https://beatofhawaii.com/ Hawai`i Travel News Wed, 20 May 2026 18:49:42 +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/huge-poipu-vacation-condo-project-lands-in-bankruptcy/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=huge-poipu-vacation-condo-project-lands-in-bankruptcy https://beatofhawaii.com/huge-poipu-vacation-condo-project-lands-in-bankruptcy/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 18:49:39 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101484 A huge Poipu condo project Kauai visitors have watched from the road, golf course, and nearby beaches just landed in Chapter 11 bankruptcy court 4,500 miles away. The filing puts buyer deposits, drainage fights, vacation rental plans, and south shore growth pressure into one strange Kauai travel story.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/huge-poipu-vacation-condo-project-lands-in-bankruptcy/feed/ 0 https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-just-got-the-warning-lahaina-never-had/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hawaii-just-got-the-warning-lahaina-never-had https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-just-got-the-warning-lahaina-never-had/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 18:30:29 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101477 Hawaii travelers booking fall and winter trips hear something new. Officials openly connecting El Nino, with hurricane and wildfire risk before peak season begins.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-just-got-the-warning-lahaina-never-had/feed/ 0 https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-made-them-famous-what-these-celebrities-gave-back/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hawaii-made-them-famous-what-these-celebrities-gave-back https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-made-them-famous-what-these-celebrities-gave-back/#comments Tue, 19 May 2026 17:41:47 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101473 Hawaii produced a long list of famous names. A smaller group came back and built something here, and those choices reveal what the islands actually gained.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-made-them-famous-what-these-celebrities-gave-back/feed/ 8 https://beatofhawaii.com/why-hawaii-restaurants-are-not-what-they-used-to-be/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-hawaii-restaurants-are-not-what-they-used-to-be https://beatofhawaii.com/why-hawaii-restaurants-are-not-what-they-used-to-be/#comments Mon, 18 May 2026 13:02:11 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101468 Hawaii visitors say dining out costs more while the experience itself feels diminished. The same pressure is hitting restaurants worldwide, but Hawaii exposes it sooner because every cost lands harder here.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/why-hawaii-restaurants-are-not-what-they-used-to-be/feed/ 40 https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-wanted-wealthy-visitors-but-instead-it-got-this/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hawaii-wanted-wealthy-visitors-but-instead-it-got-this https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-wanted-wealthy-visitors-but-instead-it-got-this/#comments Sun, 17 May 2026 12:14:41 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101440 A Maui visitor showed exactly how ugly entitlement can sound when any fine is treated as just another trip cost. It's the kind of attitude Hawaii didn't ask for but might have helped create.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-wanted-wealthy-visitors-but-instead-it-got-this/feed/ 46 https://beatofhawaii.com/are-hawaiian-cook-islands-flights-on-borrowed-time-last-chance-summer-fare-sale/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-hawaiian-cook-islands-flights-on-borrowed-time-last-chance-summer-fare-sale https://beatofhawaii.com/are-hawaiian-cook-islands-flights-on-borrowed-time-last-chance-summer-fare-sale/#comments Sun, 17 May 2026 09:35:39 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101448 Cook Islands airfares from the mainland are under $700 this summer. Why kind of discounting at this time of year doesn't signal a normal sale. ]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/are-hawaiian-cook-islands-flights-on-borrowed-time-last-chance-summer-fare-sale/feed/ 13 https://beatofhawaii.com/witnesses-swore-monk-seal-lani-appeared-dead-was-injured-after-visitor-attack-it-gets-worse/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=witnesses-swore-monk-seal-lani-appeared-dead-was-injured-after-visitor-attack-it-gets-worse https://beatofhawaii.com/witnesses-swore-monk-seal-lani-appeared-dead-was-injured-after-visitor-attack-it-gets-worse/#comments Fri, 15 May 2026 13:09:13 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101427 Witnesses believed Hawaiian monk seal Lani may have died after a visitor threw a rock toward her head. The federal case just got worse.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/witnesses-swore-monk-seal-lani-appeared-dead-was-injured-after-visitor-attack-it-gets-worse/feed/ 35 https://beatofhawaii.com/gilligans-island-kauai-beach-turned-deadly-what-locals-know-that-visitors-dont/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gilligans-island-kauai-beach-turned-deadly-what-locals-know-that-visitors-dont https://beatofhawaii.com/gilligans-island-kauai-beach-turned-deadly-what-locals-know-that-visitors-dont/#comments Fri, 15 May 2026 13:08:07 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101423 A visitor drowned this week at the Kauai beach where Gilligan's Island was filmed. Moloaa can look sheltered from shore, but its currents need to be read carefully before entering.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/gilligans-island-kauai-beach-turned-deadly-what-locals-know-that-visitors-dont/feed/ 10 https://beatofhawaii.com/aloha-saw-this-coming-21-years-ago-two-airlines-just-proved-them-right/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aloha-saw-this-coming-21-years-ago-two-airlines-just-proved-them-right https://beatofhawaii.com/aloha-saw-this-coming-21-years-ago-two-airlines-just-proved-them-right/#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 13:11:50 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101410 Aloha Airlines saw the secondary California gateways, smaller West Coast cities, and even Rarotonga long before the industry caught up. The airline Hawaii loved was right about more than nostalgia, and Alaska's revived route after a 21-year gap proves it.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/aloha-saw-this-coming-21-years-ago-two-airlines-just-proved-them-right/feed/ 17 https://beatofhawaii.com/your-hawaii-airbnb-could-disappear-before-check-in/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=your-hawaii-airbnb-could-disappear-before-check-in https://beatofhawaii.com/your-hawaii-airbnb-could-disappear-before-check-in/#comments Wed, 13 May 2026 17:06:41 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101395 Is your Hawaii Airbnb actually legal? Honolulu just hit two illegal vacation rentals with $40,000 in fines, and travelers with future bookings are the ones most likely to feel it first.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/your-hawaii-airbnb-could-disappear-before-check-in/feed/ 26 https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-resort-just-added-a-350-access-charge-on-top-of-829-rooms/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hawaii-resort-just-added-a-350-access-charge-on-top-of-829-rooms https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-resort-just-added-a-350-access-charge-on-top-of-829-rooms/#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 17:44:12 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101368 Hawaii hotels are learning from what airlines did to Hawaii flights, where the advertised price is just the base and everything else gets sold separately. The clearest example just landed, where the same room books two ways: $829 a night, or $1,179 for a new access tier that does not change the room at all.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-resort-just-added-a-350-access-charge-on-top-of-829-rooms/feed/ 30 https://beatofhawaii.com/free-laniakea-turtle-stops-may-end-for-hawaii-visitors/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-laniakea-turtle-stops-may-end-for-hawaii-visitors https://beatofhawaii.com/free-laniakea-turtle-stops-may-end-for-hawaii-visitors/#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 17:38:59 +0000 https://beatofhawaii.com/?p=101358 The free roadside turtle stop at Laniakea may not last. Hawaii is openly discussing a future where visitors park elsewhere, pay a fee, and ride a shuttle to see the turtles.]]> https://beatofhawaii.com/free-laniakea-turtle-stops-may-end-for-hawaii-visitors/feed/ 23