My friends is going to Maui so I want to buy her a guidebook.
Do you recommend, Fodors, Frommers, The Ultimate Maui Guidebook or something else?
What is the best guide book for Maui??
Put ';blue book'; in the search box and it will tell you why NOT to buy the ultimate maui guidebook. If your friends plan on going to Hana, check out the Hana Mile by Mile by JC Derrick.
What is the best guide book for Maui??
I have several guides. It depends own what you need. Maui Mile By Mile is being pulled from the shelves soon and the author suggests his new book Hana Mile by Mile. Here is the link.
hawaii-guide.com/index.php/…
It could also be called Hana for dummies. :)The other guide books aren%26#39;t as helpful as this one in terms of Hana. Frommer%26#39;s has a good over all guide including food reviews and hotels.
I love the ';For Dummies'; books...I think you would have to get ';Hawaii for Dummies';, but there is alot of up to date, clearly written information on all the islands...and she might like to read about them all.
The Mile by mile, Lonely Planet, Moon, are all good.
the very worst...for any island is the revealed / ultimate guides...people have been killed and injured following its dangerous and inaccurate touts.
Aloha, I vote for Mile by mile and Lonely Planet!
My vote is for Maui Revealed. I understand that a lot of locals don%26#39;t like this book because they claim that the authors lead them onto private property at times, but I think there%26#39;s more to it than this. They are brutally honest about food, condos, and activities. I assume that this honesty can hurt some businesses. Use your head when hiking around Maui and you%26#39;ll never end up on private property or in harms way. I think the book is great and is with us at all times on the island.
Gasp! The QUESTION that brings out the best and worst of us all. Yes, there are some lengthy posts about guidebooks - most that focus on what seems to be a downright hatred of the Maui Revealed, Kauai Revealed, etc., books. Problem: (and this is the very short version of the problem) they encourage you to go into restricted and often unsafe areas. This is a huge and dangerous problem for newbies (like tourists) who take the book as gospel and traverse private land, unsafe areas and such.
That being said, these books are helpful and are cleverly written. We continue to use ours with eyes wide open! My hope is that the authors get their act together and publish new editions with the health and safety of their readers in mind.
You can try Fodors (in which I have found mistakes) and Frommers -- but keep in mind that, well, they tend to like hotels and restaurants that like them. Get it? Who advertises where and whatever else perks. But they cover the basics - but often focus on tourist traps.
There have been some excellent TA posts on tourist traps and also places that don%26#39;t get the big guidebook buzz - but are great.
Before you buy, and we have made this mistake before, be sure that your guidebook presents distances in miles and elevations in feet, etc.
Have fun!
BLBL and CKesler are both right about the Maui Revealed book. I think it is the best book and I used mine constantly. It had great maps and info on snorkeling with turtles, Molokini trips, Luaus, restaurants etc. Maybe anotehr reason locals dont%26#39; like it is that it gave away some of the hidden gems that only locals used to know about.
The Maui Revealed book is more than a book. After you get it you have the ';code '; and then can access their web site for even more up to date info and airial shots of all the resorts.
You don%26#39;t need that ';code'; anymore. And the fact the book ';revealed'; secret locations is NOT the reason the local community doesn%26#39;t like the book. Try a few thousand visitors through your backyard, or maybe arguing regularly with a tourist that it actually IS your land and that access is prohibited. Or consider how many fragile locations have been nearly wiped off the map because of over-exposure. Or maybe it%26#39;s the rescues that often put rescuers at unneeded risk. Or the deaths.
Hawai%26#39;i is too raw and fragile to have a ';revealed'; mentality. It%26#39;s not Hawaiian, and it%26#39;s not respectful.
Don%26#39;t get me wrong. I%26#39;ve made plenty of mistakes in writing and online too. But I also corrected my mistakes and listened to the community. Andrew just gives the local community the finger and says he%26#39;s got freedom of speech. Whatever sells more right? Give me a break.
See this page by Honu for more:
tripadvisor.com/Travel-g28932-c79918/Hawaii:…
I appreciate the comments from JCDerrick in regards to the Maui Revealed book. I can understand that some of what the author put in the book might cause problems and thoughtless tourists abound in many places. My family always tries to be sensitive to nature, personal property and such so none of the suggestions to invade private property interested me. The parts of the book that I found most helpful were the maps of the beaches and how to find the roads and access to them. Also info on condos and restaurants and the variety of tourism things ie: Zipline, bike ride, luas, surfing etc. If the other guide books would give as detailed info then they might have been more helpful. As it is I usually wonder if someone got paid off to give a good review.
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