Oahu Rental Vacation

Thank You – Luana II

samadmin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:17:54 +0000

THANK YOU for coming to Luana II – We enjoyed having you!

Be on the lookout for the postcards from us.

We certainly do look forward to hosting you in paradise again.

A hui hou!

~Samuel & Vanessa

PS – Please be sure to post some photos of your stay at Luana Iki here on our Facebook Page for everyone to see….here >>>https://www.facebook.com/OahuVacationRentals

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Thank You – Luana Iki

samadmin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:14:00 +0000

THANK YOU for coming to Luana Iki! We enjoyed having you!

Be on the lookout for the postcards from us.

We certainly do look forward to hosting you in paradise again.

A hui hou!

~Samuel & Vanessa

PS – Please be sure to post some photos of your stay at Luana Iki here on our Facebook Page for everyone to see….here >>>https://www.facebook.com/OahuVacationRentals

PPS- In case you forgot to send in a video review, please do that now with a webcam here, http://www.oahurentalvacation.net/reviewus

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samadmin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:42:04 +0000

I Want To Plan An Inter-island Hawaii Vacation Trip.. How Should I Do It?

samadmin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:19:10 +0000

Should I request help from a travel agent? (We have AAA)
How long should I plan the trip for? (1 or 2 weeks? 1 seems a bit short if I am gonna be hopping islands)
How much money would it cost total? I plan on buying tickets way in advance and staying away from peak summer season. Maybe fall or winter.
Should activities like parasailing, hiking, etc. be planned way in advance… or planned on the spot in Hawaii.
Or is an interisland trip even worth it? I’ve been to Oahu before and it was alright. It seems like a “partying” type of place and I don’t know if its worth going back for my honey moon.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

I suggest a 2-week trip to Hawaii, and avoiding Oahu since you have already been there. Don’t try to cover more than 3 islands in 2 weeks. I’d recommend 8 nights on Maui, 3 on Kauai, and 3 on the Big Island of Hawaii. (If you only have one week for your trip, I’d spend it all on Maui.) Remember that each time you move from one island to another, you waste a whole day of your vacation (packing up on the first island, drive to airport, return rental car, airport security, wait for flight, fly, get luggage, get new rental car, check in and unpack at new hotel).
You can plan it yourself with info from great websites like http://www.mauihawaii.org/
But if you want to use a travel agent, be sure it is one who has been to Hawaii many times and really knows Hawaii, or one who lives in Hawaii.
Summer and winter are both high expensive seasons. Only spring and fall are cheaper off-seasons in Hawaii.
Activities can be planned after you arrive.
Cost varies tremendously, depending on how fancy hotels you pick and how fancy restaurants you eat at and how many paid activities you do.

Have a “Home Base” with a Vacation Rental or Holiday Home

samadmin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:07:10 +0000

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The number of families taking vacations is on the rise along with the need for something different. Some families want ski vacations while others might want to go to the beach or a popular tourist attraction. Regardless of the destination, impersonal hotel rooms are being ditched for vacation rentals and holiday homes.

Vacation rentals and holiday homes are a great alternative for those who wish to have more privacy and space to maneuver, something that hotels don’t really have. Staying in a hotel involves tipping porters and valets; there is the added expense of dining out daily. Plus, if staying at a hotel for several days, it can be a bit tedious to stare at the same four walls and share a room with family members without a modicum of privacy. Just like there are hotels everywhere, there are vacation rentals and holiday homes all over the world ready to be booked.

The secret to a great vacation is having a “home base” and vacation rentals or holiday homes provide that service to travelers. Among the many other advantages to booking vacation rentals or holiday homes are:

1. More bang for the buck – Incorporated in a hotel room fee is the overhead for running the place, allowances for tips and even marketing costs. When booking vacation rentals or holiday homes, the price does not factor in for those big ticket luxuries that hotels have. If there are multiple people sharing a vacation rental, the cost per person is a lot less than it would be in a hotel.

2. Privacy and space – When traveling with families or groups, space and privacy is essential for maintaining the peace. With vacation rentals and holiday homes, family members could have separate rooms. There is also little worry about being too loud for the neighbors down the hallway.

3. Kitchen privileges – Vacations can be expensive and one of the major culprits is food. Dining out for every meal can not only be costly, but also boring. With vacation rentals and holiday homes, there are kitchens with cookware and appliances … all the comforts of home. Keeping some breakfast items, snacks and other foods on hand can save big bucks while still having the option of traveling to local area restaurants.

