Comments on: Has Hawaii Become a Budget Traveler’s Dream? http://www.havepack.com/has-hawaii-become-a-budget-travelers-dream/ Travel tips and stories for backpackers, budget travelers, and those wanting to discover the world through something more than a simple vacation. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:18:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The Secret to Great Hotel Deals | Have Pack, Will Travel http://www.havepack.com/has-hawaii-become-a-budget-travelers-dream/#comment-1007 The Secret to Great Hotel Deals | Have Pack, Will Travel Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:11:26 +0000 http://www.havepack.com/?p=741#comment-1007 [...] always  make it a deal.  I receive hundreds of messages daily about amazing prices on hotels in Hawaii or New York.  Since I recently visited Maui, I looked into a few of them.  I never found any of [...] [...] always  make it a deal.  I receive hundreds of messages daily about amazing prices on hotels in Hawaii or New York.  Since I recently visited Maui, I looked into a few of them.  I never found any of [...]

]]> By: Five Exotic Places in the World, (that you can still afford to visit) | Have Pack, Will Travel http://www.havepack.com/has-hawaii-become-a-budget-travelers-dream/#comment-706 Five Exotic Places in the World, (that you can still afford to visit) | Have Pack, Will Travel Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:05:01 +0000 http://www.havepack.com/?p=741#comment-706 [...] Read more about Hawaii becoming a budget traveler’s dream. [...] [...] Read more about Hawaii becoming a budget traveler’s dream. [...]

]]> By: Sally Dowling http://www.havepack.com/has-hawaii-become-a-budget-travelers-dream/#comment-684 Sally Dowling Wed, 20 May 2009 10:03:22 +0000 http://www.havepack.com/?p=741#comment-684 Hi I read your bloggers guide with interest and then found the link to your Hawaii report. I am from the UK where Hawaii is even more distant and expensive to reach. I first visited 34 years ago when I worked for Pan Am and could get a good deal on flights. I returned last year and managed to cover 5 islands in two weeks courtesey of the new low cost airline 'I Fly Go'. Its the same model we have in Europe with EasyJet et al but with better, friendlier and more helpfull personnel. So my message to any Europeans making the journey - don't just stay on Oahu, make the effort to visit the islands - they all have something different to offer. Enjoy your travels! Sally Hi
I read your bloggers guide with interest and then found the link to your Hawaii report. I am from the UK where Hawaii is even more distant and expensive to reach. I first visited 34 years ago when I worked for Pan Am and could get a good deal on flights. I returned last year and managed to cover 5 islands in two weeks courtesey of the new low cost airline ‘I Fly Go’. Its the same model we have in Europe with EasyJet et al but with better, friendlier and more helpfull personnel.
So my message to any Europeans making the journey – don’t just stay on Oahu, make the effort to visit the islands – they all have something different to offer.
Enjoy your travels! Sally

]]> By: JNell http://www.havepack.com/has-hawaii-become-a-budget-travelers-dream/#comment-653 JNell Tue, 12 May 2009 19:32:41 +0000 http://www.havepack.com/?p=741#comment-653 So glad you enjoyed your time in Maui! I have been dozens of times, my family has a house in Kaanapali and I spend many a summer exploring that island! Want my advice for a great airfare to a place you might have never considered, Belize! For under $350 right now you can find tickets to the mainland. A boat out to the island is about $10, and I can tell you great hostels/cheap hotels from there! If you are into scuba diving at all or snorkling, it is amazing, even compared to Maui... So glad you enjoyed your time in Maui! I have been dozens of times, my family has a house in Kaanapali and I spend many a summer exploring that island!

Want my advice for a great airfare to a place you might have never considered, Belize! For under $350 right now you can find tickets to the mainland. A boat out to the island is about $10, and I can tell you great hostels/cheap hotels from there! If you are into scuba diving at all or snorkling, it is amazing, even compared to Maui…

]]> By: Deb Jennings http://www.havepack.com/has-hawaii-become-a-budget-travelers-dream/#comment-652 Deb Jennings Tue, 12 May 2009 19:21:27 +0000 http://www.havepack.com/?p=741#comment-652 Great post! My husband and I visited Maui a couple years ago. We enjoyed staying in Hana for a couple nights and exploring the area. Found a deserted cove that was a little hard to reach, but absolutely gorgeous, and only one other person on the whole trail. There's some great scenery on the North side of the island, too -- keep going past Napili, pretty much until the road ends. Here's one of my favorite photos, taken on the road to Hana: http://www.cafepress.com/expresstravel/5610158 Great post! My husband and I visited Maui a couple years ago. We enjoyed staying in Hana for a couple nights and exploring the area. Found a deserted cove that was a little hard to reach, but absolutely gorgeous, and only one other person on the whole trail. There’s some great scenery on the North side of the island, too — keep going past Napili, pretty much until the road ends.

