has anyone stayed at these?

[tidefan]

Y'all are fancier than we are. We will be getting in a day before our 7-night stay, so we just grabbed the Embassy in Kapolei...

 

[nycdisneygal]

Y'all are fancier than we are. We will be getting in a day before our 7-night stay, so we just grabbed the Embassy in Kapolei...

haha. We are not doing Aulani so want something else nice

 

[Noodlez]

We're hopefully staying at Prince Waikiki in just over 2 weeks so I should be able to give an opinion then!

Just an opinion, but we prefer the Big Island to Maui. Maybe it's just us...

We did last time, too. We're giving Maui another try this time so I hope it wins me over a bit more!

 

[cgattis]

yeah i got such a great price but i think i need to switch to hotel with balcony....In maui we wont have an ocean view so i would like to do balcony with one in oahu

So where did you end up picking in Maui? There’s a Maui thread on here too if you want to share any tips over there!!

 

[longboard55]

Kyton - do all of the suites have balconies? Do you know about which rooms do? I would like to make sure to have balcony. nevermind. it looks like description notes balcony for all room types. Just wasnt sure based on pics. trying to decide if its worth the extra price to switch hotels

If you like the Trump 2 bedroom I would consider the Aston Waikiki Beach Tower, it is older and not as modern, but better views, huge balconies and usually less cost for a similar type room.

 

[nycdisneygal]

So where did you end up picking in Maui? There’s a Maui thread on here too if you want to share any tips over there!!

oh will have to find that thread. We picked Westin Maui. Would have liked Hyatt...

 

[nycdisneygal]

If you like the Trump 2 bedroom I would consider the Aston Waikiki Beach Tower, it is older and not as modern, but better views, huge balconies and usually less cost for a similar type room.

thanks for tip. just booked trump 2 bedrm ocean view but will take a look at that. got a decent price.
ETA: booked up already. all the good priced nice places are already booked up

 

[nycdisneygal]

We’ve stopped at Trump around 11-13 times - we love it. We prefer the location - close enough to everything but not actually on the main drag. A quick walk across the road to our favourite stretch of the beach out front of Hale Koa.

We have 3 kids so always choose a 2 bedroom suite which affords us plenty of space to stretch out. We’ve stayed so many times we have gotten to know the staff well and love bringing them Australian snacks as presents.

glad you recommended. we loved it. 2 bedroom was perfect. We did so much laundry. loved the breakfast and loved that the housekeeper ran our dishwasher and unloaded it everyday! my daughter still loves the sushi there the best of the whole trip.

 

[pjacobi]

My impression of Waikiki beach hotels it that you are paying for location, location and location. The rooms by themselves seem a little dated. Why spend money to update the rooms, when people will still come due to the location?


-Paul

 

[donaldbuzz&minnie]

I've stayed at the Turtle Bay (once a long time ago), and The Royal Hawaiian twice (once recently). I remember Turtle Bay as being ok, but kind of forgettable. Pretty views, but I wasn't blown away. And it is very far away from Honolulu, if your goal is to be close to the city.

I loved our first visit (a long time ago) to the Royal Hawaiian - the history of that hotel is what drew us in and charmed us. We went again in 2020 and we both agreed that that was enough. Everything around the hotel is so built up now that there's a real feeling of being kind of hemmed in.

Honolulu is so crowded that it's hard to imagine what it would have been like to arrive by boat in the 1920's, or to be in the Navy in WWII and stay in the Royal Hawaiian for one last fling before being shipped out to the war in the Pacific. There are plenty of other places in Hawaii that are much prettier and more relaxing than downtown Honolulu.

If it were me, and I was going to be in Honolulu anyway, I'd stop by the Royal Hawaiian just to walk around and maybe go to Dukes next door to have lunch or a slice of Hula pie. I'd just pick somewhere else to stay.