So often, clients will come to My Vacation Lady with dreams of a honeymoon or vacation to the Hawaiian Islands but they are so concerned about spending too much money to be able to see and do things while they are there. Hawaii is one of the few travel destinations where you can find lots [...]
What are the TOP snacks in Hawaii? We could tell you our faves, but we'll let the readers of Hawaii Magazine tell you theirs. Shave Ice Making Shave Ice at Matsumotos in Oahu When My Vacation Lady's daughter and son in law came home from their honeymoon to Hawaii, they missed shave ice [...]
Most of you know from our past blog posts that My Vacation Lady LOVES Hawaii! Hula Pie Yes, you know what it is---Hula Pie- a completely decadent dessert that was the complete and ultimate downfall of my diet. Duke's restaurant was probably the one that started serving this fabulous dessert and now so many restaurants [...]
The Big Island of Hawaii is BIG, hence the name, but along with it's smaller sister islands, it has tons of things to see and do and experience for not a lot of money. Here are some of the things that you can do on the Big Island without taking a bite out of your [...]
When you think about your next vacation, what does it look like? What does it feel like? What does it taste like? What does it smell like? These are not normally the questions a travel advisor would ask you when planning your next vacation but, trust us, all of your senses are involved while you [...]
Every time, Mr and Mrs My Vacation Lady go to Hawaii, we always try new restaurants and love to try the ones where the locals go. On our past vacation to Maui and the Big Island, we tried a number of fun local places with some great food. We thought this would be a fun [...]
There has been a lot of fear and speculation among travelers scheduled to go to the Big Island of Hawaii since Kilauea Volcano started erupting. Our clients are concerned about the safety of going to the Big Island altogether based on what they see in the media. The media makes it seem like 1/2 of [...]
Napali Coast- pronounced nah PEE lee Hawaii is my happy place. We would live there if we could but since that isn't possible right now, Mr and Mrs. My Vacation Lady will have to make due with visiting as frequently as possible. Even though we've been to Hawaii many times, we still have [...]
Hawaii has some fabulous spas from the Spa Without Walls at the Fairmont Orchid to the huge hydrotherapy spa (Terme Wailea) at the Grand Wailea and so many more. Many of the spas will create their own customized oils and massage products featuring locally sources elements from Hawaii. Spa menus can be pages long with [...]
My Vacation Lady recently received a vacation request for 6 nights in 2 islands in Hawaii for Oct 2018. Their total budget was $4000 total for 6 nights and they had some points to use for flights. OK, that was good if they had enough miles for round trip flights since flights were running $900 [...]