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Have you ever thought about moving to Hawaii? But today we talk about that in response to a podcast listener question from prior who would like to know if this is a feasible idea. Average people to really move here and we discuss some of the challenges that you will face if you decide to make Hawaii your home.
In our last podcast we told you about concerns people are having about Expedia and some of the other online travel sites use of cookies. We update you on this concern with an article in the most recent travel weekly which explains how Expedia is now selling data collected from cookies to third parties.
We go over packages today that have been booked in the last 24 to 48 hours which is a great way to see what people are paying for their Hawaii vacations. We take this opportunity to welcome these new customers and also to give kudos to the find Hawaii a law agents that both these trips for these clients.
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog and the which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
Booking your Hawaii Vacation on Expedia? Buyer beware
On today’s show we talk about the perils of booking your Hawaii vacation online with some of the major players like Orbitz and Expedia. We explain why sometimes a price quote you get on these sites are either not available or higher when you actually go to try and book it. We also talk about how these sites may be using cookies to present prices that are higher depending on your buying habits wiht teh use of browser cookies.
Listener questions
We answer a couple of podcast listener questions today; one from Zak in Arkansas who wants to know how far in advance he can book his Hawaii vacation and we also have a question from Alan who is planning a trip next year and wants to know if he’s on the right track.
Hawaii Packages
As usual we go over packages that have been booked in the last 24 to 48 hours to take this opportunity to welcome new customers to our Ohana and also congratulate and give kudos to define agents at Hawaii aloha travel notebook these packages. We also had a surprise visitor in our studio and flowers for one of our top agents Kalei.
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog and the which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog and the which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
Not unlike most other vacation destinations, Hawaii is seeing a steady decline in its visitor numbers. The slump, in fact, is now the worst we’ve seen since the Great Depression.
Hawaii’s visitor arrivals dropped sixteen point five percent in December, and that contributed to what was an annual decline of almost eleven percent.
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog and the which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
You’ll be eating at a wide variety of restaurants while you’re here, so it’s a good idea to get as familiar as you can ahead of time with some of the menu items you’re likely to encounter. Today we won’t attempt now to help you with entrees, since there are zillions of kinds of restaurants and the menus are so diversified there’s no way to summarize. But all good restaurants have something for you to try first. Appetizers. Hors D’oeuvres. We call them pupu. Except in the purely ethnic restaurants, you can expect to find the standards: caviar, shrimp cocktail, escargot, calamari, crab cakes, foie gras, oysters, steak tartare …But you’ll see some offerings that may not sound familiar to you. Most of them are wonderful! Here’s what to expect:
We also answer a couple of podcast listener questions and also go over packages that have been booked in the last 24 to 48 hours.
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog and the which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
Narrowing down your Hawaii vacation destination is even more difficult than it may seem to be at first. Most people try to decide which island – or islands – they think would appeal to them most. The problem is that, except for little Molokai and Lanai, each of the islands actually has three or more distinctly different areas within their beaches. Today we talk about how to choose the best islands to suit your needs and offer tips about the different parts of each each island. As you can tell, there’s a lot to consider beyond a choice of islands. The best thing to do is pick an agent from our website and begin a relationship. We also go over packages that have been booked in the last 24hours and take this opportunity to congratulate new customers and welcome them to our Ohana.
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog and the which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
Written by Bruce Fisher
