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Hawai’i: The Westin Maui and Ka’anapali Beach

Is Ka’anapali Beach too crowded? Ka’anapali Beach is a 3-mile long picture perfect stretch of white sand located on the western shore of Maui. It’s rated one of the best beaches in the world by numerous travel publications including Condé Nast magazine. Some of my California friends, who visit Hawai’i annually, think …

Maui’s South Coast: Fairmont Kea Lani

A text pings and I can’t decide. Feathers or foam? I tap my 14-year-old on the shoulder. She’s dozed off, summer reading strewn to the side, wearing one of the 7 bikinis she packed for our trip. We’ve had a hard morning. Up before 7 to get on a 64-ft catamaran …

The Westin Maui Resort & Spa: 7 tips for families

The Westin Maui Resort & Spa on Ka’anapali Beach is a good choice for families.  It’s location – right on one of the world’s most beautiful beaches  – is a major plus. The resort also have a 5-swimming pool complex with water slides which makes it very popular with kids. …

3 of the BEST places to snorkel in Maui

The Modern Family loves snorkelling. With minimal instruction, even kids can enjoy colourful underwater life. If you can swim, you can snorkel! In Maui, be prepared to see lots and lots of sea turtles!   Here’s our list of our favourite places to snorkel in Maui.   1. Black Rock The very …

VLOG: First day in Hawai’i!

Check out the Modern Family in our blog of our first day in Hawai’i! We go surfing on Kaanapali Beach, forget our towels, burn our feet on hot sand, rent a cabana on the beach and eat pineapple! All in a hard days work!   IF YOU GO The Westin …

Maui’s Fairmont Kea Lani: 13 tips for families

The gorgeous Fairmont Kea Lani on the Wailea coast in South Maui, Hawaii is perfect for families. Set in 22 acres of lush tropical landscape, it’s Hawaii’s only all suite resort set on the beach. With the recent completion of a $70 million resort renovation,  the footprint of the 413 …

The Modern Family is going to Hawaii!

  The girls have wanted to go to Hawaii since they saw Soul Surfer, the bio pic about Bethany Hamilton, the surfer who lost an arm to a shark but persevered to become a world surfing champion! Although 11 time zones away, more than 50,000 visitors arrived in Hawaii from the …