For the houses that run like houses, not rentals.
Some Maui estates — Mākena’s trophy properties, the Kapalua ridge, the big Wailea houses — run at a level where service beyond servers makes sense. Butler and estate-service roles are quoted per event, alongside the kitchen lines.
What the role covers
- Guest-facing hosting: arrivals, drinks-of-choice memory, table presence
- Household rhythm: coordinating with house managers, keeping service invisible
- Event polish: receiving lines, coursing announcements, the unhurried feel
When it is worth it
Estate weeks with rotating guests, formal receptions above forty, and any stay where the host wants to be a guest. For a family of eight in a Hoʻolei townhome, it is probably not — and we will say so rather than sell it.
How it is priced
Quoted per event or per day alongside the published staffing hourlys. No invented day rates appear on this site — the written quote carries the real number.
Questions, answered
Within the same alcohol posture as everything else: client-supplied or licensed referral. The butler role does not change Maui County’s licensing rules.
Yes — multi-day estate service is quoted as a single engagement, usually paired with Stay Chef days for one coordinated household rhythm.
Keep reading
- service A personal chef for the Maui stay — or the Maui household.
- service The rental came with a kitchen. Put a chef in it.
- service Two people, one sunset, no reservation.
- service The fridge, filled by someone who can actually cook.
- service Learn the dish in the kitchen you are actually staying in.
- service The counter, moved to your kitchen.
- service The dining room you already paid for, finally used properly.
- service Eight seats, one chef, no menu until the market decides.
Get a written quote
The button is not “Book now.” You tell us the table; we send a written quote — and that quote is the confirmed total.