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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.
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March 25th, 2009
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Today we offer you some suggestions about how to plan your activities for your Hawaii vacation. We explain how to narrow down your choices so you don’t get too overwhelmed. Obviously, you won’t be able to do everything when you’re here so it’s a good idea to give your activity selection some real thought before arriving in the islands. If you follow the simple rules we talk about, you’ll have a great time on your Hawaii vacation.
There are lots of deals these days for Hawaii vacations. It seems that hotels are getting more and more creative by bundling freebies into their packages. One hotel is even giving away mint $.25 piece quarters from Hawaii! We share some deals and offer advice. We alos discuss to packages that have been booked in the last 24 to 48 hours that are tremendous values and illustrate just how great the deals are for Hawaii. We welcome new customers to our Ohana and also give props to the great Hawaii aloha travel agents who booked these folks to Hawaii.
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March 20th, 2009
Hawaii Space Tourism [23:43m]:
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It looks like private spaceflight companies are getting closer to the dream of launching space sightseeing tours. What’s even more exciting is that these companies have a eye on Hawaii to launch their space tourists. We talk about this exciting idea and ask whether or not folks would really pay to do something like that.
The Honolulu Festival will be happening this weekend so we take the opportunity to talk about this great event which celebrates so many cultures from all over the world. The best part of this festival is that it’s all free. The festival has become an enormously popular both locally and a special treat for visitors.
A listener wrote to us and wanted to know whether or not it would make sense to stop in Los Angeles or San Francisco before coming to Hawaii. We talk about her options and give her some advice about this plan of action.
If you’re planning a trip to Hawaii one of the first concerns is the cost of the trip. On every podcast we go over packages that have been booked in the last 24 to 48 hours so you can get an idea of what things are costing for Hawaii. We congratulate new customers and also the following agents at Hawaii aloha travel and help these folks book their trips.
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March 13th, 2009
Did the Saturday night live Hawaiian sketch go too far? Today we discuss this weekend’s Saturday Night Live sketch which raised a lot of controversy because of all of the negative connotations in the skit. We play a clip and ask listeners whether or not they agree.
With all the rules and regulations that get in the way of making a booking, now the TSA has come up with even more regulations that we have to follow. From now on all bookings must have the gender and the exact birthdate of the passenger in order to issue tickets. This has caused problems for agents because it’s time-consuming and additional fields need to be added to databases across the board.
Ever had trouble getting an assigned seat on an airplane? Today we discuss issues that arise when you can’t get the seat you want on an airplane and you try calling the airline and also your travel agent. We also go over packages that have been booked in the last 24 to 48 hours and welcome new customers to our Ohana (family).
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March 11th, 2009
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Today we discuss all of the great deals that are happening to Hawaii. We discuss how refreshing it is to be able to see that people can now afford Hawaii who otherwise have overlooked this destination because the price was too expensive. But now, with the economy on the decline, there are tremendous savings on Hawaii travel right now. We talk about Hawaii cruise deals and discuss how you can bundle the cruise with a land package making it an affordable way to see a lot of Hawaii a short period of time. We also go over packages that have been booked in the last 24 to 48 hours and take the opportunity to welcome new customers to our Ohana (famly).
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January 30th, 2009
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You can practically go blind with all of the specials and deals being offered to Hawaii these days. There are so many offers and deals to choose from it’s hard to get a handle on which one is right for you and whether or not it’s really even a good value. Today we give you some insight into how to make sure you’re actually getting a good deal when you see one and how to decipher just how much money you really do save. We do some side-by-side comparisons and go over pricing for "so called" deals to Hawaii. We also talk about a great resource GOVISITHAWAII.COM where you can find out about these deals and we share some great money-saving tips.
We also take some time to answer a podcast listener question about how to make the best use of two weeks in Hawaii. We also go over some great packages that have been booked in the last 24 to 48 hours and we take this opportunity to thank new clients and the agents that book them to the beautiful 50th state.
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December 17th, 2008
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