I was standing on Koa Avenue at 7:15 in the morning, fifteen minutes early, as the booking said, watching a cluster of vans and minibusses fill with confused tourists. Nobody could confirm our booking. One driver told us to look for an operator called "All-Star," so...
Here's what surprised me most about O'ahu: it's incredibly well organized. My boyfriend and I didn't rent a car for our stay in Hawaii, and we never once felt stuck. Without a car, you can reach basically every point on the island by TheBus — the schedules are...
Hawaii was the dream stop. When my boyfriend and I were planning the back half of our two-week Mexico–US trip, we knew San Francisco was happening, and then it came down to one choice: Las Vegas or Honolulu. We checked the numbers, and Hawaii was clearly the more...
Waikiki is the Hawaii most people picture before they've ever been: the long curve of beach, the surfers, the high-rises right up against the sand, and a sunset that genuinely lives up to the hype. My boyfriend and I based ourselves here for the Hawaii leg of our...