Freebies

Looking for a Lahaina bargain? Lahaina has lots of free, complimentary or discounted experiences to make your vacation memorable. Vacationing these days doesn't have to be hard on the wallet because we've compiled tips for tourists right here in Lahaina Town-so you can have fun without overspending!

• Visit Hilo Hattie's at the Lahaina Center behind the Hard Rock Cafe for a free shell lei! Their website also offers coupons for miscellaneous free items with purchase, such as towels or coffee cups.
• Invest in a Hawaii Entertainment Book. You can also pick up a free copy of This Week Maui, Maui Gold, or Maui Drive Guide for early bird specials or check out www.freemauicoupons.com online.
• Visit Lahaina Visitors Center in the Old Courthouse under the Banyan Tree for free information without sales pitches. Volunteers answer questions and provide free maps.
• Swim at Lahaina Aquatic Center. Public pools are free in Maui, so get your work out in!
• Good deal! Generous tastes of over ten different wines along with yummy appetizers for only $20. Presented by Mr. Wine at Paradice Bluz basement club in the Lahaina Store Building. Every other Friday from 7:00 pm -9:00 pm.
• Epitome, Lahaina's most trendy clothing boutique, hosts Friday happy hours in their store with special shopping deals and free drinks.
• Safeway and Foodland grocery stores have discount membership cards available at customer service. You can also check the Maui News for coupons on Tuesdays.
• Walk the Lahaina Restoration's historic trail. Complimentary guides are available at the Lahaina Visitors Center in the Old Courthouse.
• Enjoy a free Hula show at the following locations. Call for days and times:
  
  • Whalers Village 661-4567
  • Lahaina Center 667-9216
  • Wharf Cinema Center 661-8748
  • Lahaina Cannery 661-5304
• During winter season, many of the whale watch tours guarantee sightings...so if no whales are spotted then you get to go again free! Better yet, stake out a sandy beach location with a pair of binoculars and enjoy watching whales at no cost from the shore.
• Aloha Mixed Plate offers the best happy hour Mai Tai from 3 pm - 6pm daily.
• Everybody loves samples! Go tasting at Cold Stone Creamy at Lahaina Center until they make you buy a "Gotta Have It."
• Validate your parking at Lahaina Center, Wharf Cinema Center or Whalers Village by patronizing one of the participating stores. Or check out This Week Maui for free parking coupons.
• Friday Night is Art Night in Lahaina! Over 18 galleries host complimentary drinks and appetizers and many artists are present to answer questions, provide autographs or demonstrate their painting styles. Sponsored by the Lahaina Arts Society in the Old Courthouse.
• Public Transportation is almost free! Just $1 to hop on the bus and travel from Lahaina's Wharf Cinema Center, the Cannery Mall and Whaler's Village.
• Stay at a private home or hostel in Lahaina. Avoid paying steep resort prices by checking our Lahaina's Last Resort, Lahaina Beach Cottages, Old Lahaina House, JJ's Bungalow or Lahaina's Oceanfront Estate. Listings are also available on VRBO or Craig's List.
• Taco Tuesdays at Compadres means $1 per taco. Plus check out their kids eat free program on Sundays.
• Explore whales at Hale Kohola Humpback Whale Museum & Whalers Village Museum, Whalers Village Shopping Center. This Week Maui has coupons for two free hours of parking at Whalers Village.
• Earn $100 off an activity, awards points or dining certificates! Incentives vary, but by attending a timeshare presentation you'll learn a lot about Maui vacation options plus score big with the free gifts.
• Do you live in Hawai'i and have a driver's license to prove it? Ask for a kama'aina discount at local stores, to save as much as 10% on your purchases.
• Visit the Lahaina Whaling Museum behind the Crazy Shirt store at 865 Front Street, Lahaina. Look through free giant binoculars in back of the store.
• Dan's Green House is like a free petting zoo with potbelly pigs, monkeys, exotic birds and plants.
• Art tours, garden tours and lei & basket-making demonstration are offered for free at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Ka'anapali Beach.
• Lahaina Center's Hale Kahiko offers a free tour of a Hawaiian Village.
• At Whaler's Village some of the boutique clerks will offer you an orchid on a toothpick complimentary. What do you do with it? Stick behind your ear!
• Many of the condo hotels offer a free welcome breakfast combined with an "introduction" to the island, which is typically an activities sales pitch. Lahaina Shores Beach Resort is one such place.
• Free Mask & Snorkel! Best Hawaii Activities at 252 Lahainaluna Rd offers a free mask & snorkel when you book three or more activities! Inquire at (877) 661-6655.

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