BHX
Programs: Marriott Platinum, PC Plat, UA
Posts: 146
Must have been a bad day...
I spent a week there recently, yes service at the poolside can be a little slow but once the waitress got to know us, our drinks arrived on cue.
I thought the beds were fine, regular Marriott beds, they were low to the ground.
daytime food was average fare. We ate in the Mala restaurant a couple of times and it was amongst the best food we'd had on the island (mahi mahi was delicious).
Other than that, be sure to:
1. check out some of the other beaches. There's a couple of good beaches not to far from the Marriott. The Ultimate Maui is a great guidebook btw.
3. Go to the luau (if you do the timeshare it's free and you get 10k points, otherwise it's overpriced)
4. Drive the road to hana
5. Make sure your room isn't in the new tower facing away from the property, as delivery vans arrive all day from quite early and the noise carries
Have a great stay...wish I was there ;-)
David
I spent a week there recently, yes service at the poolside can be a little slow but once the waitress got to know us, our drinks arrived on cue.
I thought the beds were fine, regular Marriott beds, they were low to the ground.
daytime food was average fare. We ate in the Mala restaurant a couple of times and it was amongst the best food we'd had on the island (mahi mahi was delicious).
Other than that, be sure to:
1. check out some of the other beaches. There's a couple of good beaches not to far from the Marriott. The Ultimate Maui is a great guidebook btw.
3. Go to the luau (if you do the timeshare it's free and you get 10k points, otherwise it's overpriced)
4. Drive the road to hana
5. Make sure your room isn't in the new tower facing away from the property, as delivery vans arrive all day from quite early and the noise carries
Have a great stay...wish I was there ;-)
David