9 TIPS FOR TRAVELING TO HAWAII WITHOUT EMPTYING YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ✈️🏝️🤑 [‘save’ this post for your future travel planning to the Hawaiian islands!]

1️⃣ Google Flights is your new bff — I love the “track prices” and “date grid“ options for finding the cheapest flights; for flights from Chicago I’ve had success w Southwest Airlines | southwestair and Delta | delta (I’ve also heard good things about cheap flights on Alaska Airlines | alaskaair but haven’t flown them yet!)

2️⃣ for cheap car rentals in Hawaii search DiscountHawaiiCarRental.com + use car rental loyalty programs — I got 4 FREE rental days on Oahu this trip through the Hertz | hertz loyalty program!

3️⃣ get a Costco membership — it’ll save you a lot of $$ on gas / groceries in Hawaii (plus Hawaii Costcos have tons of Hawaiian snacks which make fab souvenirs!)

4️⃣ use Hawaii FB groups to rent directly from owners and avoid short term rental fees (if you decide to use AirBnB for your Hawaii rental, I have a post on CourseCharted.com that’ll also help you save money!)

5️⃣ eat / drink at Hawaiian restaurants’ happy hours — my first time in Hawaii I was amazed by how many fantastic restaurants have happy hours (favs on Oahu include: Sky Waikiki | skywaikiki Bevy | bevybar and Indochine 1938 | 1938indochine and Moku | mokukitchen )

6️⃣ take advantage of all the FREE outdoor activities in the Hawaiian islands like hiking, snorkeling (byo gear), relaxing on the beach, swimming in secluded bays, botanic gardens, surfing (byo board or see if your condo has one included like mine did this trip!), watching the sunrise / sunset

7️⃣ eat at food trucks — the Hawaiian islands have an incredible food truck scene with gourmet eats for not a lot of money (favorite food trucks include Haleiwa no 7, Ahi Limo, Aloha Shrimp, and Da Bald Guy)

8️⃣ use Groupon and multi-attraction passes like the Go Oahu Card to save money on activities

9️⃣ book your trip in shoulder season months — late March through the beginning of May, and from September until the week before Thanksgiving

how do you save money when traveling to in demand places like Hawaii?? ...

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Punaluʻu beach is the most famous black sand beach of Hawaii. It’s great for seeing turtles ( I have seen several in the water ), sunbathing, coastal hikes or a nice picnic.
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I recommend visiting during morning hours ( anytime before noon) rather than afternoon because it often gets cloudy in afternoon hours since it’s a east facing beach.
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One more Hawaii photo dump and I promise by tomorrow we will be back to regular food content 😉 five days away from the grind was good for my soul. i was reminded of the importance of slowing down, for mental clarity both in my personal life and to find creative inspiration in my career. traveling with the kids alone for the first time was no easy feat (i need a vacation from vacation) but we did it and i’m proud of myself!!! until next time, kauai 🌺⁣
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🏝️Aloha from Hawaii!

🤙🏼This was our second time visiting Oahu, and the first was when we were about halfway through our van build. This time around we kept it pretty lowkey and just enjoyed some quality time together.

Here are our recs for visiting:

Free activities:
🥥Saturday farmers market at the KCC is a great place to try a bunch of different local foods, drinks, and support small businesses
🌊Enjoy the beaches
🎆Fireworks at the Duke Kahanamoku/Hilton Lagoon Friday nights
🌅Experience a Hawaiian sunset

Food to try
🐠Poke from pokebar_waikiki (has dedicated gluten free practices)
🍙Spam masubi
🍲Udon from marugame_udon_usa
🐷Kalua pork
🍍Dole whip
🍩Malasadas/mochi donuts
☕️Hawaiian coffee
🫐Açaí bowls from tropicaltribehi

🚌Getting around:
-We mostly took the bus everywhere. You can buy a week pass which has daily caps on fares
-We’re told turo is a much cheaper alternative than other rental companies

Hikes:
🏰Lanikai pillbox hike is the only one we did and it was dope

Activities:
🤿Snorkel: we snorkeled a bunch at almost all the beaches we went to. We’ve had our own cheap snorkel gear from Amazon for years but there are rentals everywhere or you can hit up a thrift store and buy some that people leave behind (don’t be that person)
⛰️UTV tour from kualoaranch

🏨Where to stay:
shorelinehotel was the most affordable place we stayed. Pretty basic room a couple blocks from Waikiki Beach
parkshorewaikikihotel was the second place we stayed and liked it more than the shoreline
hilton Grand Waikikian was where we stayed this time and was definitely the nicest resort we’ve ever stayed at

📸:
1: sunset beach hangs
2: Who wore it better?
3: Post rain sunset banger from our balcony
4: Golden hour palm glow
5: POV you developed a bird watching hobby the minute you turned 30
6: a girl and her meat (Kalua pork is a MUST try)
7: ocean 🌊
8: When the sun finally came out (it rained most of the time we were there)
9: Pro tip: buy a $5 floaty from the ABC store when you visit
10: I think we can both agree Hawaii is our favorite place we’ve been back to 🤙🏼

❓Have you been to Hawaii?

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