Beat of Hawaii landed in New York early Wednesday morning. After a staggering 5,000 plus mile, two flight journey in coach on United, we arrived Newark at 6 am. We love islands and they don't come any more culturally different or geographically remote than Kauai and...
I've been very fortunate to spend the majority of my life's flying time in the front of the plane. It started decades ago and I've rarely flown in economy since. One of those rarities is pictured above when we made the mistake of flying economy from LAX to Bangkok. I'm...
I've been following a recent controversy between the Skin Cancer Foundation and Environmental Working Group over how sunscreens are tested. Beat of Hawaii previously wrote about sunscreens back in May. According to the New York Times, the Skin Cancer Foundation, which...
Back in June, I mentioned mentioned TripHub, a site which I'd used previously for group trip planning. Well frankly I haven't used it in a while, and so was sad to see a post on TechCrunch today, which lead me to TripHub's site: "TripHub's trip planning service will no...
Whole Foods Markets will soon be joining Hawaii's established health food stores. If you're looking for healthy grinds during your stay in Hawaii, here are some of our favorites to consider: On Oahu and Maui, try Down to Earth, which has nice moderate sized stores and a...
This isn't exactly the deal we've been waiting for (from California cities), but is an excellent airfare nonetheless. It represents a savings of at least $200 off the next best fare. Travel is via Denver or San Francisco. United Airlines Advance purchase: 21...
In this final part of our four-part series, I'll both explore some remaining clauses as well as other types of coverage and policies. The first topic is something we don't want to think about. What happens if I don't make it back or if some of my parts are missing? ...
I'm prone to seasickness (though not to airsickness). Sitting in the back seats of cars and buses doesn't leave me feeling all that great either. How about you? If you're bound for Hawaii, the water starts getting rough here, generally about October. Today's post...
Right on the heals of this morning's related post, I saw some nice new fares this morning from US Airways between Phoenix and Hawaii (Honolulu, Kahului, Kona and Lihue). Don't delay if you are interested however. I used Travelocity flexible date search to find available...
We're quickly approaching Labor Day which marks the all-important shift from high to low season in Hawaii travel. Other than the few deals we've reported on recently, the airlines are keeping fares at record highs, even with a recent decline in oil prices of nearly 20...
