After a $250M renovation, with killer views, little beach, and eye-popping prices. 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay opens.
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After a $250M renovation, with killer views, little beach, and eye-popping prices. 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay opens.
Looks nice & since it sounds like a hotel for the obnoxiously wealthy. I’m not a millionaire, but I have friends that are. The reason they are fortunate as far as money goest is because they are frugal. A place like this would be out of the question!!! I say “obnoxiously” Wealthy, because I imagine a lot of entitled individuals will pay more for their stays.
Way too expensive. Why? Living here on Kauai residents can’t afford to stay there for one night. I have been coming here for over 40 years. Coco Palms and Hyatt all the hotels here. Now I live here and can’t even stay at a hotel. Have to fly to Oahu for a resort vaca
Aloha Beat of Hawaii.
You’re amazing and I’m very thankful for you both.
To answer the questions,no I’m not going to stay there.
This is a free market situation. Capatalism.
The sky’s the limit. If people are willing and able to pay those prices, so be it. If they’re not, it’ll show when the prices drop.
Simple and easy.
Stay safe and blessed!
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Hi Pam.
We understand entirely and hope we’ll get to see you here, wherever you choose to stay.
Thank you!
Aloha.
Oy. So $1000/night for their ‘bottom of the barrel’ rooms (My terminology), non-refundable rate, is considered “reasonable”. It’s clear that the wealthy and the rest of us live in two different worlds
Who can afford to stay here?.Hawaii will unfortunately become a place only for the elite.very sad
This yearly Kauai vacationer can not afford those prices but I wish them the best with the re-opening. My husband and I were treated like royalty by restaurant staff on our wedding day in May of 2007. We had stopped by earlier in the week to make a reservation for our wedding dinner after our Anini Beach sunset wedding. They created a private dining area for us on the end of the lanai with a partition and we enjoyed a delicious meal with a million-dollar view. We will always have wonderful memories of that night thanks to the staff.
$8,000-77,000 for a week? Once again the super rich can vacation in Hawaii but regular people no…it is so very sad that we see only the exclusive can see the beauty that is Hawaii. I’m pretty sure that’s not what the new Native movement intended…
Well, golly! Guess I’ll have to camp on the beach! Let’s hope that at least the cuisine has improved. Hate to pay big bucks and have to deal with Denny’s class food. That won’t get them a Michelin rating to go with high-end lodging.
It’s sad.. but the north shore are only for the rich and famous. There’s not enough worker bees to staff this kind of establishment. It’ll be sub-par for sure! Even if you bring in your own workers.. where are they gonna live? You have to build worker camps, just like we just did on the South shore here on Kauai. Hey.. here’s an idea, they could bring over all the illegals from the boarder??? They like camping right???
For what it’s worth, many service industry folks on north shore that I’ve spoken with recently have interviewed for jobs and are hoping to get one. They believe the money will be better than their current gigs. Some who worked there when it was St Regis were/are in a union that is helping them to get hiring preference with “1”.
Separately, in my opinion, this place is a giant eyesore/scar on the Princeville shoreline. Always has been going back to its Princeville Hotel days.
I enjoyed the friends and family rate of $250 nt at the St Regis version 10 years ago. Great memories. Lots of people can afford $1000 nt you and I just know any of them.
I know people with money but most would rather stay at the 4 seasons Big I/Maui at that price. I just don’t think there will be enough people willing to pay these prices long term.
That is… just Don’t know any of them
The strange thing is that I do know people that could easily but wouldn’t, they’re not into vanity. Even if I could I wouldn’t either. Paying that amount of money for a fancy place to sleep isn’t on my bucket list nor anyone that I know. I would rather take a trip with a little of that money and have fun for a week to ten days.
Same here. It was quite the treat for us. Just beautiful and the price back then was well worth every cent!!!