– Rooms at the Hilton Waikoloa Village are on sale per Travelzoo. You can view the rates on a calendar at this link with the lowest rates starting at $227 per night including the resort charge! The sale run to March 2025, but you must lock in the sale price by reserving by September 18, 2024. This deal is fantastic — especially for a large resort. It’s located in the Waikoloa Resort within the Kohala Coast region of Hawaii’s Big Island. Per the most recent Hawaii hotel performance report, the average daily rate for a hotel on the Kohala Coast was $561.
– Maui Invitational Fan Sweepstakes will send two to this year’s event in November. Per the sweepstakes announcement, “One winner and a guest will receive two All-Tournament tickets to watch all 12 games, two Stadium Club hospitality passes, $150 tournament merchandise credit, a five-night stay at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa, 160,000 HawaiianMiles from Hawaiian Airlines, an exclusive experience at Maui Brewing Co., one $500 gift card from Tommy Bahama, and two $100 gift cards from JLab.” The entry period runs through September 9, 2024. Per the Official Rules,”Open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or District of Columbia, who are at least 18 years of age and the age of majority in their state of residence as of 8/12/24, and have a valid U.S. driver’s license.” Some of the links from the announcement appear to be broken or expired, but this link to the sweepstakes seems to work.
– Festivities for the 25th Annual Queen Lili’oukalani Festival have been announced. We’ve updated our September 2024 Hawaii vacation guide to include this beautiful cultural festival, which includes a mass hula performance and thousands of floral blossoms dropped from a helicopter.
– I’ve created and updating a page with advice for women on what types of clothes to pack for a Hawaii vacation with current examples of resort wear.
Sheila Beal
