We're Here :) (Kahului, Kihei: sales, apartments, rental)

[thatsong64]

We landed in Maui on Dec 28th and were stunned again by how beautiful it is here. Its been kinda hard, as we expected.. a rental we were hopeful about didn't end up working out ..so not all good news, but we made it and are trying to get everything together. Wish us luck and thanks again for all the great advice

[from nv]

Although you're on Maui, and we are on Oahu, here's a warm welcome to the islands!
From your location, it looks like you moved from IL.

If you are still looking for a rental, may I suggest you check out vrbo.com. The rates shown on there are for vacationers, so don't panic. Explain that you have relocated from the mainland and perhaps the owner of whatever property you select will be willing to work out something with you. We went through them when we moved over here and managed to get a yr lease, at a cheaper rate than what was originally posted for vacationers.

Anyway, good luck to you, and again, welcome!

[cmholm]

Welcome aboard. I'll parrot my usual advice: provided you're not destitute, give it a solid year before you and your SO sit down for the stay/go decision.

[thatsong64]

Ok well the one that didn't work out ended up working out after all. Guess we were just impatient about getting a response, but it's easy to be impatient when you only have a place to stay while you look for 4 days! :P

When we lost hope on that place we did look at vrbo and had a couple backups that we were gonna try at 5pm yesterday if the guy didn't call by then.

[Calico Salsa]

Welcome to Maui! Have you seen the whales sporting about yet? Don't forget the Whale Festival here in Kihei later in February. Sweet small parade (we'll be marching in it) and a nice gathering at Kalama Park.

Have you found jobs yet?

[Badatta2de]

Welcome!!! Have you checked the local craig's list for your island? I know a couple people here on the big island that wont rent to anyone but locals. And by locals, I don't mean Hawaiians, I mean they don't want tourists coming in to trash their places and disappear back to the mainland. Just a thought! Best of luck and Happy Holidays!

[thatsong64]

Yes we have been looking at craigslist since Feb just to get an idea about job and apartments.. and are still looking there for garage sales and stuff.

Seems like we're out of advice! Everyone keeps saying "check craiglist" "check mauinews.com" "check the maui bulletin" and "you know its a lot more expensive to live here...?" but that's ok I appeciate it anyways.

No we dont have jobs yet. A couple places have showed interest in my husband so well see if those work out. Nothing for me yet but we are spending most of our time focusing on jobs so hopefully we'll get lucky soon.

something I did want to ask: does Maui have a Goodwill store? We've been to Savers which is pretty much the same thing but can't find a Goodwill store and I was sure I saw somewhere that there was one here. Anyone know?

edit: and we did get that apartment I mentioned in the OP and have been living here for almost a week! yay for our week anniversay :P we have no intention of trashing it

[OpenD]

If you Google: Goodwill Maui you'll see the details for the store in Kahului

[thatsong64]

Originally Posted by OpenD

If you Google: Goodwill Maui you'll see the details for the store in Kahului

ive found the goodwill office in kahului through my gps but cannot find the store. i feel like a dunce :P

[OpenD]

Originally Posted by thatsong64

ive found the goodwill office in kahului through my gps but cannot find the store. i feel like a dunce :P

Call the store.