Paradise Family Guides: Maui - Guide Review

As the owner of virtually every guidebook about Maui, this latest edition of Paradise Family Guides Maui by Candy Aluli has risen to the very top of my list of best general Maui Guidebooks. You can't find any single guidebook to Maui filled with more information and, most importantly, accurate and insightful information written by an actual long-time resident of Maui and expert in the travel industry.

For many years the concensus choice for best general Maui Guidebook has been Wizard Publications' The Ultimate Maui Guidebook. Still a fine book, The Ultimate Maui Guidebook has come under sharp criticism in recent years, primarily for suggesting activity locations which involve trespassing on private property or which are damaging to Maui's delicate natural environment. I also have found that I disagree with many of the comments in the book.

The latest edition of Paradise Family Guides Maui is written by Candy Adair Aluli who actually lives on Maui and has done so for over twenty years. In her day job, Candy runs a public relations agency on Maui through which she is keenly aware of the needs and desires of visitors to Maui as well as the most recent additions to the visitor industry.

Paradise Family Guides Maui is my pick for the best general guidebook to Maui. It is thoroughly readable which is a rarity in the guidebook industry. More importantly, as an annual visitor to Maui, I find that I agree completely with most of Candy's Author's Personal Best Bets.

I always take several guidebooks with me when I visit Maui, and Paradise Family Guides Maui will now be with me on future visits. Available numerous places at a discounted price of under $12.00, you won't find a better buy for over 450 pages of detailed and accurate information.