Hawaii will celebrate 50 years as the 50th state this year on August 21.  There will be many festivities, which we will be covering as the date approaches.  In the meantime, both Prince Resorts and Aqua Resorts have 50th Anniversary specials. 
Did you know…
The land mass of Hawaii consists of over 6,000 square miles
Mauna Kea [...]

Hyatt Hotels Twitter can really help. In what may be an important indication of the future of Twitter in travel, the hotel chain has introduced their online virtual concierge.  You can now contact your Hyatt hotel via Twitter with questions, or even just to tell them you’ll be arriving late.  If you’re not yet on [...]

Are you negotiating your travel deals?
I am and it looks like I’m not alone. A survey of over 2,000 households  conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, indicates that two-thirds of those sampled have tried haggling in just the past six months.  Even more surprising perhaps is that of those who negotiated deals, [...]

Right on the heals of this weekend’s sad announcement that Southwest Airlines is postponing its planned code-share partnership with Westjet, we have a nice, but intentionally short-lived sale.  All prices are in CAD.  Following are two good examples, but the sale is good to/from all Westjet cities.
Vancouver to/from Honolulu $169 (lowest I find is $189)
Vancouver [...]

I received the Expedia promotion above in an email, which got me wondering what the competition might have to offer.  Here’s what I found.  Let me know if these are useful for you.  Most are valid outside Hawaii as well.
First, my shopping suggestion for the best deal

Try looking at hotel and air separately.  In today’s [...]

Following is a guest post by Luke Shanahan.  Luke is a friend who is a phenomenal golfer, even though he only started playing about four years ago.
What could be better than golfing on Kauai?  I’ll tell you what: Golfing on Kauai and getting a great deal, too!!!
Here are some screaming-hot deals going on right now [...]