This is by far the best deal we’ve seen on the 7-day inter-island NCL Price of America cruises.  If you want to pay slightly more, for only $599, you get an outside cabin and for $699, a balcony cabin.  Prices are per person, double occupancy. When you compare this with the cost of inter-island transportation [...]

Update:  Check Westjet as well.  They have joined in this competitive pricing, so far for today only. The Pacific Northwest continues to be the hottest Hawaii air market of 2009.  Not to be outdone by Westjet and the carriers flying out of nearby Seattle, here’s a fifty percent off sale from Air Canada today. Priced [...]

Hawaii returned to an inter-island airline duopoly today.  This is only further testimony to just how dismal and unsustainable the Hawaii travel market has become. In a press release, Mesa (Go!) and competitor Republic (Mokulele), announced that they are joining forces. What this likely means, however, is that Mokulele is leaving Hawaii. Here’s what we [...]

On August 17, I shared my Fall airfare predictions (part one), indicating the hottest markets this year would be Pacific Northwest, California’s Bay Area, then Southern California, New York, and Chicago. Since then, good airfares have come (and gone) in four of these five markets, and the deals haven’t really even begun. The airlines’ masters [...]

The iPhone 3gs is incredibly useful wherever I go.  Lately I’ve been leaving my laptop at home and relying on the iPhone for email, web browsing, and so much more. Here are Beat of Hawaii’s suggestions for ten best iPhone Hawaii travel apps: 1.  Music.  My favorite music app is  Hawaiian Rainbow Music Radio. It’s [...]

Poipu’s recently opened Galerie 103 redefines the Hawaii art scene.  Located at the new Kukui’ula Village, its large space reflects both Kauai’s earthiness and sophistication. The art takes center stage here against an industrial backdrop that features a soothing color palette and a fine museum feel. Galerie 103 features art within everyone’s budget. Its 2400 [...]

Those of us in Hawaii (and many Southern California residents) were sad to see Aloha’s demise and the discontinuation of Hawaii service from John Wayne Airport in Orange County. I’ve been predicting that Alaska would be the natural to jump into these routes as they have been slowly working their way down the Gold Coast [...]

United just made it easier to get to Hawaii’s neighbor islands from Chicago.  In fact they priced them lower than Honolulu, which is quite unusual. American is just a few dollars higher, so do check there too. Cost:  under $600 round trip (all-inclusive) Airlines:  United Airlines, also American Airlines Dates:  Travel through mid-December Availability:  Good [...]

Two sets of deals worth mentioning today.  First, a 72 hour sale from WestJet.  And second, great fares from east coast cities to Hawaii, many valid through Spring 2010. 1.  Vancouver to Honolulu $189 each way (plus tax). WestJet Airlines. Book by October 8 for travel until January 31. Blackout dates between December 18 and [...]

When I wrote recently about Filterstream, it was to tell you about how it allowed hotels to show you only those TripAdvisor reviews that made them look good.  The problem is, that entirely subverted TripAdvisor’s integrity. At the time, I checked with our contact at TripAdvisor, who said:  ”We have no comment for now on the [...]