4. Convenience of coming and going – Vacation rentals and holiday homes offer travelers the flexibility in schedules as well as take care of the problems with hotel parking and security issues if late night excursions are part of the vacation plan.

5. Variety in vacation venues – A country cabin, a villa by the lake or a condo overlooking the ocean … variety in lodging is readily available. Swimming pools, game rooms, gourmet kitchens, easy walks to the beach – these amenities are just a few of the things requested when travelers book vacation rentals or holiday homes.

Vacation rentals and holiday homes provide vacationers something different from hotels – a home base in which to travel back and forth to various tourist destinations. Personality and comfortable surroundings are also big selling points with vacation rentals and holiday homes over hotels. The biggest decision however is this: where is the vacation going to be?

About the author: Milan Matchev founder and Manager of Mexico-Holiday-Homes.com and Greece-Holiday-Homes.com

Affordable Hotel/condo For College Student's Friends While In Maui For Graduation.?

samadmin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:50:07 +0000

Aloha…
Anyone have good ideas for a clean, friendly, cheap place for 2 or 3 nights in Maui?
I’m going to grad from Maui Community College this summer. I have some people from outer islands and the mainland coming and I need to find a place for them to stay for a reasonable price. I looked at the specials on Hawaiian Airlines (great if your staying in Oahu) and the best I found were the Kahului Beach Hotel…and the Maui Lu (which would have been great if I still lived in Kihei!) I live upcountry (Kailua side) and want to find some sort of “vacation” rental or something either close to where I live, further towards but not all the way to Hana or in Kihei. Budget is $50-100 (which unfortunately doesnt go as far on Maui as it does on Oahu)
Mahalo Nui Loa!

I usually look up Ohana Hotels, operate by Outrigger Hotels & Resort. Check out their web-site:

In Hawaii 5-o Pilot Show, What Type Of Plane Did He Arrived To The Island In?

samadmin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:45:45 +0000

The Hero has a military background and arrives to hawaii to a funeral. Arrives in a plane which i assume is a military plane. What is it? Looks cool. Thanks for any info.

It was a C-17 Globemaster III,

All Travelers And Vacationers…please Help?

samadmin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:21:45 +0000

I’m planning a vacation for my mom and dad for their anniversary.
I’m planning on paying for them to fly from Pittsburgh to Hawaii next January for an 8 night vacation.
I want to fly them to Honolulu for 4 days on Oahu with an economy rental car, and then fly them with a Go Hawaii flight from Honolulu to Maui for 4 more days with a convertable, and then finally a flight from Maui back to Honolulu, and from Honolulu to Pittsburgh.
Since my plan involves a 4 night lodging on 2 different islands, 2 different rental cars, and an inter-island flight inside of the main roundtrip flight from Pittsburgh to Honolulu, I can’t find a website that has the brain to compute all these factors in lol.
Have any of you ever planned a multiple-destination vacation online?
If so, where at? And how easy was it?

make an appointment to speak with a travel agent OR call the 1-800 for customer service from your favorite travel website.
all that aside, i would also like you to look at the alternative to buying them a vacation. you may have a certain amount of faith in the marriage of your parents, however, more and more shocking divorces are happening each year. why take the chance that they could divorce and then you would be out the money you shelled out on the vacation! if i were u, i would just give my parents the cash and let them do what they want once the time comes. this way, they dont necessarily have to go on the vacation ON their anniversary if they cant get away. this way, they can plan it themselves and go when THEY want to.

Top things to do in New Zealand

samadmin — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 01:49:34 +0000

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Throughout New Zealand
Buy the Lord of the Rings location guide, and do some hunting out of familiar scenes from the LOTR trilogy.

