Originally Posted by
T8191
An interesting report ... thanks for compiling it. I also found the subsequent comments enlightening, and a lot of the comments certainly resonated with us.
From where we live, it takes up to 3 days to get to Hawaii, but it became one of those “must try that” events. We ended up doing 2 trips to Honolulu and having decided we weren’t really moved by it (apart from nice warm weather) we gave Oahu a shot. From a Brit’s perspective, it was a LONG way to go for an expensive and not-very-special experience. For those based on the US West Coast, I’m sure you see things differently! There’s a lot more places on the Planet that, for us, deliver more of what we prefer.
TR: JER-HNL with BA and AA by two Senior Citizens
TR: Older people travel too - JER-HNL again!
Aloha again, to OGG with BA & AA in the good seats.
As someone that lived in Florida and traveled to Hawaii for business and pleasure its too damn long for vacation. Maybe once to check it off the list but I could leave Palm Beach and up on the Bahama Bank in a couple of hours. As for costs Hawaii is pricing itself out not that people won't travel there they just will do it less and spend less. We use to go over for a long weekend not anymore