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LANIKAI GARDEN STUDIO TESTIMONIALS
Sheila and Terry - Ann Arbor, Michigan (7/14 - 7/17/2006) Terry and I feel very fortunate to have found this wonderful place on this beautiful spot of land. This was the perfect way to end our vacation! We will be sure to tell our friends about Lanikai Garden Studio, dinner at Buzz's was our best meal of the trip. Risa and Yohei - Tokyo, Japan (7/9 - 7/14/2006) Rick & Nini, thank you very much for providing us such a lovely place. This is the ideal place to spend our summer vacation in Hawaii. Very clean and neat! Also, the Lanikai Beach is the best beach I've ever been to. We'll definitely return here to spend our vacation. See you soon!! David and Catherine - Mansfield, Massachusetts ( 7/2 - 7/9/2006) Dear Rick & Nini, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful home with us. We had a wonderful time in Lanikai and truly enjoyed our honeymoon. It was a pleasure meeting you and we hope to return someday. Thank you again for your warm hospitality. We wish you both the best! Cindy and Lisa - Palm Beach, Florida ( 6/20 - 6/26/2006) Rick & Nini, thank you both for your hospitality. Your home is beautuful. The week went by so quick, we wish we had more time. This trip is exactly what we needed. I'm sure we'll be back. Rob and Lora - Madison, Kansas (6/5 - 6/11/2006) Rick and Nini, Lora and I had such a great honeymoon, what a magical place. We relaxed and unwound, but still enjoyed many activities on the island. From scuba and snorkeling to Pearl Harbor and a luau. We spent time on the beach, in a rain forest and aboard a boat on the open pacific, so many opportunities on Oahu! Thanks so much, we truly enjoyed your hidden garden paradise! Ryan and Laura - Vancouver, Washington (5/29 - 6/4/2006) Rick & Nini, thanks so much for everthing! We had a lovely time in Lanikai! We'll be back soon! Mike & Marilyn - Kelso, Washington (3/18 - 21/2006) Thank you Nini & Rick for allowing us to discover Hawaii still exists on Oahu. After staying on Waikiki Beach on our first trip 30 years ago, we have avoided staying on Oahu since. But, as so many of your previous guests have written, Lanikai is a very special place where we tourists can have a most relaxing vacation. Your garden studio is wonderful. Our only regret is we couldn't stay longer. But, now that we know about this hidden paradise, we will be back - and for a longer period. Thanks Nini for all the tips, we sure liked the hike up to the two W.W.II pillboxes and lunch at Buzz's was good. Sylvia and Mike - Las Vegas, Nevada (9/27 - 10/04/2004) Thank you for the most excellent aloha hospitality. It made our vacation and our birthdays we celebrate here very special. Eddy and Lan - Boca Ratan, Florida (9/22 - 9/27/2004) What a perfect place for a honeymoon! The garden is an absolute paradise. We had a fabulous time and hope to be back again. Hugh and Nicole Grethar - Steger, Illinois (7/27 - 8/03/2004) Your home is absolutely lovely as, of course, is Lanikai. Everything about the design and layout of the studio is perfect. We particularly loved the private backyard area. Thank you for a wonderful and peaceful stay! Peter and Mary Madden - Warwick, Road Island (7/15 - 27/2004) We knew from the conversation of 7/14/04 confirming our arrival that the Maxey residence was a warm, hospitable environment. And it is, for sure! What a wonderful respite from the daily pressures of schedules, appointments, meetings, and bells! There can be no better beaches than there are here - anywhere else on the planet - better than Kauai, even! What follows are daily, weekly pleasures that we are sure to remember, savor, and revisit during bleak winter days in New England :
We appreciate your home immensely!!! Doug and Maren Bell - Berkeley, Ca (6/29 - 7/15/2004) Once again enjoyed all the creatures and plants around us, from lizards and geckoes to that oh so lovely dark red plumeria. Amazing how time flies when all you do is get up, got to the beach, read a book or (2 or 3) and eat. A routine we like to repeat soon. Elizabeth Roy - Santa Fe, NM (6/1 - 6/6/2004) How quickly things come to an end! Your jewel of Lanikai is Perfect - garden, trees, quiet, and the ocean only a few pleasant steps away. You have created the ideal resting spot on the island....highly unlikely I'll stay anywhere else again! Kent and Katy Howell - Portland, OR (5/7 - 5/12/2004) Thank you for the quiet, peace, and seclusion. The lush plants and trees and the sound of the birds in the morning gave us a feeling of Hawaii we could never have had staying in Honolulu. I loved the order and symmetry of the yard and patio and the sound of water is, as always, soothing and restful. Thank you also for all the lovely and thoughtful details in the studio, from the flashlight by the bed, to kitchen needs, to the thistled glass in the bathroom. It was a relief to know we had our place here waiting after a day of crowds, noise and traffic in Honolulu. This was more than I could hope for. Our first trip to Hawaii was filled with new sights, sounds and contrasts between ancient and