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MrsD
Legend July 2019

bah - Hawaii!

MrsD, on July 31, 2019 at 1:32 PM Posted in Honeymoon 6 19

We are back from our beautiful honeymoon in Hawaii! We spent 3 nights in Maui, and 4 in Oahu. Wow, it went by so quick. We should have planned for at least 10 nights! We flew Southwest, they were awesome and the flight was super easy. We budgeted right around $8,000 and came in around $7,600.

Maui - We stayed in the Royal Lahaina. This was a great "budget" hotel, it was $365 per night for an oceanview room, rental car, and breakfast. Their breakfast buffet was great! We had a mahi mahi benedict the first day, OMG, it was the best. So much more than we expected from an included buffet. The room was dated and the service was just okay, but we didn't spend much time in the room. We bought snorkels & fins and did a lot of driving around to different beaches, we saw a turtle while snorkeling at Kahekili Beach really close to our hotel. We went down to Makena Beach and saw a lot of fish! We had the BEST poke of the whole trip at the Maui Fish Market near Lahaina, wow it was so good! We ate at Mama's Fish House, it was expensive but a really nice meal and a great experience. The views were stunning. We made our way to Ho'Okipa Beach after, and saw upwards of 20 turtles just sunning in the sand. It was so special! We went to Feast at Lele, it was an awesome luau.

Oahu - We stayed two nights at Four Seasons Ko Olina and two nights in Turtle Bay. Both rooms were around $600 per night. The Four Seasons is a stunning hotel and the service is out of this world, worth every penny. Their adult pool is really nice and the rooms were amazing. We ate at Roy's one night for dinner (across the street at the golf course) and were disappointed. It really wasn't a great meal. Turtle Bay was nice and seclusive, we stayed in a cottage so the room was quite large. Their pool was filled with kids & families so we opted to go to their beach the whole time. We ate at the Aji Limo Truck, it was the best meal in Oahu by far. So delicious, it's on the North Shore! The poke & ahi sandwich were amazing. We saw turtles floating outside our room at Turtle Bay, what a treat! We went to the Pearl Harbor memorial, the main part was closed but we still saw the museum and USS Bowfin. We took an ATV tour of Kualoa Ranch, I can't recommend this enough. It was beautiful and so fun! We did a snorkel & snuba tour that left out of Ko Olina Marina, snuba was so fun and I would for sure do it again. We saw 4 very large turtles and a ton of fish!

It went by way too fast, but we had so much fun. We did wear couples shirts a few times and it hinted to a lot of people it was our honeymoon, so we got 6 free bottles of champagne, 5 free desserts, a free daybed at the four seasons adult pool, two free mai tais at the royal lahaina, and a lot of love!

View from our table at Mama's Fish House!bah - Hawaii! 1After our snuba adventure!bah - Hawaii! 2The best poke I've ever had!bah - Hawaii! 3We got fresh coconuts, of course!bah - Hawaii! 4View from our room at Royal Lahainabah - Hawaii! 5Floating turtles in Maui!bah - Hawaii! 6Kualoa Ranchbah - Hawaii! 7ATV Tour!bah - Hawaii! 8Us at Turtle Bay!bah - Hawaii! 9A special treat from my dad at the Four Seasons!bah - Hawaii! 10A crab friend at Turtle Bay!bah - Hawaii! 11On our balcony at Four Seasons, right after our lei greeting!bah - Hawaii! 12View from our cottage at Turtle Bay!bah - Hawaii! 13View from our balcony at Four Seasons! bah - Hawaii! 14Feast at Lele!bah - Hawaii! 15


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Latest activity by MrsD, on August 1, 2019 at 10:15 AM
  • Cher Horowitz
    Master December 2019
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    Wow, these photos are gorgeous! I'm glad you and FH had a great time (and managed to get a few freebies)!

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
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    Thank you so much, it was so beautiful! We really did, the freebies were great! The shirts are cheesy, but effective haha!

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  • Cristy
    Master May 2021
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    Wow!! It's so beautiful!! Hawaii is still on my bucket list, and the pictures never disappoint. It's paradise!

    Looks like you had a wonderful time! Congratulations and thanks for sharing the pics!!

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  • M
    Legend June 2019
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    Welcome back. These photos look amazing, looks so fun ! I loved Hawaii.
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  • K
    Dedicated November 2019
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    Congrats!!

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
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    Yes we are so happy we went! I had been twice as a child, but my fiance never had! Thank you!

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
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    Thank you so much!

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  • NextChapterReady
    Super October 2019
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    Your honeymoon looks so fun! I've never been to Hawaii but it's really making me want to go haha--we actually looked at the Turtle Bay place before deciding on a different country! It's good to hear that it was a great experience for the future Smiley smile I don't know if even 10 days would have been enough in paradise! Congratulations and I'm glad it was such a wonderful honeymoon for you guys! Smiley smile

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
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    For sure go sometime in the future! Turtle Bay was beautiful, but I'm glad we only spent a few days on the north shore just since it's so far from Waikiki and the bigger restaurants! Thank you!

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  • Gen
    Champion June 2019
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    Sooo beautiful! You took wonderful photos! So glad you had such a great time Smiley smile

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
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    Thank you so much!

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  • Laura
    Expert September 2019
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    Looks like you guys had a great honeymoon! We're also going to Maui and staying at the Royal Lahaina as well. Your photos are getting me more hyped to go lol It's been 12 years since I last went to Hawaii so I'm really excited!

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
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    Great! It was beautiful, super happy with the hotel! I really recommend the Feast at Lele if you have time, but make sure to do their breakfast buffet!

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  • Cyndy
    Master May 2019
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    Looks like an amazing trip. My son and his wife went there for their honeymoon too and loved it. Congratulations!!
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  • MrsD
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    I'm glad they loved it too. Thank you!

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  • Clíodhna
    WeddingWire Administrator January 2030
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    This looks like a DREAM honeymoon Smiley love

    I'm happy you had such an amazing time!

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  • Sinéad
    WeddingWire Administrator January 2025
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    Your photos look like a paradise!! I'm so happy that you had such an amazing honeymoon!! What was the highlight of your trip?🌴

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
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    Thank you, we really did!

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  • MrsD
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    Probably the ATV tour & snuba!

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