June 26th, 2009

Possibly planning a trip to Hawaii?

SweetPea asked:


Friends of ours are bugging us to go to Hawaii next May for vacation. Which is the best Island to go to (we have to go to Pearl Harbor)? Where can you find the best travel packages(flight, hotel, food, etc)?

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4 Responses to “Possibly planning a trip to Hawaii?”

  1. Time travler Says:
    June 28th, 2009 at 3:10 am

    Well, if you have only 1 week, then just go to Oahu as that is where Pearl Harbor is. I found if you try to go to other islands and you have just 1 week, you spend too much time at airports and packing and unpacking. Then you need another vacation after wards. Do try to book your flight and hotel with one agency. Use either a travel agent or travelocity or priceline. In Oahu, you can get around without a car rental. Just take the bus, but that is up to you. The food you eat is also up to you.

  2. Twiggy Says:
    June 29th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    Oahu is my favorite island. Lots to do, including huge shopping mall (ala moana..a must!), beautiful beaches (north shore and lanikai) and hikes, and great night life and food. Go to Sushi Man near the university of hawai’i at manoa…the cheapest and freshest sushi on the island.

  3. Beckee Says:
    July 2nd, 2009 at 8:25 am

    Well, if you have to go to Pearl Harbor…

    You can easily spend a whole week on Oahu and not run out of things to do. You could easily spend the whole week on the beach, but you’d get sunburnt (avoid being out in the open between 9 and 3).

    I would recommend renting a car at least part of the time. There are a couple of things you should do first thing in the morning if you are going to do them. Hanauma Bay is one of them. If you do these things early in your trip, you’ll still be on North America time, and it will be easier for you to get up early in the morning.

    You basically want to be at the Arizona Memorial’s visitor center as soon as it opens, so that you spend the least amount of time waiting for the little boat to take you out there. Afterward, you could hit the Mighty Mo’, thus sandwiching all of WWII between the two attractions you visit in one morning. At that point, you could drive up to Haleiwa for lunch, drive up the North Shore, around Kahuku Point (near Turtle bay Resort), and down the Windward Side.

    Stop at Kualoa Beach Park–just because–and make sure you take Kahekili Highway. Just before you hit Kaneohe, take a right into the Valley of the Temples and pay the small entrance fee to visit the working replica Buddhist temple Byodo-In. If you have some daylight left, you can visit the lovely beaches of Kailua or Waimanalo before heading back to Honolulu for dinner.

    The rest of the week is up to you!

  4. David S Says:
    July 4th, 2009 at 9:19 am

    that will start you off. Big Island has been heavy with vog however, but the advice on planning travel is still good.

    Aloha