Should I visit a Neighbor Island or Just Oahu
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Hi, just found your site while doing some research on Hawaii. I booked a trip with my son (10) for 8 days. We will be staying in Oahu. I am now sad that I didn't do more research and plan to spend part of the trip on more than one island. I can't change my airfare but could possible change the hotel accommodations and stay on one of the other islands. Is it worthwhile to do a day trip to another island or should I try to get reservations at another hotel on a neighboring island? If I did the alternative, which island would you recommend? Any advice would be appreciated.
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Well, day trips are OK for some people, if you don't mind a lot of travel time, rushing around, and then travel back time. 8 days is not an incredibly long time on Oahu, so unless there's something you really want to see another island, I wouldn't do the day trip or an overnight trip. Do you have an itinerary on Oahu already? Is it really full, or does it seem like you don't have much you want to see on Oahu? If it's not really full and you don't mind the flying and car rental all over again then consider it.
I wouldn't want to recommend another island for a day or overnighter. I would say if there is something you really want to do than go to that island -- like the Big Island has the volcano and black sand beaches, Maui has the downhill bike ride, Kauai has the Na Pali coast ... see what I am saying?
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Thanks for the reply. I feel better about my original plan. I figured 8 days would give us plenty of time to do the tourist "must dos" as well as try and simply enjoy the beauty of Oahu. After reading some sites, many people wrote that 3 days on Oahu was a plenty and then one should be heading for another island. We will save those for a future vacation....I want to enjoy my stay and not feel like I have to spend the entire time going from one spot to another.
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Well good, I'm glad you feel better. People say 3 days is plenty on Oahu because Oahu is so commercialized - and true, it is pretty commercialized these days, but it still has the most to do, plus almost ALL the major US historical sites. People who only spend three days on Oahu don't RELAX there at all. Oahu *is* crowded, so it is a little harder to relax, but it's possible! Waikiki beach can be a little crazy, but everything you could possibly want is right there. There are plenty of beaches on the North shore and the leeward and windward sides that won't have one person on them during the week.
My family and I went for a week in December, and we barely had any relax at all time, and we live on the Big Island, so we go once a year. We were running around taking our three year old to all the tourist stuff, and we didn't even get to do the submarine museum or the Polynesian Cultural Center.
Don't worry, you'll have a great time.
Categories: hawaii, island+hopping, oahu
Hi, just found your site while doing some research on Hawaii. I booked a trip with my son (10) for 8 days. We will be staying in Oahu. I am now sad that I didn't do more research and plan to spend part of the trip on more than one island. I can't change my airfare but could possible change the hotel accommodations and stay on one of the other islands. Is it worthwhile to do a day trip to another island or should I try to get reservations at another hotel on a neighboring island? If I did the alternative, which island would you recommend? Any advice would be appreciated.
answer
Well, day trips are OK for some people, if you don't mind a lot of travel time, rushing around, and then travel back time. 8 days is not an incredibly long time on Oahu, so unless there's something you really want to see another island, I wouldn't do the day trip or an overnight trip. Do you have an itinerary on Oahu already? Is it really full, or does it seem like you don't have much you want to see on Oahu? If it's not really full and you don't mind the flying and car rental all over again then consider it.
I wouldn't want to recommend another island for a day or overnighter. I would say if there is something you really want to do than go to that island -- like the Big Island has the volcano and black sand beaches, Maui has the downhill bike ride, Kauai has the Na Pali coast ... see what I am saying?
followup
Thanks for the reply. I feel better about my original plan. I figured 8 days would give us plenty of time to do the tourist "must dos" as well as try and simply enjoy the beauty of Oahu. After reading some sites, many people wrote that 3 days on Oahu was a plenty and then one should be heading for another island. We will save those for a future vacation....I want to enjoy my stay and not feel like I have to spend the entire time going from one spot to another.
followup answer
Well good, I'm glad you feel better. People say 3 days is plenty on Oahu because Oahu is so commercialized - and true, it is pretty commercialized these days, but it still has the most to do, plus almost ALL the major US historical sites. People who only spend three days on Oahu don't RELAX there at all. Oahu *is* crowded, so it is a little harder to relax, but it's possible! Waikiki beach can be a little crazy, but everything you could possibly want is right there. There are plenty of beaches on the North shore and the leeward and windward sides that won't have one person on them during the week.
My family and I went for a week in December, and we barely had any relax at all time, and we live on the Big Island, so we go once a year. We were running around taking our three year old to all the tourist stuff, and we didn't even get to do the submarine museum or the Polynesian Cultural Center.
Don't worry, you'll have a great time.
Categories: hawaii, island+hopping, oahu
posted by Lisa at 10:18 AM
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