Comments on: Review: The Hilton Waikoloa Village in Hawaii http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/ Specialization is for Insects. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:09:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Marc Sims http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-49784 Marc Sims Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:46:01 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-49784 The Hilton Waikoloa Village looks really nice. I'm going this summer but won't be staying at a plush resort like that. I'm sure i couldn't afford it. I enjoyed the article on it though. I can still dream. Lol The Hilton Waikoloa Village looks really nice. I’m going this summer but won’t be staying at a plush resort like that. I’m sure i couldn’t afford it. I enjoyed the article on it though. I can still dream. Lol

]]> By: Terrie Ventrelli http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-47214 Terrie Ventrelli Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:06:01 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-47214 Thanks for all your hard work. My husband likes the disney affect with lots to do. We want to visit Hawaii for our 15th aniversary and were considering this property. I noticed in your blog that you visited the property in 2007. Any update on your likes/dislikes? I really appreciate having the heads up as money is an issue for us, this is a once only/dream trip for me and I am trying to keep hubby happy with lots of activities. I would prefer an ocean view, any other hotel recommendations that would make us both happy? Thanks for all your hard work. My husband likes the disney affect with lots to do. We want to visit Hawaii for our 15th aniversary and were considering this property. I noticed in your blog that you visited the property in 2007. Any update on your likes/dislikes? I really appreciate having the heads up as money is an issue for us, this is a once only/dream trip for me and I am trying to keep hubby happy with lots of activities. I would prefer an ocean view, any other hotel recommendations that would make us both happy?

]]> By: Sandi http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-46976 Sandi Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:56:45 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-46976 I stayed at the Hilton Waikoloa Village about 1 1/2 years ago and loved it. It is large, but using the trains and the boats are really quite fun. I thought the rooms were really comfortable and plenty big enough. The Dophins are amazing! You're right, watching them is just plain fun! The vacation club (timeshare) stuff is just annoying! I did it one time to get tickets to the Jim Nabors show in Honolulu, but never again. Kids absolutely LOVE the Hilton Waikoloa Village....the water slides, the swinging bridge, the lazy river...all fun. I stayed at the Hilton Waikoloa Village about 1 1/2 years ago and loved it. It is large, but using the trains and the boats are really quite fun.
I thought the rooms were really comfortable and plenty big enough.
The Dophins are amazing! You’re right, watching them is just plain fun!
The vacation club (timeshare) stuff is just annoying! I did it one time to get tickets to the Jim Nabors show in Honolulu, but never again.
Kids absolutely LOVE the Hilton Waikoloa Village….the water slides, the swinging bridge, the lazy river…all fun.

]]> By: leslie http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-45733 leslie Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:58:44 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-45733 Thanks for all the tips. Do you really get held hostage to the time share pitch for 5-6 hours? We are going on a "free" hotel stay if we do the sales pitch. We have the option of extending to 6 days from 4 for another 200 dollars. From your blog we are thinking of doing only 4 and staying somewhere else for 3. What is the low season- we are going the second week in March. How crowded do you think it will be? Are there refrigerators in the room? What is your suggestion for breakfast? Buy food and eat in your room? Thanks for all the great information. Leslie Thanks for all the tips. Do you really get held hostage to the time share pitch for 5-6 hours? We are going on a “free” hotel stay if we do the sales pitch. We have the option of extending to 6 days from 4 for another 200 dollars. From your blog we are thinking of doing only 4 and staying somewhere else for 3. What is the low season- we are going the second week in March. How crowded do you think it will be? Are there refrigerators in the room? What is your suggestion for breakfast? Buy food and eat in your room? Thanks for all the great information.

Leslie

]]> By: John P. http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-45318 John P. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:22 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-45318 First of all, do you see how much freaking documentation there is in the article above? Do you really think that someone who would write this much after the fact would fail to do their homework beforehand? Think! Secondly, price is not the issue here (clearly you didn't read my bio). I listed quite a few things about the property that I liked. But no matter how you look at it, there were some significant issues. The bird infestation at breakfast was completely unacceptable. As was the fact that the trains were not working 50% of the time. I'd go back to visit the property, but I'd never stay there again. John First of all, do you see how much freaking documentation there is in the article above? Do you really think that someone who would write this much after the fact would fail to do their homework beforehand? Think!

Secondly, price is not the issue here (clearly you didn’t read my bio). I listed quite a few things about the property that I liked. But no matter how you look at it, there were some significant issues. The bird infestation at breakfast was completely unacceptable. As was the fact that the trains were not working 50% of the time.

I’d go back to visit the property, but I’d never stay there again.

John

]]> By: T. Norberto http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-45314 T. Norberto Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:31:21 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-45314 Regarding the "Blog": Before going on vacation and spending the kind of money you seemed to have put out (unless this is a free trip), spend some time researching. Check the rooms, check the activities, the prices, the freebies, the blogs (?), A few minutes of proactivity................? Take charge, acting like a victim and whining does no good. Want a cheap vacation? There are lots of places: Mexico, Novato, Plains, Nicaragua, Brazil, Bahamas, New Orleans, San Juan Island, and more. Want something worthwhile? Spend some money. tnq Regarding the “Blog”:
Before going on vacation and spending the kind of money you seemed to have put out (unless this is a free trip), spend some time researching. Check the rooms, check the activities, the prices, the freebies, the blogs (?), A few minutes of proactivity…………….?
Take charge, acting like a victim and whining does no good. Want a cheap vacation? There are lots of places: Mexico, Novato, Plains, Nicaragua, Brazil, Bahamas, New Orleans, San Juan Island, and more.
Want something worthwhile? Spend some money.

