3 Best Tips for Getting Married in Hawaii

Aloha everybody,
There must be a getting married wedding frenzy out there after the entire world watched Prince William and Kate Middleton tying the knot in the most ever watched wedding event. You cannot blame all those want-to-be brides getting all excited about getting married to their prince of heart and wondering about their wedding gown and best location for their wedding. A Hawaii wedding is definitely the next best thing after getting married to a prince at Westminster Abbey.

Here are our 3 best tips for getting married in Hawaii

1. Choose your favorite Hawaiian Island for getting married in Hawaii

If you are a first time Hawaii visitors and don't have a favorite Hawaiian Island yet, make yourself familiar with the basic differences between the islands including climate differences on an individual island. Our recommendations for the best location for getting married in Hawaii are the all-year-round sunny white beaches of Kihei, Maui or the Kohala Coast, Hawaii Big Island.

2. Choose the best time for getting married in Hawaii

Of course, it would be wonderful to get married on a sunny beach in Hawaii at Christmas or New Year's as we did but we lived there and did not have to travel to Hawaii at peak season. You want to make sure that not only a few of your family and friends can afford a the trip to Hawaii. Hawaii travel is best and affordable in spring or fall months. You will enjoy the same sunny weather.

3. Plan your own wedding in Hawaii or employ a Hawaii wedding planner

That's probably a decision which is not easy to make. We know of great Hawaii wedding companies - also read our former posts about getting married in Hawaii - which can make your wedding in Hawaii easy on you and your family. They offer a great variety of Hawaii wedding packages meeting your budget and expectations. The above photo is courtesy of 'Romantic Beach Weddings'. Additionally, Hawaii hotels offer considerable room discounts for wedding party celebrations guests. Have you own 'Royal wedding' in Hawaii!

And guess what, if a Hawaii wedding isn't in your plans because you'd like to share your celebration of love with all your family and friends from near and far, have a unique honeymoon in Hawaii. Hawaii honeymoon packages may include a flower lei greetings with or without limo pick-up at the airport, champagne and pupus (appetizers) at your hotel room or honeymoon beach vacation home, a massage on the beach and...whatever else you and your loved one wish for on this special occasion.

Anybody who wants to chime in on 'getting married in Hawaii' tips? Our Best Hawaii Vacation blog visitors would love to hear from you. Mahalo and aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations

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Hawaii Vacation for Less 2011 Spring

Dear Hawaii travelers,

It's not too late to book a Hawaii vacation for Less when looking for a budget travel to Hawaii. As most of you know by now the best time to travel to Hawaii cheap is in Spring. Hawaii spring vacation 2011 is not any different. Check our Hawaii Vacation Rental budget deals which makes a Hawaii vacation for Less available to you:

Sunny Side Waimea Cottage from $95/nt. - 2011 Spring Special 'Hawaii for Less'

This Hawaii cottage is fully equipped (full kitchen) and at a private location with short 10-minute drive to Mauna Kea beach. Stay for less money at a nice cottage and save money for restaurant visits or other Hawaii activities, like a helicopter flight over an active volcano. Spring vacancies from 5/15/11at $95/nt. with 7-night booking. Sunny Side Waimea Cottage Kohala Coast Vacation Rental Cottage Near Best Beaches

Mauna Kea Views apartment from $95/nt. - 2011 Spring Special 'Hawaii for Less'


This Big Island Waimea 1Bd/1Ba vacation rental w/kitchen is at a private, peaceful vacation apartment overlooking an expansive green valley and spectacular Mauna Kea Mountain on the Big Island Waimea Apartment with Mauna Kea Views It's a short 5-minute drive to best restaurants and shopping in Waimea. Kohala Coast Beaches and Big Island adventures like Waipio Valley or Mauna Kea Summit are easily accessible. This Hawaii vacation spring special of $95/nt. applies to a weekly stay in May or June.

