Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
•On
Oahu: USS
Arizona
Memor-
ial at Pearl Harbor
(
&
808/422-
0561;
www.nps.gov/usar).
To find out more about Hawaii's
state parks, contact the
Hawaii State
Department of Land and Natural
Resources,
1151 Punchbowl St., no.
130, Honolulu, HI 96813 (
&
808/
587-0300;
www.hawaii.gov). The
office can provide you with informa-
tion on hiking and camping at the
parks and will send you free topo-
graphic trail maps.
HAWAII ON THE WEB
Listed below are some of the most use-
ful sites.
•
Hawaii Visitors & Convention
Bureau:
www.gohawaii.com
•
Hawaii State Vacation Planner:
www.hshawaii.com
•
Planet Hawaii:
•
Oahu Visitors Bureau:
www.
visit-oahu.com
• Big Island's
Kona-Kohala Resort
Association:
www.kkra.org
•
Big Island Visitors Bureau:
www.bigisland.org
•
Maui Visitors Bureau:
www.visit
maui.com
•
Maui information:
www.maui.net
•
Maui's Kaanapali Beach Resort
Association:
www.maui.net/~kbra
•
Molokai information:
www.
molokai-hawaii.com
•
Kauai Visitors Bureau:
www.
kauaivisitorsbureau.org
• Kauai's
Poipu Beach Resort
Association:
www.poipu-beach.
org
•
Weather information:
http://
weather.hawaii.edu
or www.
weather.com
www.planet-
hawaii.com
3 Money
KEEPING COSTS LOW
Hawaii can be a very expensive desti-
nation, but with some planning and
flexibility, you can cut your costs sig-
nificantly.
• For the best bargains on hotels
and airfares,
visit during the off
season,
which is mid-April to
mid-June and again from Septem-
ber to mid-December. The
weather generally is great during
these months, and hotel rates and
airfares will be much cheaper than
during high season.
• Book a
package deal
that includes
airfare, rental car, and/or accom-
modations (either a hotel or con-
dominium). Check out
Pleasant
Hawaiian Holidays
(
&
800/2-
HAWAII;
www.pleasantholidays.
com). See “Package Deals,” later
in this chapter, for additional rec-
ommendations.
•
Scour the Internet
for cheap air-
fares, accommodations, and car
rentals. See “The 21st-Century
Traveler,” later in this chapter.
• Since public transportation is very
limited in Hawaii (only Oahu has
an island-wide bus service), you
most likely will need to rent a car.
Try to plan your vacation so you
can
rent a car for a week
—the
rates will drop considerably.
• Generally you can save money by
booking a condominium unit or
vacation rental home where you
have
access to a kitchen
and will
not have to go out to a restaurant
for every meal.
• Another great way to save money
on meals is to
plan lunch or sun-
set picnics.
Go to a nearby beach
park with an inexpensive plate
lunch or any of the many takeout
treats available from corner stores
and markets; or just get bread,
peanut butter, and jelly (try the
local guava). Be sure to check out
the deli counters and box lunches