4 Responses to “How to get the money to stay at a luxury home in Hawaii?”

1. Yeti says:

   November 5, 2011 at 8:34 pm

   Well, it has 5 bedrooms, maximum 10 guest occupancy, and a swim up bar. It also looks pretty big. It pretty much screams that you host some kind of party / event at it, and that’s about it.

   If you did it yourself, you’d either be out and about all day to not make it worthwhile, or else you’d just go sit on the beach or watch TV or something. It’s really not something someone would do by themselves.

   Anyway, yeah, it’s basically at the Mauna Kea Resort. You host a wedding or business event or something there, and you and 4 other pairs of people stay in the fancy party home and your other guests stay in the hotel and come over to visit.

   And otherwise your question is entirely a finance one, and should be in that category, and not really Hawaii.
2. ConcernedCitizen says:

   November 5, 2011 at 9:12 pm

   It’s beautiful, but $ 3500 to $ 4000 a night is pretty extravagant for all but the ultra-rich. Unless you win the lottery, I think you need to choose more modest accommodations. I’ve seen some very nice looking 5-bedroom houses on the site below for as little as $ 115 a night for the first two guests plus $ 15 for each additional person. I’ve been to Hawaii three times and I never felt like the accommodations were the most important part of the trip. The point of going there is to see the sights, the beaches, the waterfalls, the rain forests, the snorkeling and diving sites, and other attractions. The rental house should be clean and comfortable, but it doesn’t have to be something out of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, because it’s basically just a place to sleep. If you’re really determined to splurge anyway, see if you can get some of your wealthiest friends to go along and share the expense with you. If your family doesn’t need all five bedrooms, you could have friends stay in the extra rooms.

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   Here’s a more specific example of rental houses in that size range at more reasonable prices. If the pool and spa are important to you, you could probably find houses that include them for far less than $ 3500 a night:
   http://www.hawaiiwego.com/

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   Maybe this will help to put it in perspective. A 7-night stay at $ 3500 a night would be $ 24,500. That’s more than enough to buy a new car, which would last a lot longer than the vacation. If you don’t earn that much every week, I wouldn’t recommend spending that much in a week. You can experience all of the beauty of Hawaii without spending that much.
3. Landlord says:

   November 5, 2011 at 10:03 pm

   Savings account.
4. LS says:

   November 5, 2011 at 10:27 pm

   Unless you have the money tucked away somewhere or have a fabulously well-paying job, you’d defintiely have to sell something. Like a kidney, or a first-born child.