Waikoloa Golf Condo (Studio) from $100 - 2011 Spring Special 'Hawaii for Less'


This Waikoloa Golf course condo makes the dream of any passionate golfer for golfing in Hawaii come come true. The Waikoloa Golf Condo with full kitchen enjoys expansive ocean and beautiful sunset views is located directly on the beautiful Waikoloa Village Golf Course on the Big Island. A discounted 18 hole golf fee of $60 (including cart) is also available at the Waikoloa Golf Course designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Beautiful Anaeho'omalu Beach is a short 10-min. drive away. The Golf Condo offers a great Spring Special at $100/nt. (dbl.)

Hawaii Puako Beach Apartment from $115/nt. - Puako Special all-year round

This Puako Apartment is right across from Beach 1Bd/1Ba Puako Vacation Apartment If it's just the two of you and you love the beach, this is as good as it gets with all the Puako rentals. $115/nt. this is your best deal Puako beach! It is currently still available for 6/20 - 6/30 + July. Enjoying all your meals outdoors in a tropical setting on your spacious private lanai. Puako is one of the most desired areas on the Kohala Coast. You can access the ocean right there across from Puako Puako Beach Drive or pack your beach stuff into the car and take a short 5-minute drive to Puako Beach 69 also called Wailea Bay.

Puako Condo 3Bd/2 Ba $145/nt. (4 pers.) - 2011 Spring Special 'Hawaii for Less'


Oceanfront Puako village has become one of the most desired Big Island vacation area with immediate beach access on the sunny west coast of Hawaii's Big Island, north of Kona on the Kohala Coast. This 3Bd/2Ba Puako condo is one of the rare ocean front Big Island vacation condos at the most affordable rate. It has three bedrooms with a king size, a queen size, and two twin beds. There are two full baths and a fully equipped kitchen. Condo amenities include beach gear, including chairs, coolers, towels, snorkels and masks are included. Puako vacation condo Stay at most desired Puako village across from beach at a price you can afford. Sorry guys, May is booked but there are nice vacancies for June + July 2011.

Kona Ocean View 2Bd/2Ba Vacation Condo with swimming pool from $110/nt.
2011 Spring Special 'Hawaii for Less'

White Sands Estates Triplex on a bluff above Alii Drive with an amazing view of the ocean. Located between Kona's most popular beach, Magic Sands and Kahaluu. This two-bedroom, two-bath condo features sun decks, pool and an incredible panoramic ocean front view from the lanai, splash pool and living areas. Kona Ocean View condo with Pool + Short walk to beach has SPRING vacancies in May + June. Believe me this is the best Kona condo rate for location + amenities!

Much mahalo for checking our 'Hawaii Vacation for Less Spring 2011'. The Hawaii vacation rental owners are waiting to hear from you and make your Hawaii budget vacation a dream come true this spring.

Well, and if you have more money to spend on your Hawaii accommodation this spring, there are luxury Kohala Coast vacation homes right on Puako beach or in our gated Kohala Coast communities like Kohala Ranch or Kohala by the Sea. Aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacation

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Hawaii Hula Festival Videos

A Komo Mai everybody,
At Best Hawaii Vacation Blog, we are proud of sharing big Hawaii events which keep Hawaiian traditions and culture alive with all our friends who are in love with Hawaii. Hawaii vacation is not only about white sand beaches, as we all know, but also about the Hawaiian culture which we experience everywhere on the islands. Aloha spirit and hula are the biggest part.

In the past, we wrote many posts about the meaning of hula and hula festivals in Hawaii. The Merrie Monarch Hula Festival on Hawaii Big Island is coming up for its 48th anniversary this 2011 Easter. Good reason to get you in the hula festival mood with our Hawaii Hula Festival videos.

For those who have not heard about the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, here is some basic information for Big Island visitors, who are in Hawaii and would like to visit Hilo for the Hula Festival this Easter. Merrie Monarch Festival is a non-profit organization that honors the legacy left by King David Kalakaua, who inspired the perpetuation of Hawaii traditions and culture, Hawaiian language and arts.

