Maui is one island in the state of Hawaii. The county of Maui consists of some smaller neighboring islands, and Maui itself. I figured a state like Hawaii that thrives on tourism would have a hefty sales tax, but it turns out that is not the case. Hawaii has no sales tax. Instead they have [...]

I’ve been to beach towns and resorts up and down the east coast of the mainland US. I’ve eaten at a thousand different restaraunts, spent hours in museums, and met my fair share of locals. Though I’m no globe trotter, I am an experienced tourist. Maui, and presumably the rest of Hawaii, have the best [...]

Why is it that a Holiday Inn will have free wifi and breakfast, but a luxury resort does not? Why will a cheap hotel have a business center with a couple of computers for free use, but a luxury hotel does not? It’s all about competition. When it comes to cheaper hotels, competition is fierce. [...]

I had a nice post written about this idea, but it got deleted thanks to crappy blog software. So this idea is not a complaint against Hawaii, it’s quite the opposite. Since I don’t feel like writing the whole post again I’m just going to summarize. Hawaii became a state because the US wanted the [...]

I love the Weakend posts because it gives me something else to write about other than money. Naturally, it’s going to be about Maui since that is all that’s on my mind lately. Today I want to share with you four pictures. The first two describe the essence of Maui perfectly, the third makes the [...]

Aes some of you are aware, I’ve been traveling and left the power cord to my laptop at home. Well now I can tell you I am in Maui. At first I was devastated that I wouldn’t be able to write posts for you. But then I realized I was in Maui and no longer [...]

Sorry my friends. I’m traveling and left my power cord at home. Until I get ahold of a new one I can’t publish anything. I had to write this from my iPhone as it is. I’m so sorry because I want to bring you content every day.

You’re standing in line at the grocery store, you swipe your debit card and the cashier asks you “debit or credit?” If you’re like most people, you default to one or the other. But why do they ask you? That money is coming out of the same account isn’t it? Even if you use a [...]