Sugar Beach resort

Someone just posted a scathing review of Sugar Beach Resort. We have had good luck and bad luck there, I recommended it after our first visit but I won%26#39;t now because our second experience was not very good. The rentals companies are all different and all the units are privately owned so it%26#39;s a mixed bag. I can tell you that most rental companies will offer you another unit if there is one available and you are not happy with the one you get. I know this because I looked at four before I took one our second trip to Sugar Beach Resort.

Sugar Beach resort

There is one huge problem with Sugar beach. Often the tides brings in a bunch of seaweed and the stench can be very appalling.

Sugar Beach resort

This can be a nice walking beach...unless the wetland reserve nearby is drying out and stinky or the midges are abundant. I just don%26#39;t care that much for anything in North Kihei unless you are on a tight budget -- and Sugar Beach condos are not in that category anyway. There are better options.

We went decided to go to Maui on very short notice in July 2005; just got online and found a decent deal on available roundtrip airfare and hotel. We ended up at Sugar Beach resort, and stayed in a very nice oceanview condo unit on the top floor. Staff and facilities were just right for our family of 4. Though we weren%26#39;t on a budget, the location was convenient. It%26#39;s true that there are more lovely areas, but who%26#39;s going to complain about scenery anywhere in Maui?

The only problem we had with our entire trip was that I (and to a lesser degree, the rest of my family) were bitten by some type of bug that left nasty, itchy welts that drove me crazy for about 2 weeks after we returned. I must%26#39;ve been bitten about 100 times altogether (with 100 welts to show for it). We never saw what was biting us, and I wondered if it was bedbugs, since I seemed to notice more bites every morning when I woke up. No one else on this forum has mentioned this problem at this resort, though, so maybe that%26#39;s not where they found me. So I guess I%26#39;d proceed with some caution, and ask the management about possible bug problems before checking in.

Oh -- almost forgot -- we did notice an unusual odor in the air around the resort sometimes in the afternoon/early evening. Not exactly a horrible smell, but not a good one either.

Maybe that was Kealia Pond, the saltwater marsh practically right next door or perhaps it had something to do with the smoke from the Puunene Sugar Mill that will often carry on the trades right through North Kihei and Maalaea. Perhaps it was a bit of both. This along with the lesser quality of North Kihei beaches is what helps keep it much more economical than South Kihei.

hmmm... we never had seaweed when we were staying there, it%26#39;s usually a little farther south where you run into that problem. We like the beach for swimming and walking.

Hello!

In 2 days I´m going to stay at sugar beach resort.I´m whunder if there are beach tovels there???Help......../Sofie

There should be some in your unit. If there aren%26#39;t you can always pick some up at Longs Drugs or Costco. I usually pack my own no matter where we stay because I like really nice thick ones. Who are you renting from?

We stayed at Sugar Beach last year in January and are going back this Saturday. We found the beach to be great; no seaweed, no smells and no bugs. Loved it.

yes, I agree. It%26#39;s a great place. Just be careful who you rent through. have a good vacation!

The seaweed does not collect on that end of Sugar Beach. The seaweed ';problem'; happens further south in the area of Waipuilani Beach Park. Any strange smells would come from the wetland area, as mentioned in previous posts.