A Special Message from our Founder, Stephanie Wilson:

What is Aloha?

Wikipedia says: Aloha in the Hawaiian language means affection, love, compassion, mercy, and hello, among other sentiments of a similar nature. It is used especially in Hawai'i as a greeting meaning hello and goodbye. Variations occur based on circumstances when used as a salutation. Aloha kakahiaka is the phrase for good morning. Aloha auinala is the phrase for good afternoon. Aloha ahiahi is the phrase for good evening. Aloha kakou is a common form of welcome to all.

More than a word, Aloha is a Spirit - Over the decades the word Aloha has been used in reference to a complex state of mind called the Aloha Spirit or Sense of Aloha. The Aloha Spirit is often described as a sense of care and hospitality to those around, even in the face of stressing environments, occasions or people.

Offering to others the Aloha my family and I have experienced during twenty years of traveling to, and dreaming of, the Hawaiian Islands. This has come to involve much more than I anticipated when I first conceived this project. It is a life. A life in tandem with others, who are woven into the fabric of Hawaiian Rental Vacations.

Our quest for the highest quality experience in vacation rental homes progressed, and I became convinced that offering the highest quality products and services was crucial to fulfilling our vision. I was certain that the total experience of all the senses must be stimulated and enhanced. This would increase enjoyment by our guests of their surroundings, and focus on an important, but much neglected element of the Hawaiian experience, scent!. Our company's committment to products with no animal testing led us to the Body Shop. Their scents are pure and believable. Their products are essential and luxuriant. Many are developed from elements very common to the islands - papaya, coconut, nuts, mango, passion flower etc. When I think of what most arrests me about Hawaii, and always stays with me, it is the air. Dense, sweet, laden with scent, enveloping and enhancing. Sticking my nose in jar of Body Shop Coconut Butter almost transports me to Hawaii!

With this philosophy in mind, we have taken great care to choose amenities that reflect our goal to provide our guests with only the most luxurious and unique products and services available.

We provide a collection of unique and delicious Hawaiian Products for your Enjoyment!	All our Vacation Homes are furnished with a selection of Fragrant Body Shop Products you'll love!
Our Gourmet Coffee Centers are a favorite with all our Guests!	Revel in the luxury of 100% Egyptian Cotton Bath Towels and Robes - so soft!

My daughters have always motivated me - in fact, truly led me when I chose to recognise it. (It was my daughter, Genevieve, that first led me to the Body Shop Products). There is no doubt that entrepreneurship is survival at it's best and sometimes most grueling, and that is what nurtures creative thinking... "creating a product or service so good that people will pay for it"..... over and over again.

Our goals are simple. To impact the environment in as little a negative way as possible, in the process of bringing more people here to experience Aloha. We are setting as a goal to be as chemical free and as non-pollutant to the natural environment as we can possibly attain.

But we are not, and never have been, a one-woman-show. Hawaiian Rental Vacations is a team operation with many people working towards common goals and sharing common values.

Frankly, we wouldn’t be here without our team members and all the local businesses we have developed relationships with. They continue our work when we are not present, and have embraced our concept and dream in such a way that has been beyond expectation and has left me in awe !

We salute inspired others, who have had the courage to buck the system
and deliver a quality product that some said no one would buy.
They continue to be models of creative thought and application.

Aloha Kakou,

Stephanie Michelle Wilson
Hawaiian Rental Vacations