Maui here we come!
We left home on Tuesday where the temperature was a cool 1° Celsius. We booked our trip with Shawna at Glacier Travel...less hassle for us this way and wow it's been fab thus far! Thank you Shawna! 😉
We are booked into this hotel, Wyndgate by Windham right at the airport in Spokane and we’re off to a great start...upgraded to a suite yet at checkin! Cool...and already our first sunset. The shuttle takes you to the airport it's like 5 min...that’s how close we are! We get to the airport...Brent hops out...and bam! the door of the shuttle is slammed in my face....hmmmm.....do we let him get away with this? NOT! 😂😂😂
We are at the airport waaay too early and because I like to people watch it’s all good. We check our bag and the baggage fee gets waived as there is no float to give change! Woot! ....going through security was a breeze...they all now know about the door slam 😉 First time ever having a full body scan too! Good thing I wore the “good” undies...sorry for putting that image in your mind...Our flight to Portland is delayed by 30 min. They never tell you the reason why, which is probably a good thing. We're ok as we have lots of time to catch our connection to Maui.
We arrive in Maui 9:30 (11:30 Nelson) luggage is collected, picked up rental car...they are so organized! Loved it! We get to our hotel (Kaanapali Shores)...mindblowing...it is so beautiful here...ok now I’m really excited!
Spokane
Got awoken at 5 to the sounds of birds! Hundreds of them! Cool..they quieten down at day break and pick up again at dusk.
From our lanai
....not from our lanai..
This is the view from the backside of our room. Our lanai overlooks the inner court and one pool.
Exploring the grounds
Restaurant by the pool...apparently Spam is popular here!
As with every vacation spot goes the huge effort of promoting tours. In our case it was a breakfast thing. We decided to go and learn about the island. It was very informative and the presenters were great! They drew for prizes...a fresh pineapple, gift certificate for the hotel spa...best one was for a luau...and we won! The catch was...always there’s a catch...lol...we had to redeem right away...and...well long story short we got an amazing discount 2 for 1...then...for another huge ($175) discount...if we were interested...we could go to a 90 min presentation at a nearby property...so ...we booked a time...yup...anything for a deal 😂😂😂 can you say crazy fast enough?!
As with every vacation spot goes the huge effort of promoting tours. In our case it was a breakfast thing. We decided to go and learn about the island. It was very informative and the presenters were great! They drew for prizes...a fresh pineapple, gift certificate for the hotel spa...best one was for a luau...and we won! The catch was...always there’s a catch...lol...we had to redeem right away...and...well long story short we got an amazing discount 2 for 1...then...for another huge ($175) discount...if we were interested...we could go to a 90 min presentation at a nearby property...so ...we booked a time...yup...anything for a deal 😂😂😂 can you say crazy fast enough?!
Our concierge, PJ, was so helpful in booking our tours and lots of tips and lots of discount coupons. He presented us with a grocery card similar to Save on more card and a coupon for a 10% discount for the first visit. It is a great store! The guy at the meat counter was so cute...we had a taste of all the different Poke (Several)! We also got another 5% off for admitting one of us was over 30....😉
Ended the day with happy hr and our first Maui sunset
Amazing...rainbow in the East and sunset in the West at the same time...
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