We always love Hawaii vacation contests and so do you. The whole idea of following Hawaii sweepstakes started when one of our readers won a trip for her family on a contest we wrote about. Following are six new contests currently running, offering in total, free Hawaii vacations for up to 22 persons. You’ll need [...]

More Hawaii visitors are choosing to voyage either one way or round trip between the west coast and the islands. As for cruise ship safety, the recent disaster will likely put an unprecedented focus on cruise regulations and enforcement. Last year more than 15 million people cruised safely world wide. Not only is there an increase [...]

Here’s a great idea for a first time Hawaii vacation that doesn’t require being on any airplanes, staying in any hotels, or eating in any restaurants. Based on that, it just can’t get much cheaper than this. This is a round-trip cruise from Southern California on the highly regarded Celebrity Century. You don’t have just [...]

Here’s a new Kauai dining option that will only cost a few bills and helps adults with disabilities. I stopped for my first time on Friday at their new Lawai restaurant. It’s just off the highway next to Menehune Food Mart. For only $6.50 I feasted on a large serving of Mahi Mahi with lemon [...]

Aloha and Hau’oli Makahiki Hou. As we start the New Year I’m offering my predictions for Hawaii travel in 2012 as has become a tradition. 2011 ended with a number of great travel deals, some of which are still in effect. Beyond that, while we continued to see many airfare sales last year, they were [...]

The news media is abuzz with word that Hawaiian Air may resurrect some legacy pricing models for inter-island air travel. As you may recall, in the past there was a variety of ways to obtain discounted tickets. Those included coupon booklets sold in grocery stores that provided one way tickets for under $50. At present, [...]

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 missed out last time there was a sale, here it is again. A long time favorite of mine that was started by our travel legend friend Arthur Frommer. A number of you commented that you were unable to get the deal when it was available on Tanga. It is offered today only on Discount Mags [...]