Posted on: Sunday, August 17, 2008
Holoholo
Advertiser Staff
Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa's "serve stay and sail" kama'aina package is for "volun-tourists" helping others on Maui in the 5th annual Habitat for Humanity Build-a-Thon.
The package includes:
Participation in the fifth annual Build-a-Thon at the Waiehu Kou IV Subdivision at 7:30 a.m., with a briefing, breakfast and blessing, and will end with lunch and a closing program at 1 p.m.
An ocean-view room for two with three-course dinner at Mala Wailea restaurant following the event, and breakfast buffet for two at Mala Wailea restaurant on Sunday. Guests will receive 30 percent off any Mandara Spa 50- or 80-minute treatment during their stay and a late checkout for those returning on the 8 p.m. Hawaii Superferry back to O'ahu. Free self-parking at the resort.
For the first 20 O'ahu-based volunteers, complimentary Hawaii Superferry roundtrip tickets, including a vehicle.
The package is $239 per room per night, Aug. 22 to 24. A resort fee of $25 plus tax per room per day will be applied. 808-874-7956.
The Hawaii Superferry also offers free roundtrip voyages to employees who wish to participate in the project.
Marriott Resorts Hawaii offers fall promotions on the Big Island, Maui, O'ahu and Kaua'i.
Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa's Paradise Plus Package includes either a rental car or daily breakfast. Rates begin at $289 per room per night through Dec. 24. www.waikoloamarriott.com.
Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa's Sleep, Eat and Shop Wailea package includes: Overnight accommodations, Room service breakfast in bed or on lanai for two, a $100 gift card for use at The Shops at Wailea.
Rates start at $450 per night for terrace-view room and $500 per night for ocean-view room, based on double occupancy, and are valid through Dec. 24. www.waileamarriott.com.
JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa's Honeymoon package includes ocean-view room, champagne and strawberries, either a three-course dinner for two at one of the resort's restaurants, or one spa treatment per person (aromatherapy massage or Thalasso therapy). The package starts at $568 per night through Dec. 24. Two-night minimum stay is required. www.ihilani.com.
Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa's Surfing package includes instruction from former professional surfer Tony Moniz of Faith Riding Company Surf School, deluxe guestroom for two, group lessons, use of surfboard, leash and jersey. Riders must know how to swim and be at least 12 years old. Rates begin at $299 per night through Dec. 24, www.marriottwaikiki.com.
Kaua'i Marriott Resort & Beach Club Hawaiian Sand Dollars Plus Package includes a fourth night free, daily breakfast buffet for two and a room upgrade. Rates begin at $359 per room, per night through Dec. 24.
Kaua'i Marriott Resort & Beach Club also is expanding its Hawaiian experiences with "Hawai'i Alive!" a new hula and Polynesian revue, complimented by an optional lu'au-style dinner. Every Monday evening, guests may enjoy a local halau (dance school) in the resort's new hula show, featuring Halau Rohotu. $35, adults; $20 ages 12 and younger. www.kauaimarriott.com.
ResortQuest Hawaii's K-Class Pass kama'aina promotion includes an upgrade, complimentary parking (self and valet) and a 2 p.m. check-out. The pass is at ResortQuest Hawaii's participating 26 properties through Aug. 31. 800-321-2558, www.ResortQuestHawaii.com.
Hilton Waikoloa Village will host A Taste of the Hawaiian Range, with more than 20 chefs preparing dishes of unusual cuts of forage-grown beef with vegetables, Oct. 3. 808-981-8285, www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/taste.
Hamakua Alive showcases the agricultural produce of the coast by local farmers and top chefs, Oct. 25, Pa'auilo School, free, 808-776-1771 or e-mail vanillakitchen@aol.com.
