https://beatofhawaii.com/ Hawai`i Travel News Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:34:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://beatofhawaii.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-on_white-1-32x32.png https://beatofhawaii.com/ 32 32 noHawai`i Travel News https://beatofhawaii.com/the-bright-yellow-reef-fish-visitors-swim-with-could-be-sold-again/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bright-yellow-reef-fish-visitors-swim-with-could-be-sold-again https://beatofhawaii.com/the-bright-yellow-reef-fish-visitors-swim-with-could-be-sold-again/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:34:37 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=104081 A reef fish visitors recognize from Hawaii snorkeling could again be commercially collected.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/the-bright-yellow-reef-fish-visitors-swim-with-could-be-sold-again/feed/ 2 https://beatofhawaii.com/honolulu-airport-is-getting-23k-feet-behind-two-different-doors/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=honolulu-airport-is-getting-23k-feet-behind-two-different-doors https://beatofhawaii.com/honolulu-airport-is-getting-23k-feet-behind-two-different-doors/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:33:45 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=104089 Two competing airline projects will add more than 23,000 square feet at HNL, but where they are, who gets inside and when they open are very different stories.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/honolulu-airport-is-getting-23k-feet-behind-two-different-doors/feed/ 10 https://beatofhawaii.com/why-the-kaanapali-vs-wailea-choice-has-suddenly-changed/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-the-kaanapali-vs-wailea-choice-has-suddenly-changed https://beatofhawaii.com/why-the-kaanapali-vs-wailea-choice-has-suddenly-changed/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:06:51 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=104045 After years of uncertainty in West Maui, our latest stay revealed a resort experience that felt unexpectedly strong on price, location, beach access, and overall ease.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/why-the-kaanapali-vs-wailea-choice-has-suddenly-changed/feed/ 23 https://beatofhawaii.com/the-hawaii-vacation-just-lost-30-hours/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hawaii-vacation-just-lost-30-hours https://beatofhawaii.com/the-hawaii-vacation-just-lost-30-hours/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:06:24 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=104053 Visitors are spending nearly the same amount on a Hawaii vacation as before, but now fitting it into almost 30 fewer hours. That changes more than the itinerary.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/the-hawaii-vacation-just-lost-30-hours/feed/ 1 https://beatofhawaii.com/shark-sighting-puts-hanalei-bay-swimming-on-hold/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shark-sighting-puts-hanalei-bay-swimming-on-hold https://beatofhawaii.com/shark-sighting-puts-hanalei-bay-swimming-on-hold/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:05:56 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=104057 We were getting ready for our usual swim when an 8-foot shark sighting at Hanalei Bay changed our afternoon. Here’s what Ocean Safety says happens next.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/shark-sighting-puts-hanalei-bay-swimming-on-hold/feed/ 3 https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaiis-longest-nonstop-returns-then-vanishes-again/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hawaiis-longest-nonstop-returns-then-vanishes-again https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaiis-longest-nonstop-returns-then-vanishes-again/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:55:43 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=104034 This Boston-Honolulu nonstop was announced for the winter. Now the 5,095-mile nonstop is set to fly for only about two weeks before disappearing again.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaiis-longest-nonstop-returns-then-vanishes-again/feed/ 14 https://beatofhawaii.com/the-hawaii-beach-we-thought-always-would-be-there-is-changing/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hawaii-beach-we-thought-always-would-be-there-is-changing https://beatofhawaii.com/the-hawaii-beach-we-thought-always-would-be-there-is-changing/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:55:28 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=104021 For more than 70 years, Punaluu felt like a permanent public beach park. This weekend, that familiar Big Island experience enters new and uncertain territory.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/the-hawaii-beach-we-thought-always-would-be-there-is-changing/feed/ 8 https://beatofhawaii.com/rising-seas-could-save-maui-vacation-rentals/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rising-seas-could-save-maui-vacation-rentals https://beatofhawaii.com/rising-seas-could-save-maui-vacation-rentals/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:55:21 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=104008 Coastal Maui vacation rentals facing phase-out could now get a new unexpected reprieve.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/rising-seas-could-save-maui-vacation-rentals/feed/ 7 https://beatofhawaii.com/mauis-honolua-bay-could-soon-require-reservations-and-shuttles/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mauis-honolua-bay-could-soon-require-reservations-and-shuttles https://beatofhawaii.com/mauis-honolua-bay-could-soon-require-reservations-and-shuttles/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:54:26 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=96576 Honolua Bay was packed when we visited. Now a plan modeled partly on Haena, Kauai could bring reservations, shuttles, and dramatically fewer visitors.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/mauis-honolua-bay-could-soon-require-reservations-and-shuttles/feed/ 13 https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-visitors-have-money-what-theyll-pay-for-is-changing-fast/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hawaii-visitors-have-money-what-theyll-pay-for-is-changing-fast https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-visitors-have-money-what-theyll-pay-for-is-changing-fast/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:53:20 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=103990 Hawaii visitors are still spending, but not always where you'd expect. New luxury travel data and what we're seeing on Maui reveal how the value equation is changing.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-visitors-have-money-what-theyll-pay-for-is-changing-fast/feed/ 1 https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaiis-wheelchair-boarding-loophole-just-took-a-new-turn/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hawaiis-wheelchair-boarding-loophole-just-took-a-new-turn https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaiis-wheelchair-boarding-loophole-just-took-a-new-turn/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:52:42 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=104000 Assigned seats ended the wheelchair boarding phenomenon we watched for years on Hawaii flights. Now a new problem has an unexpected seating advantage.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaiis-wheelchair-boarding-loophole-just-took-a-new-turn/feed/ 14 https://beatofhawaii.com/dolly-partons-hawaii-story-was-bigger-than-life/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dolly-partons-hawaii-story-was-bigger-than-life https://beatofhawaii.com/dolly-partons-hawaii-story-was-bigger-than-life/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:28:16 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=103964 Dolly Parton's Hawaii story went beyond vacations. A home, family holidays, huge restaurant flop, entertainers and a Maui fire connection spanned four decades.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/dolly-partons-hawaii-story-was-bigger-than-life/feed/ 11