modern. We experienced history and could see the affects of choices made. Thank you for your place of rest at the end of each day. Keith and Annette DeZwaan - Ypsilanti, MI ( 4/26 - 5/3/2004) Thank you so much for a wonderful stay. This surely beats hotel Living!! We toured the whole island and some areas twice. The water and weather was perfect for our full visit. Special places to visit are the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, the Polynesian Cultural Center and Hanauma Bay Beach Park where we had a great time snorkeling. We enjoyed the food at Couching Lion (North Shore), Buzzy's (Lanikai) and Lucey's (Kailua). We appreciate the slower pace and quiet relaxing atmosphere. John and Darlene Sherlock - North Vancouver, British Columbia (4/21 - 26/2004) Our first and only cloudy day as we get ready to leave - somehow it makes it a little easier to go, but not much - our time here has been tranquil, full of just being in this beautiful place. The little oasis in back at night, watching falling stars and clouds crossing the moon, morning coffee at the end of the beach trail, even the bird symphony at 6:00 (or earlier!). Dinner last night at Lucy's was superb, the best we found in Kailua (We're going back for lunch...) It was great to stay in a place with such a warm family "vibe" - made our stay even nicer. Sandra and Tom Irish - Tacoma, WA (4/16 - 4/21/2004) We wish to thank you for a quiet and serene place to come back to each day, especially trying to find our way around Honolulu, what a refuge to get back here. Also each time we called to ask directions or where to go sightseeing or to eat you were always there with great ideas. We will be sure to tell others what a great place to stay. Stefanie and Kerry Ray - Sugar Land, TX (3/13 - 3/19/2004) Kerry and I loved Kailua and your gorgeous studio! You thought of everything we could possibly need, and made us especially happy by printing an NCAA basketball tourney bracket. Thank you for your attention to detail. The windward coast is by far the most beautiful side of Hawaii and we can't wait to come back. Gretchen and Rodney - Mendota Heights, MN (2/19 - 2/22/2004) I can't believe it's already time to go. Our stay here has been so nice. Your attention to detail and pride in presentation shines through, and for a couple who's not very picky, we still appreciate when we "have it good"! We wish we could recreate this little oasis back home in Minnesota as a "cabin up north" and find places like this everywhere we travel. This is truly just paradise. Thank you so much for all you've done. What a great host! Jennifer Elster - Blacksburg, VA (1/4 - 1/9/2004) Great Place! Great Location! Great Time! Privacy and convenience at the same time make this place a wonderful option for spending time on Oahu. This was Fantastic! Jacqueline and Dave - Virginia Beach, VA (11/23 - 11/30/2003) This has been a little home away from home which we have enjoyed so much. It's been wonderful to set off on early morning "adventures" and then to have evening cook-outs in the privacy of the patio. We have really been able to relax here and thank you both for your hospitality. We'll be sure to recommend "Garden Studio" to our friends in Virginia and family in England! Tracy and Quinn Donovan - Pittsburgh, PA (11/9 - 11/14/2003) Thanxs for your Aloha hospitality! We truly enjoyed your garden guest cottage and and will make another trip back to the islands very soon! This was Quinn's first visit to Hawaii and he fell in love immediately and now understands me when I talk about me experiences living here 20 years ago. Rick and Myra Denton - Ipswich, MA (10/29 - 11/3/2003) Note that last guests were from the bay state, also. You are building quite a reputation in the Boston area. What a treat to be here. You are both very special hosts. We love Grizzly, Too! The unit is special and very well cared for. The garden is wonderful, and most relaxing. Thanks for all your kindness. We hope to return again. Lisa and Jamie Griffith - Jamaica Plain (10/24 - 29/2003) What a wonderful place and a lovely room. Thank you so much. There is good energy here, and I had my best Hawaiian sleeps here with my new husband. Off we go into our life together, but we'll be back again. All the best to you and your family. Al and Donna Ellicott - Ottawa - Ontario, Canada (9/22 - 24/2003) Awesome Place! Thanks for everything. Patrick & Debbie, Creston - British Columbia (12/20 - 29/2002) Very pleasant vacation and our very first "Green" Christmas! As well as the fabulous beach & cozy studio this is a walkers paradise. Only 52 minutes walk to Kailua Town, with Buzz's at the half way point! Also, well worth the effort to get on top of the hills behind us. What a view. Thanks to Maxey Family!! John and Lisa - Sacramento, Ca - (12/03 - 12/12/2002) Dear Rick and Nini. Thanks for a most comfortable and relaxing holiday and a great location. Best wishes. Marcia Ellicott, Walnut Creek, Ca - (11/16 - 11/25/2002) All the comforts of home in paradise! You have thought of everything. A great place to just relax!
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