If you’ve been wanting to take a spin in an electric car, look no further than your next Hawaii vacation. GreenCar Hawaii has just been awarded a $200,000 grant to bring electric vehicles to Hawaii’s hospitality industry. As a result, the company will be adding four to six electric vehicles to their current hybrid fleet. According to the company, “visitors […]
Yesterday, United’s Continental Airlines joined forces with most other carriers in eliminating complimentary food service between the U.S. Mainland and Hawaii. That even includes the 10+ hour non-stop flight between Newark and Honolulu. The only airline that I know with a free dish or snack on board is Hawaiian Airlines. I also have unconfirmed reports that Delta offers complimentary […]
The Big Island’s Hapuna Beach is one of my favorite in the entire state, and I have never seen anything dangerous there other than seasonal big surf. So while scouring the web for Hawaii travel deals we love to bring you, I was caught by complete surprise to see in this morning’s newspaper a brief and thus far incomplete […]
Happy Valentine’s Day to our readers. Our gift to you is one of safety on your Hawaii vacation. Here are our top six suggestions (and links to previous posts) to keep your Hawaii vacation fun. 1. Respect the sun, even in winter. We were with visitors recently who were already fried to a crisp in spite of cloudy weather. […]
Three years ago when we were still new to Beat of Hawaii, I was eating a bowl of local Rambutans while psyching up to watch the Super Bowl. An idea for a post sprang to mind when I read a news report suggesting that sports fans’ stress can be a heart hazard. Why not suggest that others eat Rambutan […]
Can a pescetarian (non-meat eater) like me find happiness at a burger joint? The answer is an astounding “yes!” when I’m on the Big Island. And with most prices hovering around $10.00 or less, my wallet and stomach felt satisfied. I’d discovered another Hawaii deal. Village Burger has been serving up low cost meals and getting rave reviews. It’s […]
The now bottom-of -the-barrel Ocean Resort Hotel in Waikiki is being re-branded as a Hyatt Place. It’s a Hawaii spin on the Ugly Duckling fairy tale. Will this new version turn into a swan? Waikiki Ocean Resort Hotel had a sordid history. Personal reports and abundant reviews make it clear why. Comments I read include things like: Bed bug […]
Kauai Coffee will no longer be under local ownership. If you’ve been on the plantation before, do you think it’s a good move or a bad one? Alexander & Baldwin (“A&B”) recently announced that our neighbor, Kauai Coffee Company Inc., has sold its coffee operations to global coffee giant Massimo Zanetti (“MZ”). In the deal, the land continues to […]
The likelihood of both visitors and locals riding the new $5.5 billion 20-mile elevated rail system may just have increased significantly. Plans for Honolulu’s mass transit system have been in the works for a half-century. The city announced yesterday that it had received confirmation from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) that the project has met all the requirements of […]
The subject of weather in Hawaii is of widespread interest both to visitors and to those of us who call this home. When I talk with neighbors, it’s rain and trade winds and what this week will bring that is never far from our conversation. Following a drought that affected the islands until last November, this winter season has […]
In the future you may need to come to Hawaii for your bananas rather than have them come to you. There could be serious issues ahead more slippery than a banana peel. Nearly three years ago, we wrote about the global threat to the omnipresent Cavendish banana variety caused by BBTV. That virus is spread by aphids and results […]
It’s always interesting and sometimes surprising for us to see what you’ve been reading here. I just had a look at the report for non-deal posts for the entire past year. In total, the articles below were viewed about 250,000 times. 1. Hawaii Welcomes Allegiant Air. 2. Centipedes in Hawaii: I Was Stung Today. 3. Free and Cheap Waikiki […]