The week-long festival features an internationally acclaimed hula competition, a huge crafts fair, an amazing Hawaiian art show, a grand parade through Hilo town and last but not least, a three-day hula competition that has received worldwide recognition. This year's 2011 Merrie Monarch Festival takes place April 24-30, 2011.

In preparation of this Hawaii Hula Festival blog I perused many hula videos on youtube including some of the older Merrie Monarch Festivals. Enjoying all thess hula videos, the chants and songs, beautiful Hawaiian style costumes and the special sounds of Hawaiian music, I came across the following video by the Polynesian Cultural Center's about hula shows at Moanikeala Festival. I was so impressed by it that I decided to post it here.

Most impressive of this Hawaii hula festival video was for me that hula is a dance of all generations from the youngest keiki to the older generation. Please, enjoy this huge variety of hula dances.



We close our Hawaii Hula Festival post with a video from the 2008 Merrie Monarch Festival presenting Halau Hula Olana, which shows the grace, the love, the beauty and the commitment of the Hawaiian wahine in their hula performance.



Let us know what you think about these Hawaii hula videos and of course your experience with the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival. Mahalo and aloha, Pua

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Hawaii Ohana Blogs

Hawaii Ohana Blogroll

Best Hawaii Vacation Blog is proud of sharing its Hawaii Ohana Blogs with our visitors. Hawaii visitors are well aware of the meaning and the importance of the word 'ohana' (in Hawaiian 'family') in the Hawaiian culture of old and NOW.


Ever since we started our 'Best Hawaii Vacation Blog' in July 2006, we emphasized the connection with kindred-spirit-minded Hawaii blogs, which are sharing their love and aloha for Hawaii, its land and its people with our Hawaii visitors.

Here is our Hawaii Blogroll reflecting an abundance of Hawaii vacation related information. Hawaii visitors, please, see for yourselves. Hawaii blog owners, who are not yet part of our 'Best Hawaii Vacation' ohana blogroll, tell us about your Hawaii blog and join our Hawaii Ohana Blogs.
You may also visit us on Twitter. Hawaii Vacation tweets are are favorites. Aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations

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2011 Hawaii volcano eruption videos

The world's most active volcano is erupting again!

I remember in the late 70ies when Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano erupted. It was a very similar scenario to the msnbc.com Hawaii Volcano Eruption Video shown during the nightly show with Brian Williams and displayed on MSN.


Back thirty years ago, it was also the East Rift zone that erupted. We were able to drive our car and park along a road close-by to the lava flow. The eruption was maybe 300yards away, with a curtain of lava, very similar to the video, shooting lava over 100 feet into the air with the curtain extending far a distance of more than 200 yards. Just to stand there and watch the most active volcano on earth, spewing red hot molten lava and listening to the sound as if a jet engine is ready to take off but never does, that is deeply embedded in my mind, never to be forgotten.

Big Island visitors' numbers have considerably increased according to 'US Today Travel' due to the dramatic Hawaii volcano eruption. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park recommends Big Island volcano visitors to get maps, photos, Webcam views, and other information about Kilauea Volcano on the official Hawaii Volcano website. Currently the 'Chain of Craters' Road, East Rift Zone and the campground in Volcanoes Park are closed for visitors. Big Island visitors may get a daily update on the volcano's activity and road closures by phone at (808) 967-8862.

If you are interested in more information about our Hawaii Kilauea Volcano history and the current 2011 eruption, visit 'Big Island Video News' - best source for daily Big Island video news -, which actually just published today interesting information about the 'Man behind global Hawaiian Volcano eruption video' I guess we all, including msnbc.com, have to give him huge credit for this amazing 'Hawaii Volcano Eruption Video".

Any comments from recent Hawaii Volcanoes Park visitors are most welcome. Mahalo and aloha, Keoki and Pua Hawaii Vacation

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Which Hawaiian Beach photo do you like best?

Hawaii Beach Bums Wanted,
At least, their personal opinion about Hawaii beach photos!

