Frommer's was better in terms of real facts and information I needed. I liked Frommer's because when I needed an address or recommendation or restaurant price range I could find it in a snap. I found Maui Revealed a fictional work badly representing this perfectly beautiful spot.

Wished I had purchased this book instead of Frommers. Very detailed, beautifully done. A must for anybody going to paridise!

In addition to the positive comments made by other reviewers, let me add two more. First, this book is VERY accurate. That means you are going to find your way to the real Nakalele blowhole (the one that shoots 40 feet in the air), not to the anemic one nearby which we found pictured in other guidebooks. We had the strange experience of actually guiding some locals to the correct site... (I disagree with the Top 1000 Reviewer who feels this level of accuracy is a fault in a travel guide). Why do the authors of "Maui Revealed" care so much about accuracy when compared to the other guide book writers? We don't know, but if you find two guidebooks disagreeing on something, and one of them is "Maui Revealed", you can be sure that "Maui Revealed" has it right. (According to the preface, their plan is to publish a new version every two years, and I can confirm they do interim updates on a website they list in the book).

Second, the authors have a very entertaining and fun style. Why should a guidebook be dull? Time and again we found ourselves laughing as the authors take a magnifying glass to some piece of Maui life. After complimenting a certain remote fruitstand on their fine smoothies, the authors added "We must have passed this stand 20 times before we ever found it open. When we mentioned that [in the first edition] they were shocked. They're *always* open during business hours, we were told. OK, fine. They're *always* open. (Except when they're not)." We laughed when we first read this particular description of what "open" means, and laughed again when we came across this same fruitstand at 2PM on a weekday... and found it closed!

I went to Maui for 3 days and followed many of the recommendations to a tee. The Road to Hana was helpful in locating beaches and waterfalls that other guide books don't include, so you will be able to enjoy with few, if any, tourists. The mile markers on the maps help out greatly! I wish other maps included them.

I found a Maui Drive Map (which you can get for free at convenience stores, gas stations, car rental offices) was helpful alongside the guidebook so you know where you are relative to the rest of the island.

I think that many other reviewers thought the secluded areas weren't so secluded because everyone buys this book! I did notice that people in those "secluded" areas had this guidebook in hand. So everyone was part of the Maui Revealed readers' club...

I would definitely recommend this to first-timers. Unless you're in Maui for a week or more, you won't be able to see all the sights this guidebook recommends. Therefore, we will definitely be going back with guidebook in hand!

This was our first trip to Maui, and we wanted to make sure we didn't waste our time getting lost or end up with a bad experience. It was hard choosing a guide book at first, but after reading all these great reviews about Maui Revealed, we decided to give it a try. And I must say, it was the best money we've ever spent on a guide book! The details are incredible!

The Road to Hana definitely wouldn't have been the same without the book. We took the book's advice and skipped some of the crowded areas to explore the more hidden places. The detailed directions and maps were easy to follow (especially with the mile markers!), and without a doubt those hidden trails and waterfalls were always where the book said they would be.

Whether we were in Hana or West Maui, South Maui or Central, Maui Revealed always gave us wonderful advice and great direction. Never before have we enjoyed a trip so much, and we're definitely going back again with Maui Revealed in hand. We recommend this book to anyone who goes to Maui, whether it be their first trip, or one among many.

We did however find some things that weren't quite up to par. The hotel and restaurant guides aren't as helpful as some other guides, and we ended up using Fodors and Frommers online to get the most recent reviews and rants. If you don't intend on using other sources, we strongly urge you to get all the current updates on this book from their website, for it has been a couple of years since it was published. But we still recommend this book, and will continue to use it for future trips to Maui!