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Title: Lonely Planet Maui (Maui, 1st Ed) by Sara Benson ISBN: 1-74059-271-9 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Goes Beyond The Norm
Comment: I liked the contemporary approach in this guidebook.. It blows the pedantic Maui Revealed right out of the water. The reviews were very honest and the cute hotels were clean and reasonably priced. We met many similarly interested people along the way. Sara Benson can write!
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent guides
Comment: The descriptions of Hawaii (and in this case Maui) in the Lonely Planet guidebooks is far and away the best available.
Frankly I'd recommend the Lonely Planet Hawaii instead. This book doesn't really add that much info beyond the LP Hawaii, I suppose the only reason to get this book is if you have no intention of going near any of the other Islands. But in my experience plans change, and on one trip we added a side trip to Molokai at the last minute (a 30 minute flight), after reading about it in the Hawaii guidebook.
Having said that, this is a good book, and if you are flying direct to Maui & home again this book is a bit cheaper and lighter that the Hawaii guide. Either way, you should be taking one of the LP guides with you.
Rating: 3
Summary: Lack of solid information makes this a disappointment
Comment: If you are looking for a guidebook to Maui that has substantial information regarding restaurants and the hidden treasures of Maui, look elsewhere! One of the major activities on Maui is a snorkel trip to Molokini, an underground volcanic crater. This book had a small paragraph on Molokini, but failed to recommend (or even list) any companies offering the boat trip. We had to do this leg work on our own.
Also, while I understand that there are thousands of restaurants in Maui and a book could not possibly list them all, this book listed maybe 5 restaurants in each area of Maui - just a very small fraction. Very rarely did the book recommend against eating somewhere - everything was sugar coated to the point where one would think that all the restaurants in Maui are great (not true!).
The book did get 3 stars for providing basic descriptions and maps. I would not use this book if you are looking for any sort of recommendations on where to spend your time in Maui, etc.
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Title: Lonely Planet Hawaii (Hawaii, 6th Ed) by Glanda Bendure, Sara Benson, Ned Friary, Lonely Planet ISBN: 1740591429 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook, Second Edition by Andrew Doughty, Harriett Friedman ISBN: 0971727902 Publisher: Wizard Pubns Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Hawaii the Big Island (Hawaii the Big Island, 1st Ed) by Conner Gorry, Julie Jares ISBN: 1740593456 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Hidden Maui 4 Ed: Including Lahaina, Kaanapali, Haleakala and the Hana Highway by Ray Riegert ISBN: 1569752702 Publisher: Ulysses Press Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Oahu (Oahu, 2nd Ed) by Glenda Bendure, Ned Friary ISBN: 1740592018 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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