North Island
Cape Reinga and 90 Mile Beach
Swim with the dolphins in Paihia, Bay of Islands
Vertigo Climb, Auckland Skytower – beyond the observation decks, and wear an orange suit to do it.
Take a ferry or kayak from Mission Bay, Auckland to Rangitoto Island & climb to the top.
Waiheke Island – only 35 mins by ferry from Auckland, for some great wineries, maybe spend the night.
Raglan- & catch some wild surf.
Waitomo Haggas Honking Holes and tubing the glow-worm caves
Kayak from Whitianga to Cathedral Cove – then go to Hot Water beach and dig your hole in the sand
Drive from Opotiki to Gisborne then around the East Cape and back to Opotiki
Hawkes Bay- wineries, East Coast, North Island
Whakatane- Take a scenic flight over White Island, an active volcano.
Rotorua – to see the geysers, thermal activity and smell, visit Te Whakawerwera for your Maori cultural experience.
Drive out to Lake Tarawera near Rotorua- check out the Blue and Green lakes on the way
Taupo- Tandem Skydive 12,000ft
Craters of the moon outside of Taupo
Tongariro Crossing- one of the best one-day walks in the world, stunning scenery with volcanoes
Walk up Mount Taranaki- West Coast, North Island
Watch the sun rise at Te Araroa – the eastern most place in NZ
Martinborough- wineries- bottom East Coast, North Island
Te Papa Museum in Wellington- you could spend all day here learning about NZ / Maori -culture

South Island
Abel Tasman- for relaxing walking and kayaking around the National Park
Walk the Queen Charlotte Track, Marlborough Sounds- Top, South Island
Marlborough- wineries, top East Coast, South Island
Kaikoura- for whale watching and swimming with dolphins
4 day hike, Banks Peninsula – East Coast, South Island
Moeraki Boulders – East Coast, South Island for unusual round boulders
Christchurch- Arts Centre
Akaroa- for a bit of French New Zealand history
Dunedin- for historic homes, albatross, yellow eyed penguins and seal colonies
Oamaru- for Old Oamaru Stone buildings and Penguin watching
Pancake Rocks and blowholes- Punakaiki, upper West Coast, South Island
Mount Cook – South Island
Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers- West Coast, South Island
While looking at the glaciers in the Fox/Franz Josef area take a cruise out to Lake Matheson first thing in the morning to take some amazing photos of the reflection of Mount Cook in the water
Wanaka- a relaxing place in Central Otago
Arrowtown- an old Central Otago Goldfields town with an old Chinese village, 20 minutes from Queenstown
Queenstown- for adventure activities and party atmosphere
Pipeline Bungy Jump in Queenstown
Drive from Queenstown to Glenorchy- have a beer at the Glenorchy pub, after stopping and taking plenty of photos whilst on the drive
Queenstown- wineries
5 day trek of Routeburn/Greenstone Track
Walk Milford Track- one of the Worlds best.
Milford Sound and Fiordland National Park- lower West Coast, South Island
Doubtful Sound in the Fiordland National Park- swim with dolphins
The Catlins- for nature East Coast, South Island
Stewart Island- for nature bottom South Island

Once you have done all these things you will have had a great look around beautiful New Zealand

New Zealand AtoZ
Your complete guide to New Zealand

Taking The Bus Around Waikiki?

samadmin — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:39:34 +0000

Hi there,
My boyfriend and I are going to Hawaii in February 2009. We won’t have a rental car, so we’ll need to take other means of transportation. We will be in Oahu for 6 days and have most of our activities/transportation planned out. However, in our down time (to explore), I need some help with bus lines.
We will be staying at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki…
1) Where is the closest bus stop to our hotel?
2) Which bus will take us to Kapahulu Avenue and back to our hotel? We have a number of restaurants that we are planning to try on this street (Ono Seafood, Waiola Shave Ice, Ono Hawaiian Foods, Rainbow Drive-In, Leonard’s Bakery, Tokkuri-Tei etc.)
3) Which bus will take us to the Ala Moana Center and back to our hotel?
4) Which bus will take us to Waialae Avenue? We want to try Ninniku Ya Garlic Restaurant at 3196 Waialae Ave.; afterwards, how do we get to Bubbies at 1010 University Ave; then back to our hotel?
5) Are Puka Dog (2301 Kuhio), House Without a Key (2199 Kalia) and Hau Tree Lanai (2863 Kalakaua) all within walking distance from the Hyatt Regency (2424 Kalakaua)?
I know it’s a lot, but i truly appreciate it!!! Thanks a billion, and I can’t wait for this vacation!

There are frequent bus stops in Waikiki. Everything there like House Without a Key etc. are within walking distance. There is a bus that will take you to Waialae Avenue for the Garlic restaurant (very good!) and to University Avenue (that one is #4 University). From the garlic restaurant, to get to Bubbies you take the #1 bus going west and get off at Univ.Ave. From Waikiki, #8 busses and others all go through Ala Moana Center.
You will have no problem–very easy to get around. You can also take the bus to Sea Life Park, which is also a good “tour” of some very scenic areas on the east end.