If you’re looking to spend Valentine’s Day in Hawaii, here’s a deal from Pleasant Holidays that’s too good to pass up to Honolulu, Maui or Kauai. $189 per person, fly round-trip to Hawaii, including Hertz rental car for 3 days (hotel not included). $225 per person, fly round-trip to Hawaii and stay 3 nights at [...]

If you didn’t hear the live broadcast, we were featured on Frommers Travel show Sunday. You can listen to the interview here. It’s at the beginning of the broadcast.  Arthur and Pauline produce a savvy two-hour national weekly radio show heard in 100 markets. Arthur and I discussed: Summer and Christmas vacation strategies. Finding the cheapest [...]

If you plan on flying inter-island, here’s a word to the wise, watch out.  It’s a new era in Hawaii transportation, and this isn’t good news for visitors (or those of us who live here). We had two years of affordable airfares within the islands, which has now come to an abrupt halt.  The good [...]

Earlier this week, I posted an unpublished price of $145 each way on Hawaiian Air, through early March. Delta has now joined in with a $152 fare ($325 round trip, all-inclusive). While this still isn’t as good as what we saw last year, it is starting to give me hope for renewed competition and better [...]

I’m always keeping an eye on airfares. When an exceptional Hawaii cruise deal comes along, however, I take notice. These cruises on the Carnival Spirit happens twice this year in each direction. They include the 5 day ocean voyage to or from the West Coast (Ensenada or Vancouver). Each trip also includes 7 days cruising [...]

Coffee is serious business to us. We’re home roasters with access to hundreds of wild coffee trees, and enjoy visiting plantations while island hopping. Recently, the manager of Molokai’s Coffees of Hawaii, Maria Holmes, invited us for a tour and coffee tasting. How could we refuse? Before we go any further let me just say [...]

At long last, a reasonable price to Hawaii on the single most traveled route. This is an unadvertised fare on Hawaiian airlines that has good availability through March 10. For travel in April, May and early June, the cost is $28 more each way. Airline: Hawaiian Air. Price: Approx. $311 round trip (all-inclusive). Availability: February [...]