tnq

]]> By: JM http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-43321 JM Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:14:51 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-43321 Don't waste your time going to a Hilton Grand sales pitch.They will lie to you to get you to sign the timeshare documents since their is a high turnover of sales people from the mainland who move back . They will hold you hostage for 5 to 6 hrs by talking you into their presentation shuttle and drive you away from the hotel to a timeshare property far from the hotel. You are held hostage listening to them because you have no other way back to the hotel. Believe it.They will write VIP price just to make you feel good but the sales person will erase it when they turn in your application . You can't even give the timeshare away if you decide to sell it later because it does not appreciate like a vacation home would. Research it. They will promise you the world so you sign to take out the timeshare loan. You can get the same timeshare units at any discount timeshare place for 65% less with the same points and RCI privileges. Check the Timeshare discount place on Alii in Kona first. The Japanese fall for timeshares sales the most because they don't read or understand English fully.<code> Don’t waste your time going to a Hilton Grand sales pitch.They will lie to you to get you to sign the timeshare documents since their is a high turnover of sales people from the mainland who move back . They will hold you hostage for 5 to 6 hrs by talking you into their presentation shuttle and drive you away from the hotel to a timeshare property far from the hotel. You are held hostage listening to them because you have no other way back to the hotel. Believe it.They will write VIP price just to make you feel good but the sales person will erase it when they turn in your application . You can’t even give the timeshare away if you decide to sell it later because it does not appreciate like a vacation home would. Research it. They will promise you the world so you sign to take out the timeshare loan. You can get the same timeshare units at any discount timeshare place for 65% less with the same points and RCI privileges. Check the Timeshare discount place on Alii in Kona first. The Japanese fall for timeshares sales the most because they don’t read or understand English fully.

]]> By: Doug Price http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-37381 Doug Price Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:33:55 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-37381 We spent the night a few weeks ago and would not recommend it to anyone. It is very expensive yet poorly maintained. The planters outside our room had dead plants and rotting fruit. The buffet cost us $30 apiece and the food was cold and tasted bad. After staying five nights in volcano and eating in some good and reasonably priced restaurants the Wailkoloa was like staying in a high priced slum. Do yourself a favor and avoid this place. We spent the night a few weeks ago and would not recommend it to anyone. It is very expensive yet poorly maintained. The planters outside our room had dead plants and rotting fruit. The buffet cost us $30 apiece and the food was cold and tasted bad. After staying five nights in volcano and eating in some good and reasonably priced restaurants the Wailkoloa was like staying in a high priced slum. Do yourself a favor and avoid this place.

]]> By: John P. http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33748 John P. Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:01:01 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33748 Oh yeah... sorry about that. I learned that the edit script had a memory leak or something and it was taking my server down during Diggs! I had to remove it. :-( If anyone finds a good Wordpress plugin that allows users to edit their post for a period of time please let me know and I'll put it up! John Oh yeah… sorry about that. I learned that the edit script had a memory leak or something and it was taking my server down during Diggs! I had to remove it. :-(

If anyone finds a good Wordpress plugin that allows users to edit their post for a period of time please let me know and I’ll put it up!

John

]]> By: TheDane http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33732 TheDane Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:52:54 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33732 The editing function doesnt seem to work for me any more... I just see a thin black line where the edit bar was before... Kim:) The editing function doesnt seem to work for me any more… I just see a thin black line where the edit bar was before…

Kim:)

]]> By: TheDane http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33730 TheDane Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:51:40 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33730 Parking $9 a day and Internet $16 a day... Only Free Breakfast if you are a gold member... How much do they charge for the rooms? It sounds expensive and with all these issues it did not sound like a place you would ever go back to... Kim:) Parking $9 a day and Internet $16 a day…

Only Free Breakfast if you are a gold member…

How much do they charge for the rooms?

It sounds expensive and with all these issues it did not sound like a place you would ever go back to…

Kim:)

]]> By: John P. http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33708 John P. Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:53:53 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33708 Wayne, I know what you mean. That's kind of why I posted that particular detail about this Hilton... I think some people seem to have a higher level of tolerance for putting up with these sales pitches, but personally I feel insulted that they can't be content with the money I'm already giving them! Why do they have to try to extract more <em>before they even deliver value on what they've got</em>? It's just bad business in my opinion. Now, if they wanted to follow up <em>after </em>my vacation and make sure I was happy with it and then try to sell me another it would be different. But to begin hitting me up at registration is <em>absurd</em>. Take care, and keep on truckin! ;-) John Wayne,

I know what you mean. That’s kind of why I posted that particular detail about this Hilton… I think some people seem to have a higher level of tolerance for putting up with these sales pitches, but personally I feel insulted that they can’t be content with the money I’m already giving them! Why do they have to try to extract more before they even deliver value on what they’ve got?

It’s just bad business in my opinion.

Now, if they wanted to follow up after my vacation and make sure I was happy with it and then try to sell me another it would be different. But to begin hitting me up at registration is absurd.

Take care, and keep on truckin! ;-)

John

]]> By: wayne http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33690 wayne Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:22:42 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33690 We went on a Cruise recently and were bothered almost to the point of being harassed about their vacation club. You can't go anywhere anymore without being upsold in to something else. Kind of ruins the experience. We went on a Cruise recently and were bothered almost to the point of being harassed about their vacation club. You can’t go anywhere anymore without being upsold in to something else. Kind of ruins the experience.

]]> By: MGs http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33670 MGs Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:54:01 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/11/review-the-hilton-waikoloa-village-in-hawaii/#comment-33670 Wow! It's so beautiful! Wow! It’s so beautiful!

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