We all know about the tragic wildfires in Lahaina that devastated the town and resulted in loss of lives, businesses and property. The heartache is gut wrenching. But equally as gut wrenching is the loss of more businesses and the economy of Maui- and island that depends on tourism dollars. This poses an ethical issue [...]
Most of My Vacation Lady's clients will take their honeymoon shortly after their wedding but some choose to wait a while. Sometimes, life gets in the way of taking your honeymoon right away (work, school or family commitments). Sometimes, weather is the determining factor in when to take a honeymoon. For those set on beautiful [...]
In the past couple of years, many of the honeymooners that My Vacation Lady speaks to wants a tropical beach honeymoon. After the stress of the wedding, they want to relax with a drink in their hand. While many will want to mix it up with activities and excursions, the beach and the resort play [...]
Hurricane season is 2 weeks away. It officially starts on June 1 and here we are in mid May. Considering that hurricane season starts on June 1 and last through Nov 30, choosing a destination that isn't effected by hurricanes can really narrow down your choices but My Vacation Lady has come up with [...]
As My Vacation Lady's followers know, WE LOVE HAWAII. We've been 10 times and would live there is we could. Every time we go to Hawaii, we find something new to see, do and experience, like we did in November 2022 during out 10 day visit to Oahu! Our friends at the Hawaii Visitor and [...]
As part 2 of our Oahu is more than just Pearl Harbor and Waikiki series, let's talk about a self drive day trip that we took in November, that was almost free! [...]
Oahu is not just Waikiki Beach or Pearl Harbor In November 2022, Mr and Mrs My Vacation Lady spent 10 days in Oahu. We have been to Oahu many times before but usually as a 2-4 day trip before heading to the other islands. We would use Oahu as a stop (after a long [...]
View from the Road to Hana My Vacation Lady has been doing a very unique and very in-depth honeymoon consultation with all of our honeymoon couples and we wouldn't think of planning a honeymoon without speaking to the bride and groom together for this consultation. This blog post has been recycled from a [...]
Back in 2018, the Govenor of Hawaii signed a bill banning the sale of many popular sunscreen brands in the Hawaiian Islands but it didn't go into effect until Jan 1. 2021. Things became a lot stricter in Maui when they passed a ban on the sale, distribution and USE of anything other than Mineral [...]
The REAL ID was announced as a requirement for domestic travel since 2018 but got delayed a # of times but now, again, it's back! With the COVID-19, this has been delayed from 2020 to 2021 and now to May 3, 2023 but PLEASE don't delay and please do get the REAL ID as soon [...]