Maui Prince - car rental essential?

We will be staying at the Maui Prince in October for 7 days for our honeymoon %26amp; were wondering if it is essential to hire a car to get around. We would like to eat at different restaurants rather than only using those at the hotel - is the public transport in Maui regular %26amp; reliable? Also are taxi%26#39;s a reasonably priced option?

Maui Prince - car rental essential?

You need a car at the Maui Prince

Maui Prince - car rental essential?

Most visitors to Maui rent a car for the entire stay. Taxi%26#39;s are very expensive. Bus service is slow and infrequent. You can rent a car for two days for the cost of one taxi ride from the airport to the west side of Maui. You will want a car to tour the island, too!

Concur with the previous posters, renting a car is a necessity at the Maui Prince.

There are virtually no support services (restaurants, stores, activities) located near the hotel; you will be stuck at the veritable ';end of the road';. Not bad for enjoying your honeymoon, but not good for enjoying all of what Maui offers.

The bus system on Maui is actually OK to fairly good, the best on any neighbor island, but the closest stop is at Wailea Ike Drive near the Shops at Wailea complex about three or four miles north from the Prince Hotel.

For route info and schedule see:

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The Prince has a free shuttle that will take you to the other Wailea hotels (restaurants are in hotels) and the Shops at Wailea. You *can* walk to Big Beach and ther eis a lovely beach at the hotel. But unless you plan to spend the entire honeymoon in your room, on the Prince Beach, or at the small pool there, you should get a car. Your taxi RT to the airport will amount to a large part of the weekly rental.

Thanks for the help.

No question - A car is essential. The Prince is great, but removed from a lot of other stuff you%26#39;ll want to see. You%26#39;ll need a car to get around. On the plus side, the Prince doesn%26#39;t charge for parking and they have a lot of it.

Trotter - while you%26#39;re at the Maui Prince, take the early bird snorkel trip to Molokini on the Kai Kanani. It leaves from the beach in front of the hotel, get%26#39;s to Molokini while it%26#39;s deserted, gives you time to snorkel and have fun, and has you back at the beach to enjoy the rest of the day. We did it the morning before our return flight and it was a nice way to close out the trip.

And best of all - the crew was exceptionally friendly and the boat wasn%26#39;t jam packed w/ people. I was very impressed.

You need a car! Yes, the area is beautiful and you can get a shuttle to neighboring resorts ... but there is SO much more Maui to see. You%26#39;ll be cheating yourself without a car. Taxis and shuttles are not sensible if you really want to see the island.

In trying to save some money one sometimes skips on the car but I think it%26#39;s a big mistake no matter where you stay. There%26#39;s simply too much to see on every island.

On our first trip to Hawaii (Kaanapali) we didn%26#39;t rent a car. One day we took the %26#39;free%26#39; Hilo Hattie shuttle to the shops. We did our grocery shopping and upon wanting to take the shuttle back to our place the driver refused us entry because we didn%26#39;t buy anything from Hilo Hattie. I offered money but he refused, and also refused to wait while we ran into the store to buy something. We had to wait for over an hour for the shuttle to return, and in the mean time our ice cream had melted and milk spoiled. We bought a bug for $5 to get us entry onto the shuttle. Needless to say I am on a lifetime boycott of that POS store.

Thanks to all for your help - some handy tips given, much appreciated!