Unlike Bucuti and Las Ventanas who took their quiet spells to reinvest in their properties, the Four Seasons in Maui did not appear to espouse this philosophy. It was indicated on the website (and I was told) that this rate was 20% off, but upon asking the front desk at checkout how much the room typically goes for, I was told $750 to $900. We spent $742 per night (not including taxes and fees) for a Deluxe Garden View Room.
You might pay a premium at the Four Season’s Maui, but to be fair, the hotel is impressive, the staff professional, and the food is very good, from sushi to woodfired pizza. Spending a fortune to go where you are not wanted is a new definition of lunacy, and one we will not be repeating again anytime soon. After our trip, they brought back restrictions for the same reason. Prior to our trip, both the mayor and the governor told tourists not to come to Hawaii due to spiking cases. One bartender summed it up with a story about Maui’s mayor coming to the Four Seasons to inspect their COVID protocols. Our stunning sunset view from the hotel bar. This was after the rough 2020 they had-everyone was trying to recoup their losses to no avail. Room service was booming, as guests could commingle over a bottle of wine, but this completely cut out our poor bartenders’ opportunity to earn.
No, last call was well in advance of 10 p.m., and the bar and lobby were basically shut down. Lest you think there’s a workaround, we could not order an extra drink and continue to carry on at the lobby bar. They were quite candid about their frustrations with Maui’s 10 p.m. Perhaps the saddest part of our trip was talking nightly with the hotel bartenders. They are not required in the pool, so a quick glance around leaves one to assume that a few guests were likely bypassing the trip and creating their own carefree public urinal. Masks are likewise required when leaving your pool chair to use the pool bathroom. Masks are also required in the canoe until you are farther out to sea, and upon returning, a harried attendant will spray the boat down with disinfectant. He was told he could go it alone as families cannot intermingle due to COVID. On one of our first mornings, my husband wanted to take one of the resort’s canoes out for a trip on the water. I had been to this resort in the beforetimes, but my poor husband only saw what the Four Seasons typically looks like when we finally watched HBO’s The White Lotus months later. The combination of mandatory masks behind ubiquitous plexiglass shields made talking to the concierge like talking to Charlie Brown’s teacher. Given the ventilation, you would think this a safe space. The grounds are equally stunning, with lush greenery and tropical flowers, palm trees, and a quiet beach. An iconic champagne fountain overflows at the epicenter of the hotel. The lobby’s entrance has no door, and the opposing wall is also open, overlooking both the pool and the ocean. The architecture is impressive: virtually none of the hotel has four walls from floor to ceiling. The Four Seasons Maui was designed with an open-air floorplan.
Outdoor line for adult pool every morning and a now safely disinfected canoe.
#LUNACY BAR VA BEACH FULL#
None of that really mattered, it turned out, as Maui was in a full production of pandemic theater. We were not even remotely concerned given our vaccination status, mandatory negative tests, the low COVID numbers throughout Hawaii, and our fabulous recent trip to Aruba. Unfortunately, there is no separating our experience at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea from the coronavirus’s impact on our trip (No, we did not contract the virus-my husband and I stayed completely healthy). If I am being honest, I’m quite tired of writing about COVID.
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