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Major Hawaii Lakes - Salt Lake and Bordering Body of Water - Pacific Ocean. Major Rivers - Wailuku River (on the island of Hawaii), Anahulu River (on the island of Oahu)
You'll find a wide variety of Hawaii vacation homes and condo rentals in an island paradise setting, from luxury oceanfront Hawaiian villas to high-rise Hawaii condos.
Oahu is home to Hawaii's capital city of Honolulu. From your Honolulu vacation rental or condo you can explore miles of sandy beaches, including the world-famous Waikiki Beach.
Cultural highlights on Oahu include the Bishop Museum, Byodo-In Temple, and Polynesian Cultural Center. The USS Arizona Memorial pays tribute to the American sailors killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Guests of Maui vacation rentals can enjoy many activities including diving, snorkeling, sailing, surfing, fishing and horseback riding. Maui offers 80 beaches and 16 golf courses.
Enjoy the stunning beauty of Kauai when you rent a Kauai condo or vacation house on this popular Hawaiian island. The South Shore is filled with great beaches and resorts. Take a break from the surf and sand to visit the National Tropical Botanical Gardens.
The less-crowded North Shore of Kauai offers scenic drives and the exquisite Hanalei Bay. Just north of Lihue, ride a river boat to see the famous Fern Grotto.
On the west side of Kauai, be sure to take a drive up to Waimea Canyon, the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific," and continue up to Kalalau Lookout for stunning coastal views. The breathtaking rugged beauty of the Napali Coast is a "must see", and is accessible only by helicopter or boat.
Rent a condo or beach house on the "Big Island" of Hawaii to enjoy this tropical paradise. The Kona Coast on the western side of the island is best known for abundant sunshine, white sand beaches and Kona coffee.
A Hilo vacation rental makes a great base for exploring the black sand beaches of the southeastern shore.
Visit the world's most active volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park where Kilauea has been erupting on and off for over 20 years. Even if you're not lucky enough to see hot lava flowing, you can walk recently cooled lava fields and marvel at the eerie lunar-like landscape.
The other two Hawaiian Islands, Lanai and Molokai are peaceful and uncrowded. Located in the Marine Life Conservation District of Lanai, Hulopoe Beach hosts a wide variety of marine life, from tropical fish to spinner dolphins. Popohaku Beach, on Molokai, boasts three miles of golden sand.
The State of Hawaii is a state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. This state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian Island chain, which is made up of hundreds of islands spread over 1,500 miles (2,400 km). At the southeastern end of the archipelago, the eight "main islands" are (from the northwest to southeast) Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii. The last is by far the largest, and is often called the "Big Island" or "Big Isle" to avoid confusion with the state as a whole. A visit to Hawaii will leave an indelible impression on your memory. No matter how you choose to unwind, the Islands of Aloha are the perfect haven in which to refresh, relax, and rejuvenate. From fine dining to the casual comfort food of the local-style "plate lunch," the food throughout each island tantalizes the senses and nourishes the soul. “Aloha” more than a hello or goodbye is a result of Hawaii's spectacular environment nurtured by a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities. Searching for romance? You’ll see why the special moments of your trip to Hawaii become even more enduring when they’re shared together. Welcome to golf heaven. Blessed with breathtaking scenery, unforgettable signature holes and championship caliber course design, it's no wonder why Hawaii attracts so many golfers from around the world.
Hawaii adventure travel is a different kind of paradise for the thrill-seeker. Here you'll find everything under the sun to get your heart pounding. Hawaiian outdoor adventures include; scuba diving and snorkeling, kayaking, biking, hiking, trekking, horseback riding, mountain climbing, whale and dolphin watching and deep sea fishing. Numerous deep sea fishing charters are available for yellow fin tuna and Marlin. How about a Hawaiian Golf Vacation?
For more Hawaii tourism information, visit the Hawaii Tourism website or order your Hawaii Travel Guide.
Hawaii Travel News
May 27, 2008 04:58PM
2008-05-27T23:58:15Z
Non-Stop Service for Chinese Tourists Planned
A Beijing-based charter company is planning to begin six weekly nonstop flights to Honolulu this year in what will be the first direct air service between China and Hawaii.
It will offer three flights from Tianjin, tentatively beginning July 28, and the same number from Hangzhou in October.
Mega Global Airway will use Boeing 767 airliners that can carry 220 to 240 passengers on the flights, which will continue on to Las Vegas. It says the first six months already are sold out.
Mega Global's new Hawaii service will come a month after a pact between China and the United States allowing Chinese group leisure travel to the U.S. for the first time.
2008-05-23T01:02:17Z
American Airlines to Charge for First Checked Bag
American Airlines has announced that it will start charging $15 for the first checked bag. The Fort Worth-based airline, the nation's largest carrier, said it needs extra revenue to cover fuel costs, which it says have soared by billions of dollars in the last few years.
