Hawaii Travel News

With origins surprisingly hard to trace, Hawaiian Shirt Day lands on Statehood Day this year, opening a much bigger story about the aloha shirt.

Our Maui car rental price fell by more than half and BOH readers have reported even bigger savings. What changed, and what should travelers do differently?

Hawaii visitors and residents face another uncertain weekend. Just days after Lala, another storm could bring heavy rain, flooding, wind and waves.

The itinerary was accurate, organized and surprisingly convincing. What it couldn’t account for was how those carefully scheduled days would actually feel once visitors reached the islands.

Passengers praise the service on Alaska’s newly branded Dreamliners. Behind it, the Hawaiian flight attendants delivering that service say the workload has reached a breaking point.

Punalu’u Bake Shop drew nearly 700,000 visitors a year, but the response after its devastation by Hurricane Lala revealed something numbers could not.

Some Hawaii resorts charge premium rates while major renovations continue. We looked at what hotels actually disclose before you book and pay.

The Hawaii vacation is being pulled apart in unexpected ways. Airlines did it first, hotels followed and now travelers are making some surprisingly similar choices of their own.

Longtime BOH readers and one repeat visitor who tested daily life on Oahu show how the same island reality can lead to opposite decisions.