Hawaii holiday with cruise

I am an advocate of the DIY option where holidays are concerned but sometimes packages work out better value and convenient.

£3199 may seem high but only you know the full details of the package and dates. Is your Aunt travelling solo? That will probably have an impact on cost if so. Getting to Hawaii is on the more expensive side compared to other US destinations, so is accommodation.

Start by searching for flights i.e Google flights give the option for multi trip flights. Then search for the cruise and the hotels prices then finally the Las Vegas hotels.


Remember booking through a travel company as a package you should be covered and they should help if things go wrong with the itinerary, check if the travel company is fully bonded. Doing it yourself you don't usually have that backup.


Once you have added all the elements together you may not be far off the package price.


Also consider if the package includes any transfers, meals and gratuities on board ship. All these add up f you are creating a package yourself.

Does the cruise start and end in Hawaii, as your outline suggests ?

Those from the US west coast are 4 days at sea to just get there - fine if you like such a length of consecutive days onboard, but obviously not so attractive if you don't.

Also that's a really long haul flight from the UK, whatever way you do it.

As factor in if she does diy it & for whatever reason her flights are delayed then the cruise company won't wait for her but if it's part of a deal then they usually will.

Has she looked at sites like cruise critic as they do tours like this.

For my money, spending eight days on a cruise around the Hawaiian islands wouldn't be the best use of the time. I would choose 2 - or maybe 3 - of the islands that sounded most interesting, and focus on those.

Keep in mind that Waikiki is very very touristy. It's not a bad experience at all (I quite enjoyed watching US tourists on holiday), but I wouldn't want to make it the main stop on my trip to Hawaii. My favourite island was Hawaii itself (The Big Island) - for volcanoes, lava, coffee plantations, nice beaches, lack of crowds and just a generally nice laid-back vibe.

I do see the appeal of booking the package but definitely price things up separately. Good luck! I've been a couple of times and happy to answer any specific questions.

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Decent cruise offer here, if the shipboard element attracts your aunt and her companion, and they don't mind LA.

There will be cruises from San Francisco if preferred.