American said Wednesday that the fee for the first checked bag starts June 15, and it will raise other fees for services ranging from reservation help to oversized bags. Those fees could cost between $5 to $50.
The first-bag fee will be charged to everyone except people who belong to elite levels of its frequent flyer program, those who bought full-fare tickets, and those traveling overseas.
JetBlue Airways Corp., the Forest Hills-based discount carrier, has started selling extra legroom, for a fee, starting at $10 for short flights, $15 on medium-haul flights and $20 on long-hauls. For the extra money, passengers get seats with 38 inches of pitch instead of 34 inches on other seats.
United Airlines, the nation's No. 2 carrier, is "seriously studying" imposing its own fee on first bags. Delta Air Lines, the third-largest, has no current plans for a fee but is considering all options, spokeswoman Betsy Talton said. AirTran Airways and Northwest Airlines said they were weighing their response.
Last month, American joined other carriers in charging $25 for a second bag checked by passengers. The major airlines have also raised fares about a dozen times in recent months.
2008-05-21T19:50:32Z
Hawaii Hotels Clampdown on Smoking Law Violators
According to Travel Hawaii LLC, Hawaii's hotels are still adjusting to the comprehensive smoking ban that the State of Hawaii put in place in November of 2006. One of the outcomes of these adjustments are high and often mandatory cleaning charges, imposed by many hotels should a guest light up in a non-smoking hotel room. "The Aqua Palms & Spa in Waikiki has the highest charge we know of at present," said John Lindelow, owner of Travel Hawaii, a Hawaii-based Internet retailer. "They charge a $500 cleaning fee should they find that a client has been smoking in one of their rooms."
Other Aqua hotels in Waikiki charge a $200 to $300 cleaning fee, sometimes adjusted for the "severity" of the offense. Outrigger, with 25 hotels and condos in Hawaii, charges a $250 cleaning fee, and ResortQuest (29 hotels) charges $425.
Travel Hawaii maintains an online database of smoking policies at Hawaii Hotels, which can be found at Travel-Hawaii.com. "This is a rapidly changing area of hotel policy, so we make a lot of phone calls to stay on top of what the hotels are doing," said Lindelow. Some hotels have no smoking in any room or in any other part of the hotel. Others ban smoking in rooms but allow it in designated areas around the hotel, for example the Waikoloa Marriott, which allows smoking "next to the luau area, next to tennis courts, and at the cabana."
In addition to continual changes, said Lindelow, there's sometimes significant variance between the stated policy of the hotel chains and the reality on the ground. "For example, ResortQuest has a corporate-wide non-smoking policy for all their hotels. However, we found that two of their hotels, when we call them, do offer smoking rooms, these being the Waikiki Joy in Waikiki and the Aloha Beach Hotel on Kauai. I guess they didn't get the memo."
Travel Hawaii has had to change their database to accommodate the evolving situation with smoking policies at Hawaii hotels. Formerly, they simply tracked whether a hotel allowed smoking. Now they track whether smoking is allowed in some rooms, whether smoking is allowed in other areas of the hotel, additional details on either of these policies, and any cleaning fees hotels may assess on violators.
"Our Japanese clients - more of whom are smokers - have shown a keen interest in our smoking database," said Lindelow, "so we've translated the entire database into Japanese on our Japanese site." The Japanese version of the database can be found at Japan-Hawaii-Travel.com.
2008-05-22T18:30:02Z
Hawaiian Cancels Online Insurance Charge
Hawaiian Airlines has canceled an online travel insurance program. The airline briefly instituted the program for online ticket reservations.
The program on www.hawaiianair.com automatically assessed a $19 charge for insurance when making reservations unless users opted out by clicking on an option that canceled the insurance.
Hawaiian introduced the program May 5 to streamline the booking process for Mainland-originating customers who Hawaiian said "are increasingly wanting trip insurance to protect against change fees and other restrictions that apply to nonrefundable tickets when plans change."
E-mails began circulating last weekend between people who were troubled by the automatic charge.The Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau and travel agencies received inquiries about it.
A Hawaiian spokesman said the e-mails were "full of misinformation," but the airline decided to pull the program last Friday because it "wasn't communicated properly" and caused confusion.
2008-05-13T20:33:57Z
No Significant Slow Down in Travel Predicted
As airlines are increasing their rates to offset rising fuel costs, few expect to see much of a decrease in the number of travelers this summer.
The Air Transport Association is predicting that more than 211 million passengers will travel on domestic carriers between June 1 and Aug. 31. That would represent only a 1.3 percent drop from last summer.
The ATA also says airlines are reducing their carrying capacity amid slower economic growth and rising jet fuel prices. The group says planes will be nearly 85 percent full, and that delays emanating from New York-area airports will remain a problem.
American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines all raised rates by $20 per round-trip last week in the form of a fuel surcharge. The ATA says further fare hikes this summer are "inevitable."
