Hawaii: Villas for $80, more or less, on the Big Island

What say you about a stay on a lush Kona Coast property with swimming pools, tennis courts and a golf course at your fingertips? And after a day of volcano-viewing, snorkeling or sportfishing a la Big Island, wouldn’t it be nice to recoup in your own pad with a kitchen and private lanai? After all, the price is right, for the next few months anyway.

Deal: The Kona Coast Resort, in Kailua-Kona, is offering furnished units — described by the resort as “villas” but by some TripAdvisor members as “condos” — at a steep discount. Rates are advertised at 40% to 60% off. This would mean nightly rates as low as $67 (for a six-night stay) for a unit, pretax. In addition, you get 10% off food and beverages at the onsite restaurant and free rental of snorkel equipment (for two people) one day.

You won’t find this special listed on the hotel’s main website. Rather, go to the Shell Vacations Hospitality Hot Deals Blog and follow the link posted therein.

Tested: Your discount will depend on dates booked and length of stay. I searched around a little and wasn’t able to find a rate as low as $67 per night. However, for six nights in late June, I found a unit for $80 per night. The total on that came to $535, including tax.

When: The discounted rates are valid for stays now through Aug. 1, 2009, but July 3-5 is a blackout period.

Contact: Kona Coast Resort, (866) 729-7182

– Susan Derby, Special to the Los Angeles Times

[Top photo: Kona Coast. Credit: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times]

[Bottom photo: Kona Coast Resort. Credit: Shell Vacations Hospitality]

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