Travaasa Hana, Maui

The Travaasa is suppose to be a luxury hotel but it would depend on what you consider luxury. The location is isolated and beautiful so very relaxing. They do warn you that there is no A/C but you would assume it is because you don’t need it. Maybe that is typically ok but not when we were there. It was so uncomfortably hot that it was hard to sleep. Plus when you have to leave all the windows and doors open with the shutters also open for potential breeze you end up with zero privacy . The only rooms with any privacy and potential breeze are the ocean view rooms. It was disappointing that knowing that the hotel was only 50% full at the time and that the current weather (it rained on and off which made the humidity worse) was going to be uncomfortable for guests, they could have upgraded everyone to ocean view with no problem but did not. The ocean view ones were also the only ones with any sort of security gates so where we were with open windows and all did not leave us feeling comfortable. Of course with the low walls all around if anyone wanted to get in they could but a gate like the other section would have mentally helped. Pros- view from ocean pool is fabulous. Guest tend to talk and get to know each other better than large hotels. No tipping. Restaurant food was good. Service was excellent. Cons- zero privacy, heat, uncomfortable bed, concessions is not open too long, lack of Security and private beach area only had Pot-a-potties and open to public.

Beautiful tranquil place!

All photos show a view overlooking the water and promotes beach front access. Our suite was about two blocks walking distance from the water with no such views as seen in photos. The beach requires a shuttle and did not have any employees onsite to help serve/bring chairs etc. We booked excursions and were not told that they were cancelled due to weather causing us to waste our morning waiting. Overall disappointed for the high price and under delivery.

A little dated but an amazing property. An oasis lot of open land. Local flavor. Well worth it to get different feel of Maui