Revealed Travel Guides

As we drove around the Big Island with this GPS guided commentary we were informed about many interesting stories, places and adventures that we might otherwise have missed. We found it quite effortless. Well worth the price. I highly recommend it.

This big island version is barely populated. Based on how great the book is, I had expected a much better app. Sorely lacking.

This appears to be the companion app to Andrew Doughty’s travel guides for Hawaii. Those books often refer to the GPS maps available in the app. But even if you pay for and download the data, when you are offline, you can’t access any map info. Which makes it worthless. To make it even worse, even the hike descriptions are not accessible when offline. Only certain commercial services remain in offline mode. Meaning basically only the ads. Buy the book, skip the app.

We have been referring to Maui Revealed from paper back to present day. Every detail of our trips for a decade have been based on this site and helped us to save money, avoid common pitfalls while enjoying the most beautiful places, accommodations and restaurants we have ever seen. It got us through COVID times brilliantly as well and all the while with humour and respect for locals and tourists alike. Let’s face it, Maui is becoming more socially complicated and over priced, this site helps you make the most of your precious time there. If you want to make your trip unforgettable get this App.

Th topics and points of interest that I am interested in are not included or found on this app such as Mauna Lani Auberge Resort or CanoeHouse restaurant.

I’ve bought many editions of the “Revealed” books over the years but now you get no information in the book about places to stay or restaurants. You have to use the app. Ok…but… to see MUCH of the content you have to pay for a “subscription” - monthly for one location or yearly for all. RIPOFF! I paid for the book - it doesn’t have the information you expect in a travel book but hey- just give me some more money and…. NEVER AGAIN!

The driving tour takes all the questioning of where to go and how to get there. We found the stories and advice wonderful and entertaining. If you are going to drive someplace, pick up the tour. You can’t go wrong.

This was our eighth trip to Kauai and fifth trip to Maui (and several times to other Hawaiian islands), we had used their guidebooks many times (The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook, and Maui Revealed The Ultimate Guidebook), and we had the latest version of both guidebooks. So we thought that we knew Kauai very well and wondered if the app would be worth it. Yes, it was worth it. Kauai and Maui have changed a lot since the last time we were there, especially due to COVID-19 and the Lahaina conflagration. A lot of the information in the app is in the guidebook, but additional information is in the app. The restaurant reviews provide additional information that is not in the guidebook, links to websites, and the ability to filter restaurants by various criteria. And updates are posted in the app as soon as something changes. We are glad that we bought this app.

Loved this resource in years past and am returning to Maui again, so really believed I needed something up-to-the-minute updated as the island recovers from the tragic fires. Spent the $17.99 to renew. Now find to get to much of the content I need to upgrade for another $29.99 a year. I’m kind of furious at this bait and switch. Revealed is far from revealing, and never getting my money again!

I can’t say enough good stuff about the app and book. We found a cave and a waterfall on the road to Hana. They were right off the road, and we didn’t start until noon. So, those spots off the road were crucial time saver. Dunno how this thing gets reviewed with less than 5 stars!