Last Day in Kauai
Apr 27th, 2007 by alyoung
Our last full day in Kauai began with a buffet breakfast in our hotel. It is a treat to have a full breakfast, sipping Kona coffee, and looking out at this beautiful ocean-view.
After breakfast we dropped off our kids for half a day in the Kid’s program at the hotel. This was free as we sat in on a timeshare presentation. I’ve listened to many timeshare presentations, but have only bought one because the price was so cheap. We agreed to listen to this presentation at the Sheraton because we get free babysitting, and a $200 hotel credit,which I applied to our hefty food and drink bill. Normally, I would say timeshares are never a good deal because most people do not use it enough for it to pay off, and the value of the timeshare always goes down in value. Although, it is often presented as a real estate investment, it is not a real estate investment. Who would buy real estate that you can only get back half its value if you are lucky when you sell? However, if I was to buy a timeshare, I would consider the Sheraton because of the generous amount of incentive points I could use in the many Starwood properties for personal as well as business usage. Also, because of the Starwood brand, and the limited amount of develop-able land in Hawaii, and the preconstrucion opportunity to buy, I believe this particular timeshare would appreciate in value. Or at the very least retain its value. We seriously considered it, but in the end, I decided against it because of the many real estate projects that I have pending. Until I see cash from those deals, I thought it was prudent to hold off against making a major purchase.
After our timeshare presentation we still had some free time before picking up the kids. The kids even had lunch provided. A $60 value for our time in the timeshare presentation. Christine spent some time shopping in the local town, while I returned emails, and phone calls. After picking up the kids, we went swimming again at the pool while we ate our lunch. After lunch, the kids continued swimming, but I had an appointment for a massage. The spa at the Sheraton is not the most luxurious spa I have ever been to. Its just a regular hotel room converted to a massage spa, however the actual massage made up for its dull exterior. I had the “Royal Treatment”, which is an hour and a half session of massage and “body glow” treatment. The “body glow” is “an exfoliating body scrub to remove dry skin, leaving you with a longer lasting tan, and shiny soft skin.” It delivered as promised. I don’t usually get massages, usually just on vacation, so I was a little tense to begin. You are even more tense as you are not usually not used to someone touching you, but 10 minutes later you are asleep and snoring while being worked on. A very good treat, and I would recommend a occasional massage to relieve the stress.
Following the massage, we headed to the hotel’s luau. You have to go to a luau when in Hawaii. Although, they did’nt have a buried pig, they did have the usual poi, and mai tais. The food was the among the best luau food I have ever had in Hawaii with a good variety including barbecued Kobe steak. Marcus and I even got invited onstage to help with some Hawaiian music.
Between watching the show, and eating dinner, I headed to the TV by the bar to get updates on the Warrior game. The fact that they easily handling the Mavericks to take a 2-1 lead in the series was an fitting end to a great last day in Hawaii.
