Welcome to Vacation-Waikiki

Resort pools and $28 mai tais are great. But not every Waikiki trip looks like that — and it shouldn't have to. If you're island-hopping with a backpack, chasing surf breaks, squeezing in a...

You found the flight deal. The hotel looks gorgeous in the photos. Then you hit "confirm booking"—and noticed the total was a few hundred dollars higher than expected. That moment is Waikiki in...

The bill hits you right at check-in. Hotel parking in Waikiki averages $44.49 per night — and that's before the resort fee, before taxes, before the first shave ice. On a seven-night trip with a...

Most people fly across an ocean—sometimes two—to get to Oahu. So the last thing you want is a trip that burns you out by Day 4. A good 10-day Waikiki itinerary doesn't pack every single...

Five days in Waikiki sounds like plenty — until you realize you could happily spend all five of them on the same lounge chair watching Diamond Head turn gold at sunset. That's not a complaint. But...

Most visitors arrive in Waikiki saying "I'm heading to the beach" — as if there's only one. There isn't. Waikiki's shoreline stretches nearly two miles along Honolulu's south shore, and it's made...