Here’s one of my favorite photos, taken on the road to Hana:
http://www.cafepress.com/expresstravel/5610158

]]> By: Jeffery Patch http://www.havepack.com/has-hawaii-become-a-budget-travelers-dream/#comment-624 Jeffery Patch Fri, 08 May 2009 21:13:57 +0000 http://www.havepack.com/?p=741#comment-624 Hi Suzy, I was going to mention your amazing tour company but my lawyer recommended I don't since you don't have the necessary business licenses and insurance. Seriously though, you rock and really helped make my trip. You should go into the tourism business! ;) Hi Suzy,

I was going to mention your amazing tour company but my lawyer recommended I don’t since you don’t have the necessary business licenses and insurance.

Seriously though, you rock and really helped make my trip. You should go into the tourism business! ;)

]]> By: suzy http://www.havepack.com/has-hawaii-become-a-budget-travelers-dream/#comment-623 suzy Fri, 08 May 2009 21:04:23 +0000 http://www.havepack.com/?p=741#comment-623 Jeff you forgot to mention Suzy's fabulous Maui tours!!!! I cannot believe it:) Just joking it was so fun to have you visit! Glad you had such a positive experience. Talk to you soon! Suzy Jeff you forgot to mention Suzy’s fabulous Maui tours!!!! I cannot believe it:) Just joking it was so fun to have you visit! Glad you had such a positive experience. Talk to you soon! Suzy

]]> By: Jeffery Patch http://www.havepack.com/has-hawaii-become-a-budget-travelers-dream/#comment-614 Jeffery Patch Tue, 05 May 2009 22:41:15 +0000 http://www.havepack.com/?p=741#comment-614 Hi Kent, I spent a little while at Wainapanapa and if I could do it over, I would have camped there for a night, definitely! That way you can explore all the way up to that point on the Hana Highway one day, and the rest the next. Curious why Maui Revealed turned things into a fiasco for you? The free guides I saw people at my hostel with were junk and only listed the major tourist places. Not saying the ones you mentioned are bad, I just know about the ones I saw. Paia is definitely a great place to spend an hour or two window shopping. The beach had the best surf I have EVER seen (and I live in a great surf town)! Hi Kent,

I spent a little while at Wainapanapa and if I could do it over, I would have camped there for a night, definitely! That way you can explore all the way up to that point on the Hana Highway one day, and the rest the next.

Curious why Maui Revealed turned things into a fiasco for you? The free guides I saw people at my hostel with were junk and only listed the major tourist places. Not saying the ones you mentioned are bad, I just know about the ones I saw.

Paia is definitely a great place to spend an hour or two window shopping. The beach had the best surf I have EVER seen (and I live in a great surf town)!

]]> By: Kent http://www.havepack.com/has-hawaii-become-a-budget-travelers-dream/#comment-613 Kent Tue, 05 May 2009 17:28:42 +0000 http://www.havepack.com/?p=741#comment-613 Here's my take. Getting out in nature is free and if you play your cards right you can reserve a cheap bungalow out in Hana. The place is called Wainapanapa State Park and the stand alone cottages are perched right on the ocean bluff. We were lucky and snagged a cancellation. All the info is online and rates are so cheap. They are not fancy. The Maui Revealed guide turned so many outings into a fiasco. Two freebies we liked: 101 Things To Do and skinny Maui Gold guides which are both available in the brochure holders at the airport. Walking around Paia was worth an afternoon and so was a stop at their health food store and there's a nice beach across the street. Here’s my take. Getting out in nature is free and if you play your cards right you can reserve a cheap bungalow out in Hana. The place is called Wainapanapa State Park and the stand alone cottages are perched right on the ocean bluff. We were lucky and snagged a cancellation. All the info is online and rates are so cheap. They are not fancy. The Maui Revealed guide turned so many outings into a fiasco. Two freebies we liked: 101 Things To Do and skinny Maui Gold guides which are both available in the brochure holders at the airport. Walking around Paia was worth an afternoon and so was a stop at their health food store and there’s a nice beach across the street.

]]> By: Jeffery Patch http://www.havepack.com/has-hawaii-become-a-budget-travelers-dream/#comment-610 Jeffery Patch Mon, 04 May 2009 18:47:08 +0000 http://www.havepack.com/?p=741#comment-610 Hi Rachel, If you guys enjoy getting out and enjoying nature, you'll absolutely love it! I think Peyton would have a good time too as long as he doesn't get car sick. The roads are pretty wild! :) Thanks for reading. I appreciate it! Hi Rachel,

If you guys enjoy getting out and enjoying nature, you’ll absolutely love it! I think Peyton would have a good time too as long as he doesn’t get car sick. The roads are pretty wild! :)

Thanks for reading. I appreciate it!

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