Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook, Second Edition

Customer Reviews

Perfect for Maui first-timers

I went to Maui for 3 days and followed many of the recommendations to a tee. The Road to Hana was helpful in locating beaches and waterfalls that other guide books don't include, so you will be able to enjoy with few, if any, tourists. The mile markers on the maps help out greatly! I wish other maps included them.

I found a Maui Drive Map (which you can get for free at convenience stores, gas stations, car rental offices) was helpful alongside the guidebook so you know where you are relative to the rest of the island.

I think that many other reviewers thought the secluded areas weren't so secluded because everyone buys this book! I did notice that people in those "secluded" areas had this guidebook in hand. So everyone was part of the Maui Revealed readers' club...

I would definitely recommend this to first-timers. Unless you're in Maui for a week or more, you won't be able to see all the sights this guidebook recommends. Therefore, we will definitely be going back with guidebook in hand!

Everybody Is Reading It

Anyone watching what other tourists are doing on the plane to Maui,or poolside at a Maui hotel,cannot help noticing that many of them are reading Maui Revealed. This is really an outstanding guidebook written by local people. It has no advertising. And it has its own website to update readers on developments after publication,and to give an in depth look at hotels and restaurants.

But because it is an excellent book,I was surprised by two obvious errors. The brown tree snake,a native of New Guinea,is a very dangerous reptile. It's not too likely that if one were actually sighted in Hawaii that someone would call the Pest Hotline as suggested rather than 911. Maui roads are well below mainland standards. The authors' implication that the "paved roads only" restriction of the rental car companies can be safely disregarded could make an expensive vacation even more expensive.

Most European travel guidebooks have at least two errors per chapter. Two per book is a pretty good track record. Don't head for Maui without reading this book first.

Maui Destroyed

I hope the authors are happy with the money they made writing this book. Now why don't they donate some of it to help clean up the trash that all the tourists leave when they "discover" these "undiscovered" places. Will their next book be about how to repiar the damaged reefs or the decline of the sea turtle population?