slippahs

Wow, an old bump

aloha

p.s. The airport hotel is now closed.

kenjack

I was a little surprised when I received the flyertalk e-mail about this one. It was a great trip....a little more than 2 years ago. Ah, memories.

KDHawaii777

Best Western The Plaza Hotel - 1/2 mile from HNL airport. The phone nbr is 808-836-3636

AAJetMan

For proximity to HNL, I prefer the Honolulu Airport Hotel. It is just a very brief taxi or airport shuttle ride from HNL. The hotel is walking distance to Byron's, which is a 24-hour take-away restaurant where you'll usually find lots of locals and some great fried chicken.
A bit of walk further you can find a nice little peninsula just off the east end of one of HNL's runways. Nice for watching aircraft. I've always been the only person there, so there is some tranquility (between flights!!).

The Honolulu Airport hotel itself is nothing special, but is very convenient to HNL. It does have a nice pool and sundeck.

I got a room on Priceline for $62 per night 21-24 Jan, 2004. In the past I've paid $95 by calling the hotel directly.

You can read hotel reviews on TripAdvisor.com : http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev...hu_Hawaii.html

Don't expect too much and you may not be disappointed.

lihue1k

It would be difficult to get your standards low enough to enjoy either The Airport Hotel or the near by Plaza. Truly they are one star tops!

Another option, closer than the Ala Moana by half is the Aston Executive Center. This is "the" hotel for those doing government business in downtown Honolulu. http://www.hotels.com/property.jsp?property=18418&PSR

Rates can be high here, but I've paid as little as $65 depending on day of the week etc.

The hotel is walking distance to the aloha tower marketplace and the cruise ship pier. A much superior option less than 10 minutes from the airport.

Aloha,

Lihu'e 1k

jtkauai

couldn't be more true lihue. i've stayed at them all, and most recently the marina pacific about 2 months ago (just too late to connect home and had a very early am flight to lihue). it was overall one of the worst motel experiences i've ever had. the shuttle driver on the way back to hnl told me that in addition to it being a slum, they have lots of problems with drugs, prostitution, and other crimes. wouldn't recommend it to anyone but my worst enemy.

cblaisd

After a UA-caused misconnect last year, UA put me up at the airport hotel.

It is certainly not a destination hotel. But for a few hours sleep it was fine. Clean. Small room. Easy to get to the terminal.

Restaurant made a suprisingly good cheeseburger.

ezmonee

there is a place called "shower tree" just off the airport. 30 bucks for a "sleeping quarters" and a shower. Nothing special, but from what I gather some pilots use it often on turnarounds. I have yet to be in hawaii and have the need for that, since I have family in the islands, but it is on my list of "last resorts".

http://www.showertree.com/pages/305949/index.htm

cblaisd

You may want to look in the extensive "Accomodations" FAQ that slippahs has put together on the Hawaii forum as part of his just-about-everything-you-ever-wanted to know FAQ.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...16&postcount=3

paulmc80

Actually, any hotel from waikiki on up to the airport isn't really that far away in terms of time unless you're driving during rush hour back to the airport. But, with a departure time of 11:00AM I don't think you'll need to drive at rush hour.
There are two hotels right near the airport that are literally within walking distance - maybe a mile or two outside the airport itself. One is the the Plaza and the other I forget the name right now. They aren't the fanciest, but they are decent.

AAJetMan

Yikes, if at all possible do take a look at the showertree before you book there. I've walked by this establishment many times. From the outside it'd make the Honolulu Airport Hotel look 4-star!

I tried to get a room there once but it was booked, so I will admit that it does get some traffic. Just as well; I prefer a private shower/toilet (en-suite), which according to the website the Showertree does not offer.

Jet Lag

I hope I am in the correct thread to post this question...I have a 18-hour lay over in Honolulu arriving late in the afternoon and deperting the next morning for NRT at 10am...any suggestions of a confortable hotel close to the HNL airport for this stay?

rwill11

best western airport hotel only one at the airport thats not a fleabag

Mary2e

Wander on over to the Hawaii forum and do a search

The general consensus is there isn't a decent hotel around.

slippahs

Mahalo to obscure2k for moving this thread to the Hawaii forum.

There are only a few choices around the airport, as outlined in the Guide to Connecting in Hawaii linked below in my signature. Choose neither of them, unless you're really apprehensive about transitting into Waikiki.

If you aren't, and you're looking for something on the nicer end, go with a hotel in Waikiki, which we can advise you on further.

cblaisd seems to have a lot of experiences at the Best Western, and hopefully he'll chime in here.