11 thoughts on “Why Preparing For Holiday Hawaii Travel Means Caveat Emptor”
Kristin K
I love Hawaii. I hope things improve so I can once again visit my happy place. The island is beautiful and the people are the friendliest. I hope any tourists will treat everyone with respect. Covid rules are everywhere and will remain for some time. A hui hou.
Mary W
We are planning on coming to the Big island in December for Christmas. We are not vaccinated and do not plan on getting it, we will do a covid test prior is the going to be accepted?
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Barb H
I’ve been planning our Dec family trip since April. I joined a Facebook group that was very helpful in guiding travelers through the Safe Travels guidelines & also the Hawaii Facebook page to know exactly what was happening on the islands. I booked our stay through Vrbo & rental car through Turo. I used Google Flights & Skyscanner for flights. Due to covid precautions, many things have changed in the world of travel if you are planning on going to Hawaii start now to see what these changes are!
John S
Thank you for always providing great info! Our 1st trip to Hawaii was a cruise around the Islands back in 2018. We are returning this year to spend a week in Waikoloa on the Big Island over Thanksgiving. We will definitely heed your advice on getting to the airports early and have already started looking for restaurants to visit so we can make reservations ahead of time. Thanks again for all the information you provide. Mahalo!
Beat of Hawaii
Hi John.
Thank you. Have a great Thanksgiving on the Big Island!
Aloha.
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Sybil D.
Is really necessary to rent a car? Isn’t there Uber or Lyfy to get around?
Dave L
My wife and I will be visiting our son who works on the the Big Island. Due to schedules it had to be over the Thanksgiving week end, 10 days total. It’s been two years since we’ve been there and looking forward to the trip. I’m sure it will be a great adventure and thanks for all of the info that you guys give to those is us that love to travel to Hawaii
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Dave.
Thanks. As you can see from other comments, you aren’t the only ones heading to the Big Island for Thanksgiving. Enjoy!
Aloha.
Mark E
Just left Kauai after a great 8 day stay in Poipu. Had no issues with getting into restaurants and found plenty of food trucks for back up plans. Toughest find was coffee prior to 7am. Traffic was horid in Kapaa and some construction delays going south from north east area but everywhere else was good and the shutdown though Hanalei was over! Staff at our hotel was good and did not seem stressed but definitely less working than normal. Rented a Jeep Wrangler for a little under $800. Great Trip!
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Catherine S
I’m coming to Honolulu in early November (yippee!!). I found a decent rate for rental cars on Skyscanner. AutoEurope had pretty good rates too. Granted, I wasn’t looking at rates for holidays. But those websites might still be worth checking.
Liam G
Sounds like a great time very relaxing. I look forward to spending 3x the money and being frustrated the whole time.
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I love Hawaii. I hope things improve so I can once again visit my happy place. The island is beautiful and the people are the friendliest. I hope any tourists will treat everyone with respect. Covid rules are everywhere and will remain for some time. A hui hou.
We are planning on coming to the Big island in December for Christmas. We are not vaccinated and do not plan on getting it, we will do a covid test prior is the going to be accepted?
I’ve been planning our Dec family trip since April. I joined a Facebook group that was very helpful in guiding travelers through the Safe Travels guidelines & also the Hawaii Facebook page to know exactly what was happening on the islands. I booked our stay through Vrbo & rental car through Turo. I used Google Flights & Skyscanner for flights. Due to covid precautions, many things have changed in the world of travel if you are planning on going to Hawaii start now to see what these changes are!
Thank you for always providing great info! Our 1st trip to Hawaii was a cruise around the Islands back in 2018. We are returning this year to spend a week in Waikoloa on the Big Island over Thanksgiving. We will definitely heed your advice on getting to the airports early and have already started looking for restaurants to visit so we can make reservations ahead of time. Thanks again for all the information you provide. Mahalo!
Hi John.
Thank you. Have a great Thanksgiving on the Big Island!
Aloha.
Is really necessary to rent a car? Isn’t there Uber or Lyfy to get around?
My wife and I will be visiting our son who works on the the Big Island. Due to schedules it had to be over the Thanksgiving week end, 10 days total. It’s been two years since we’ve been there and looking forward to the trip. I’m sure it will be a great adventure and thanks for all of the info that you guys give to those is us that love to travel to Hawaii
Hi Dave.
Thanks. As you can see from other comments, you aren’t the only ones heading to the Big Island for Thanksgiving. Enjoy!
Aloha.
Just left Kauai after a great 8 day stay in Poipu. Had no issues with getting into restaurants and found plenty of food trucks for back up plans. Toughest find was coffee prior to 7am. Traffic was horid in Kapaa and some construction delays going south from north east area but everywhere else was good and the shutdown though Hanalei was over! Staff at our hotel was good and did not seem stressed but definitely less working than normal. Rented a Jeep Wrangler for a little under $800. Great Trip!
I’m coming to Honolulu in early November (yippee!!). I found a decent rate for rental cars on Skyscanner. AutoEurope had pretty good rates too. Granted, I wasn’t looking at rates for holidays. But those websites might still be worth checking.
Sounds like a great time very relaxing. I look forward to spending 3x the money and being frustrated the whole time.