I’m glad to see that Green Car Hawaii is expanding its presence in the islands. They now have a Waikiki location at the Doubletree Alana hotel for hourly or daily on-demand car rentals. Right now I’m in sticker shock over the price at $15 an hour or $95 per day for their Nissan Leaf electric [...]

If you’re still thinking of visiting us here in Hawaii this holiday season, or next summer, read on. Just 60 days ago, I shared Christmas Hawaii travel deals starting at $209 each way that were then widely available from up and down the west coast. Hopefully some of you were able to take advantage of [...]

This week Hawaiian Airlines announced New York to Honolulu service and corresponding great Hawaii travel deal. I’m pretty stoked since I got tickets. Hawaiian to Expand Beyond New York. Hawaiian is now working on an agreement with another airline, currently unnamed, to provide local and regional east coast connections to feed the NYC service. Watch [...]

We're saddened by the tragic crash this week of a tour helicopter on Molokai. Five were killed when their Blue Hawaiian Helicopter crashed in stormy weather. While the total number of Hawaii helicopter crashes has decreased in recent years, those that occurred have been increasingly more fatal. Helicopter and ultra-lights in Hawaii are subjected to [...]

We were pleased to have the opportunity to work with USA Today's Laura Bly, who recently published her article Hawaii Beach Escapes for Under $150/Night. Laura is a friend who shares our passion for economy travel and Hawaii. She's one of the most senior travel writers/editors in the US, and has over thirty years experience. [...]

Alaska Airlines announced two new Hawaii routes this morning. To innaugurate the service there are 160 free tickets being given away between now and Friday. We hope a lucky Beat of Hawaii reader will be one of the winners. There's also special pricing, making this exciting news all the way around!  First the new routes [...]

We’re well into the fall season of Hawaii travel deals. And there have already been some, including a still active and fairly widespread sale just a few days ago. Unfortunately, however, the price cuts thus far haven’t been as deep as we’ve come to love and expect. Airfare prices are going up Most of the airlines serving [...]

There’s no doubt that Hawaii’s incredible weather, sunshine, beaches, ocean, lack of crowding and aloha are a prescription for calming frayed nerves. One man likely wanted that vacation badly, but had an in flight panic attack before he could get much needed relief. Without making light of a very serious situation, long narrow-body flights, in economy seats [...]

Last January I incredulously mentioned that the airlines have just collected 22.6 billion in ancillary fees in 2010. That was up from a mere 13.5 billion the prior year. For 2011, you won’t be surprised that things have escalated significantly. US major airlines will take 12.5 billion this year from us in fees, up from [...]

Three carriers are poised for game-changing Hawaii airline services that could change the face of Hawaii airfare deals. Here’s the latest news. It seems no one wants to dive into Hawaii’s shallow air transport swimming pool, head-first. Fearing that Hawaiian waters may not support a major commitment at this time, both Southwest and Allegiant continue [...]