Who doesn’t know that traveling to Hawaii at the holidays is super-expensive? Except this year. Today, we scoured for and found absolutely great deals at the holidays. These are actually the best that we can ever remember, in watching Hawaii airfares for the past 30+ years.
Prices for the upcoming peak holiday season are super-cheap from some locations, instead of the traditionally high $700-$1,000+ round trip from west coast locations.
For those of you who want a Hawaii vacation starting after the holidays, just hang on a bit longer. It won’t belong until this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday Hawaii deals are announced. And more 2022 sales may even be released before then. We can definitely predict there will be many more deals for 2022 Hawaii airfares!
Christmas in Hawaii is about as far from a traditional White Christmas as you can get. Well, maybe except for the white sand beach. So check the deals and then read on for what you can expect.
We are also happy to report that this year, most traditional holiday in Hawaii events will be resumed.
Spend Christmas in Hawaii | Hawaii Deals | Flights To 74% Off
The prices below are the best we found in each market during the weeks of Christmas and New Year.
LAX-OGG from $229 RT on Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines.
LAX-HNL from $234 RT on Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines.
LAX-LIH from $294 on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines.
LAX-KOA from $ on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines.
OAK-HNL from $198 RT on Southwest Airlines.
OAK-OGG from $198 RT on United Airlines.
OAK-LIH from $238 on Southwest Airlines.
OAK-KOA from $238 on Southwest Airlines.
SAN-HNL from $238 RT on Southwest Airlines.
SAN-OGG from $255 RT on Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines.
SAN-LIH from $238 on Southwest Airlines,.
SFO-KOA from $199 RT on United Airlines.
SJC-HNL from $198 RT on Southwest Airlines,.
SJC-OGG from $188 RT on Hawaiian Airlines,
SJC-LIH from $210 on Alaska Airlines,
Christmas in Hawaii Today
Christmas in Hawaii is still celebrated with many traditions, our favorites being a Christmas Day ocean swim and relaxing at the beach. Other Hawaii Christmas traditions include:
Beautifully decorated and lit homes – sometimes you don’t recognize them when seen during the day.
Garage parties – a year around Hawaii tradition.
Boat and land parades on all the islands.
Hawaiian Christmas music – what’s your favorite island holiday tune?
Honolulu City Lights – a fabulous city hall celebration that’s been taking place for over three decades with grand displays of trees and wreaths, live entertainment, contests, and a parade.
Historic Maui banyan tree in Lahaina – illuminated throughout the holidays.
Decorating palm trees on all the islands.
Festival of Lights at the historic county building on Kauai.
First Christmas in Hawaii
The first known Christmas in Hawaii occurred in 1786, here on Kauai when a merchant ship was docked at Waimea, and the crew celebrated Christmas with roast pig. While merchant ships have been replaced by Matson oceanliners, the tradition of roast pig continues to this day.
Before westerners arrived, Hawaiians enjoyed Makahiki, a winter festival which prohibited all wars. Lasting from about November to February, work stopped, offerings were made and feasts, dance, sport and other celebrations occurred.
Will you be joining us here in Hawaii for the holidays?
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Yes airfares are down. but car rental fares are up over 300% and going up fast. Start your looking process early and look under all the rocks.
Aloha Guys
How about something from seattle !’n
We will be on Kauai Dec 3-17 and haven’t found mention of Any Christmas activities so far. I did read that the Festival of Lights Parade is cancelled. We have always found nice things to do in the past, creating wonderful memories.
Please, what can you suggest we do for a bit of Christmas spirit in 2021?
Many thanks for all your posts + updates.
Hi Kathie.
Thanks. Yes there won’t be a parade (called Lights on Rice), but the Festival of Lights at the Historic County building is happening. We don’t know what else will be going on so far. Stay tuned for more updates.
Aloha.
What dates are for these prices? I’m not really finding the deals…yet
Aloha, fellow travelers. Beware, we booked Kalikimaka last year and when everything shut down we were left holding a room that we couldn’t get a refund on. Make sure your rooms are 100% refundable within at least 48 hours. Same with car and of course, air travel.
We were finally able to rebook our room for May this year, but we were forced to pay a large surcharge for moving the dates to a “busy” month.
With COVID constantly in flux and Dr Fauci predicting ANOTHER variant outbreak, be careful. M
I’m coming mid-December. My first time in Winter. I can’t want to see the whales.