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C6 - Wednesday, February 1, 1984 - North Shore News

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A FEW WEEKS Ago, 11 I lost a letter from a | reader
but, asking forgiveness for my carelessness, at-

tempted to answer

what questions

I could

remember. Just received the following:

DEAR BARBARA:

1 forgive you and I’m
writing again with regards to
your article today. One of the
most important questions we
have is:

When we get to our
destination and it’s time to
hop a cab or rent a car, do

you know anything about .

provisions for car seats in
Hawaii for one or two
toddlers?

Also:

Do the condos or hotels
provide cribs, high chairs,
laundry facilities?

The last question we have
is, in all your vast experience
in travelling to Hawaii, do
you know of an accommoda-
tion which caters more to the
family, which is near shops,
beach, etc.?

ANSWER:

1 took a survey of the ma-
jor car rental agencies about
toddler seats and here’s the
results:

TILDEN: Yes, they have
seats. The charge is $2 daily,
or $10 weekly. They require a
$60 deposit.

HERTZ: Seats available for
children under three. They
charge the same but require
no deposit. Can confirm
given 48 hours notice.
DOLLAR: No seats.
BUDGET: Yes, but they cost
a flat $3.65 a day and you can
only confirm them on arrival.

AVIS; Yes and charges are
the same as Hertz or Tilden,
but no deposit is required.
They, too, can confirm on 48
hours notice.

RENT-A-WRECK: No _in-
formation available as the
Hawaii company isn’t con-

nected with the local
franchise.
As for cabs, it’s highly

unlikely that they have seats,
especially for two toddlers. If
you decide to use cabs, better

travel-

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bring along your seats from
home. The airlines will ship
them free as a second piece of
baggage, the same as they do
with sports equipment.

Most condos hav- cribs.
The problem here is that
many of the cribs aren't what
I'd consider safe for an active
toddler. It’s the slats (too
widely spaced) and the space

between the mattress and
sides that causes the
problems.

However, if your kids are
anything like mine were, they
could chmb out of anything

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from the time they learned to
walk. I put them in regular
beds which eliminated crash
landings. I also put locks on
their windows and doors and
child-proofed their
bedrooms.

Another possibility is the
use of restraint harnesses in
the cribs but I hate the things.
If you don’t like the looks of
the cribs provided, either
consider renting your own
from an outside agency or
ask for a roll-away cot and
child-proof the room. That
means locking cosmetics and
medicines in a suitcase and
using kiddie covers on door-
knobs. Use the safety catch
on sliding doors and sleep
lightly!

High chairs are available in
most family units in condos
but rarely in hotels, outside
of the coffee shops and
restaurants. Write ahead, re-
questing all the facilities you
require. Probably the
manager can arrange with a
private rental company if the
condo doesn’t have the high-
chairs.

As for family style condos,
most are geared for families.
The key is often the price -
those luxury units renting for
$150 a day are apt to be adult
oriented, while the middle
price range is chosen by
families.

If you have a car, being
close to shops isn’t that im-
portant. We generally stay at
the Kaanapali end of Maui
which is about seven miles
from Lahaina. You can walk
to Whaler’s Village but not
lugging a toddler or pushing
a stroller.

Some condos have washers
and dryers included right in-
side the unit. Others have
laundry rooms for every
floor (or every other floor).
If you’re going to rent a very
modest unit you may find
you'll have to drive to the
nearest laundromat but there
are lots of these. The rental

agent you choose should have -
a complete run-down of all
the facilities.

The outer islands are far
more family-oriented than
Honolulu. When we visited
Waikiki with the kids (and
once was enough for them!)
the only reasonably-priced
condo we could find was on
the canal, blocks from
Waikiki. We used our car a
lot but the traffic is bad and
parking is worse! We drove
to a lot of out-of-town
beaches but found it incon-
venient with regards to
washrooms, lunches and so
on. It was far better to rent a
condo right on the beach in
Maui where the kids could
eat when they liked, shower
off the sand by the back door
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the car with a ton of gear.

With two toddlers, 1 doubt
if you’ll have much use for
nightclubs - which is the only,
reason | can think of to visit
Honolulu. That’ and
shopping.

One thing you didn’t ask
about but I'll add: babysit-
ting. When our girls were
younger they’d often make a
lot of money babysitting for
other tenants in our condo.
The tenants preferred our

daughters because they knew ~~

we were close by in emergen-
cies and they charged less
than the elderly adults that
the condos provided. Since
our girls were all good swim-
mers, they were often hired
for a few hours in the
daytime to supervise small
children in the paddling pool
or to take them for a walk.
You might check the bulletin
board at the condo or talk to
any families you meet. -

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