Hawaii Travel News

Hawaii visitors have long assumed that if a rental appeared on Airbnb, it was legal to book. A new bill now moving through Hawaii could change that, reaching directly into your reservation, your taxes, and even the state’s tourism authority.

Visitors at Opaekaa Falls say the first thing they see is someone jogging toward their car with a credit card reader in hand. The fee is $10 per vehicle plus $5 per person for what many describe as a 10-minute stop.

Hana Highway, Honolua Bay, Kealakekua Bay, North Shore, Ho’opi’i Falls: the places you build your Hawaii trip around are the same ones buckling under visitor pressure.

Bon Appétit just placed a small Chinatown restaurant among its twenty best new spots in the country. We went to find out if the recognition matches the meal.

Global instability makes Hawaii more desirable but also more expensive to reach. That dual effect has played out before. Hawaii is not shielded from it now.

Most visitors turn around at Haleiwa thinking they have seen the North Shore. We kept driving west and found empty beaches, oceanfront camps starting at $100 a night, and a coastline where the only traffic was a glider lifting off against the mountains.

Hawaiian Airlines achieved something very few carriers ever did. It didn’t just fly to Hawaii, they brought Hawaii to airports around the world, from LAX and JFK to Tokyo and Sydney.

Koloa Road into Poipu already backs up daily, and a massive wave of new construction just got approved with no road changes planned. The problems have not even started yet.

A gate agent walked the aisle checking every seat against a manifest. Passengers were told to move on a half-empty flight. This is a first on Hawaii flights.