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(650 AM); for sports, try KKEA (1420 AM). Children's radio is at KORL (690
AM), and KHPR public radio can be found at 88.1 FM or 90.7 FM.
Restrooms In Waikiki, the best place to find restrooms are fast-food
restaurants and hotel lobbies.
Safety Recently, there has been a series of purse-snatching incidents in
Oahu. Thieves in slow-moving cars or on foot have snatched handbags
from female pedestrians (in some instances, dragging women who refuse
to let go of their pocketbooks down the street). The Honolulu police
department advises women to carry their purses on the shoulder away
from the street or, better yet, to wear the strap across the chest instead of
on one shoulder. Women with clutch bags should hold them close to their
chest.
Useful Telephone Numbers For National Weather Service recorded fore-
casts for Honolulu, call & 808/973-4380; for elsewhere on the island, call
&
808/973-4381. For marine reports, call &
808/973-4382. For surf
reports, call & 808/973-4383.
3 Family-Friendly Accommodations
Before you reach for the phone to book a place to stay, consider when you'll be
visiting. The high season, when hotels are full and rates are at their highest, is
mid-December to March. The secondary high season, when rates are high but
rooms are somewhat easier to come by, is June to September. The low seasons—
when you can expect fewer tourists and better deals—are April to June and Sep-
tember to mid-December. (For more on Hawaii's travel seasons, see “When to
Go” in chapter 2.) No matter when you travel, you can often get the best rate at
many of Waikiki's hotels by booking a package; for details, see “Package Deals,”
in chapter 2.
See “Oahu in Brief,” earlier in this chapter, for a description of each neigh-
borhood. It can help you decide where you'd like to base yourself.
Remember that hotel and room taxes of 11.42% will be added to your bill.
And don't forget about parking charges—in Waikiki, they can add up quickly.
AIRPORT HOTELS If you have a late-night flight, a long layover between
flights, a delayed flight, or a long period of time between your noon check-out
and your flight, consider the services of the hotel choices near the airport (cer-
tainly not a place to spend your Hawaiian vacation but a good overnight resting
place): Best Western—The Plaza Hotel, 3253 N. Nimitz Hwy., Honolulu
( & 800/800-4683 or 808/836-0661; www.bestwestern.com), where rooms cost
from $97 to $136; and the Honolulu Airport Hotel ( & 800/800-3477 or
808/836-0661; www.honoluluairporthotel.com), with rooms from $125. Both
offer free airport shuttle service.
WAIKIKI
EWA WAIKIKI
All the hotels listed below are located from the ocean to Kalakaua Avenue, and
between Ala Wai Terrace in the Ewa direction (or western side of Waikiki), and
Olohana Street and Fort DeRussy Park in the Diamond Head direction (or east-
ern side of Waikiki).
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