Since there are quite a few Hawaii-mooning brides out there, I thought I’d share my favorite Hawaii guidebooks. Ever.

Last year, Mr. Eggplant and I vacationed in Maui with a group of our friends. Before the trip I picked up a book called Maui Revealed, published by Wizard Publications. The text was literally my bible during those seven days. It had more useful information than any other guidebook I had ever read and it was written from the perspective of someone with the inside scoop.
Well, as it turns out, Wizard Publications is a small Hawaii-based company that takes years to produce each of its guidebooks. The guides are created by locals that live on the islands and only write about subjects that they’ve had direct experience with. The writers have stayed at the hotels, eaten at the restaurants, and hiked the trails that are in these books. The Wizard Pub also keeps their website updated with any changes that occur between printing (like hotels that have changed management and shows that have been cancelled).
For those of you who are currently planning a Hawaii honeymoon, you can find a few of Wizard Pub’s hotel reviews on their site, but the bulk of them are in their books. The online reviews are only an overflow of what couldn’t fit into their published guides. Included in each review (book and internet) are aerial photographs of each resort so that readers can see if the “beachfront property” really means located directly on a beach or one block away.
Wizard Pub guides are definitely the best Hawaii guidebooks out there. I just wish there were guides like these for every single place on the planet!


Yes, I completely agree! This is the best guide there is. I went to Maui last year and this was the ONLY guide I needed and it was so easy to follow. It comes with a great map too, so instead of having separate maps and guidebooks, you just need this one book.
We went on the Hana Highway using this book as a guide and it was terrific. We found everything that we wanted to find; all the little hidden “gems” along the way. I highly recommend it!