VACATIONS, WE END UP GOING TO
THE MAINLAND.
WE SHOULD HAVE STAYCATIONS MORE
OFTEN.
WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING 808."
IF IT YOU WANT TO GET A TASTE OF
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO VACATION IN
THE HAWAI'I OF YESTERYEAR, HEAD
TO WAIMEA.
John: THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL
FIND THE WAIMEA PLANTATION
COTTAGES.
A UNIQUE HAWAIIAN VACATION
EXPERIENCE AND EMBODIES THE LATE
BACK SPIRIT OF WAIMEA.
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John: SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
PLACE IN WAIMEA.
JOINED BY TIM ALEX AND JASMINE
LOPEZ SILVA.
THIS PLACE IS BEAUTIFUL.
TELL ME ABOUT HOW THIS PLACE
GAME ABOUT.
IT'S A GREAT STORY.
THIS PLACE CAME ABOUT
ORGANICALLY.
AND 1982, 30 COTTAGES WERE MOVED
FROM SUGARCANE PLANTATION AND
THE WEST SIDE OF KAUAI.
EACH ONE OF THESE COTTAGES HOUSE
WORKERS FROM THE SUGARCANE
PLANTATION.
THEY'RE HOMES.
IT IS REAL.
IT'S NOT AWE THEN TICK.
IT'S RAILING.
AND EACH COTTAGE HAS A NAME ON
IT.
AND THAT NAME IS INDICATIVE OF
THE FAMILIES THAT HAD THE
LARGEST IMPACT ON THE COTTAGE.
SO THEY RAISED THEIR CHILDREN AT
THE COTTAGES.
SO WOLFI WONDERFUL STORY.
THE COTTAGES WERE BROUGHT FROM
SUGAR KERNE PLANTATION ON.
WEST SIDE.
YOU HAVE THE RESORT.
John: JASMINE, YOU'RE FROM
UP THE STREET.
TELL ME WHAT MAKES THIS PLACE
SPECIAL.
IT SHARES WHAT OLD HAWAI'I
WAS ALL ABOUT.
AND IN TODAY'S WORLD,
EVERYBODY'S SO RUSHED AND THIS
PLACE IS SO SPECIAL.
WE OFFER SERENITY, REL RELAXATION
AND PEACE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GUESTS THAT
STAY WITH US.
THEY SPECIFICALLY CHOOSE THE
WAIMEA PLANTATION COTTAGES
BECAUSE IT'S WAY FROM THE
GLAMOUR, THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE.
THIS IS WHERE THEY COME TO JUST
RELAX.
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John: THIS PLACE IS SPECIAL
BECAUSE OF COTTAGES.
WHERE IT'S LOCATED, BUT THE
COTTAGES.
WILL YOU SHOW ME THE COTTAGES?
ABSOLUTELY.
John: LET'S GO.
COME ON.
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John: LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
THIS IS SO NICE.
YEAH.
EACH COTTAGE IS SIMILAR BUT
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT.
THEY ALL HAVE PERSON THE
TOUCHES.
EVERY COTTAGE IS A LITTLE BIT
UNIQUE.
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND A LOT HAS TO DO WITH THE
FACT THEY WERE BUILT BETWEEN
1896 AND THE NUTTE NUT -- NEWEST BUILT
IN 1932.
PERSONAL TOUCHES.
THE COTTAGES WERE HOMES AND THEY
HAVE THAT HOME FEEL HERE.
SO IT DOESN'T FEEL NICK LIKE --
ANYTHING LIKE YOUR TYPICAL
RESORT.
IT'S PERFECT FOR FAMILIES AND
COUPLES.
John: EVERYTHING IN THE
COTTAGE YOU EXPECT FOR A FAMILY.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE.
I'M SURE BOTH TOURISTS AND
LOCALS LIKE TO COME HERE.
YES.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL
FAMILIES ON THE ISLAND AS WELL
AS OAHU, MAUI, BIG ISLAND COME
TO DO FAMILY REUNIONS.
AND THEY REALLY LOVE IT BECAUSE
IT'SING -- GROUNDS ARE SPARKES
SPARKES -- SPACIOUS AND KIDS RUN
WILD AND FREE.
WE OLD MANY WEDDINGS.
IN SEPTEMBER WE HAD SIX.
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John: IN FRONT OF ANOTHER
COTTAGE.
IT REALLY IS INTIMATE THE WAY
IT'S SET UP.
TELL ME ABOUT THE CHANGES YOU
HAVE IN MIND FOR THE PLACE.
IT'S A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR
US.
WE WORK FOR COAST THE TOUCH.
AND WE TOOK OVER MANAGEMENT
THREE YEARS AGO.
YOU WOULDN'T KNOW BY LOOKING AT
THE COMMON AREAS, BUT WE SPENT
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE
THREE YEARS.
IT'S SETTLED.
LEVEL OF COMFORT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE PAINTING
ALL THE COTTAGES.
WE PAINTED THE INTERIOR.
ALL NEW BEDDING.
THEY WHERE BLINDS BEFORE AND NOW
ITS CURTAINS.
A LOT OF LOYAL THINGS MAKING IT
MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE FOR
PEOPLE.
WE BUILT CABANAS FOR THE POOL.
RESURFACED THE POOL.
WE HAVE BARBECUE GRILLS.
TAKING CARE OF THE 1960s ERA.
SHUFFLEBOARD.
WE'RE REAL.
THIS PLACE IS LIKE HAWAI'I.
John: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SHARING THIS PLACE.
WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE
ABLE TO WORK AT THIS REALLY
PEACEFUL PLACE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
John: THANK YOU.
I'M GRATEFULFUL FOR YOU HAVING
US.
THANK YOU.
Trini: CAN I MOVE IN?
John: REALLY RELAXING 24
HOURS.
IT WAS REALLY NICE.
Trini: OH, MY GOSH.
John: WAIMEA PLANTATION
COTTAGES OFFERS KAMA'AINA RATE
AND HAS A SPECIAL RATE FOR BABY
UNWIND, HE ARE LAX AN -- RELAX AND
EMBRACE THE SERENITY.
RELAX AND ENJOY.
THEY'RE OFFERING UP TO 15% OFF
THEIR BEST RATES.
BASED ON COTTAGE AVAILABILITY
AND CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH
OTHER SPECIAL OFFERS.
JUST GO TO WAIMEA PLANTATION
COTTAGES.COM OR CALL
808-855-8640 FOR MORE INFO.
I AM GOING.
I'M TOTALLY DOING THIS.
John: WHAT I LIKE ABOUT
THAT IS THE FEEL, THE
ATMOSPHERE.
IF YOU WANT THAT HAWAIIAN
LIFESTYLE, DEFINITELY CHECK THEM
OUT.
IT'S SO RELAXING.