Save money with our proven strategies on your next Hawaii vacation. Here is our top 20 list to get you started. Let us know your ideas too.
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Save money with our proven strategies on your next Hawaii vacation. Here is our top 20 list to get you started. Let us know your ideas too.
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COSTCO! We saved hundred on our last trip with our Costco membership. The least expensive car rental plus a free upgrade. The gas prices can’t be beat. The cheapest beer and wine. Cheap lunch options at the food court. Pick up some sushi and poke for an inexpensive and gourmet picnic lunch. Picked up a heat and serve dinner along with a salad to prepare at our rental in Hana to avoid expensive and limited restaurant options. Great snack options for your daily adventures: jerky, trail mix, etc.
Love the water bottle idea. I have no issues with tap water, but I’ll definitely give those a try on future trips to Latin America!
My husband and I are in our 20s traveling for our 1st anniversary next May! We are looking for advice on hotels/condos, when to buy flights, and what to do while we are there. We are traveling to Maui and leaving from Nashville, Tennessee, Atlanta, Georgia, or Knoxville, Tennessee- depending on price differences. Thank you!
Hi Casey,
Our best advice on when to buy and to fly is contained here: https://beatofhawaii.com/the-cheapest-time-to-fly-to-hawaii/.
May is a good time in all regards including costs. Nashville or Atlanta will work best.
Aloha.
I agree with Dianne. Rent a car and drive off the main roads. One of the best beaches in Kauai is on a dirt road out of Poipu.
Buy a pineapple and some apple bananas and eat them on the beach. What a great way to spend the afternoon. If you are on Kauai bring a bottle of wine and toast the sunset on Ke’e beach ( end of the road). There are so many things to do that are free.
Have been to Hawaiian islands over a dozen times and your idea of a budget trip is not my idea of budget. first class tickets? On a budget? Really? Payfor all that touristy stuff? No thanks. The islands offer so many free activities for the cost of transportation only. Swimming snorkeling hiking and relaxing is what we are there for. Exploring new beaches and mountain trails. all fee except for a few state parks like hananuma bay which is worth it if you are snorkeling for the first times. Get an inexpensive condo and have breakfast and pack a picnic lunch and have more space to spread out. Island hopping is expensive and wastes a day of your time packing waiting at the airport and unpacking again. Pick one island each time you go and relax and explore and get to know it. Skip the lua…there is free Polynesian entertainment on most islands. Right on the beach at Waikiki. That will give you money to go to at least two decent dinners or some drinks at a tiki bar. We are fond of Dukes for a splurge. Get a good guidebook and check on other free stuff. Shop at a farmer’s market. Eat at the shrimp trucks on north Oahu. The more money you save not loading up your schedule doing expensive tourist stuff the sooner you can afford to be back relaxing on the beach.
Diane,
You are right on the money with your comments. Thank you for sharing how to truly save and enjoy the islands.
Yvette
My first recommendation is to plan and buy airfare early, signing up for alerts and getting te lowest price possible. Then, skip the hotels entirely (unless you simply can’t manage to live without maid service) and rent a condo on Home Away or another similar website. You can spread out more, they come fully furnished (including the kitchen) and you can cook in if you want, and they usually come with WI-FI and a decent TV package as well. Our last trip we got 10 days in a one bedroom condo for $750 total (avg $75 per night including the cleaning fee) and you can find two bedroom condos near Waikiki or even Turtle Bay on the North Shore for $125-$145 per night. Also, eat where the locals eat and while it sounds odd, the cafeteria at the hospital on the west side of the island (a bit north of Disney’s Aulani resort) serves some amazing low cost Hawaiian food for lunch and a great low cost breakfast too (we got a full breakfast with coffee and milk for two for a total of $12). Check YELP and other sites for good food and low prices (we found several nice locals places doing that with wonderful food) but if you’re wealthy or willing to splurge on your credit cards to get pampered and looked after, then you don’t care about cheap deals and its likely none of this will interest you. However, if you’re john q public like me then that wants to have a good time but don’t want to break the bank, know that you can have a great time in Hawaii and not put yourself in debt for years afterwards.