When visiting the Hawaiian Islands and asking our Best Hawaii Vacation blog visitors why they prefer Hawaii for their vacation destination and NOT Mexico or California or Phoenix the majority of visitors will tell us, the answer is the Hawaiian Beaches on clear turquoise ocean waters of the Pacific Ocean. There is a never ending discussion going on among Hawaii visitors and residents which one is the best Hawaiian beach. Hawaii Beach photos it is TODAY!

After our most recent post of Best Big Island Beaches Youtube Videos, we decided to stay with the theme and asked our Hawaiian ohana from different Hawaiian Islands for their best Hawaii Beach photos. We received a very unique selection of Hawaii beach photos. We are proud of sharing our friends' Best Hawaii Beach photos'. You will find out very fast that they are very unique, beautiful but each one is very personal and reflecting the photographers relation with the Hawaiian Islands and its beaches.

Best Hawaii Beach Photos Oahu, Maui and Molokai

Special 'Mahalo' goes to Brigitte from 'Be Back Hawaii' who submitted the following Hawaii beach photos of Beaches on Oahu, Maui and Molokai.

Waimanalo Beach Photos Oahu

Napili Bay Beach Photos Maui



Molokai Papahaku Beach Photos

Best Hawaii Beach Photos Big Island Kona

Barbara from 'Kona Ocean View' took these unique photos of Big Island beaches on the Kona side of the Big Island. Enjoy photos with views of Kona Beaches.

Kukio Beach Photo Kona Big Island

Photo of famous Kahaluu Beach in Kona


Another Photo City of Refuge Snorkel Beach

Another photo City of Refuge snorkel beach

Best Hawaii Beach Photos Big Island South Point + Punaluu Beach

Each time Big Island visitors are at awe when they see the Green Sands Beach at South Point and beautiful Black sand beaches on big Island's East Coast. Missie from 'Big Island Cottage' shares some rare and unique photos of Green Sands and Black sands beaches with you.

Best Hawaii Beach Photo Kohala Coast

When taking best Hawaii beach photos on the Kohala Coast, it's mostly Hapuna Beach and Mauna Kea beach photos. Barry Rose from 'Waiaka Homestead' shows a beach photo of Puako's Wailea Bay beach, also called Beach 69 among locals, which is claiming more attention among Kohala Coast Big Island visitors for its unique beauty, privacy and easy access.


Hope you enjoyed those Hawaiian beach photos just as we did. Please, let us know which of our Hawaii beach photos gets your vote as 'My Best Hawaii Beach Photo'. Looking forward to hearing from you. More personal Hawaii Beach photos are welcome. Mahalo and aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations
p.s.
If you are interested to use any of these Hawaii beach photos on your own Hawaii website, please, be aware that these photos are copyright material. So please ask the site owners for permission to use a certain photo from our blog post,and in most cases you will get it when you refer to your Hawaii beach photo owner's site.

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Best Big Island Beaches Youtube Videos

Dear Hawaii visitors who are NOT in Hawaii this winter,
Everybody who is in Hawaii right now or will be there soon, will tell you that the white sand beaches are the best part of their Hawaii vacation. So let's give everybody a taste of the Hawaiian Islands with some great Big Island beach videos, which I found on youtube when preparing this post. Remember pictures or videos speak a thousand words.

Best Big Island Beaches



'Best Big Island Beaches' by Steve are nicely done Hawaii beach videos. The order of beaches wouldn't be my personal choice of Big Island beaches but that's all in the eye of the beholder. Actually, my personal #1 Big Island Beach, Mauna Kea Beach or Kauna'oa Beach, is not even featured in Best Big Island Beaches. My post 'Best Big Island Beach' tells you more about Mauna Kea Beach. You can get nice glimpses of Mauna Kea Beach on Kohala Coast Beaches or watch the following Mauna Kea Beach youtube video.

Views at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel



Looking forward to your comments on YOUR 'Best Big Island Beaches'. Mahalo and aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations
p.s.
By the way, don't be too tough on Steve regards his pronunciation of the Hawaiian beach names. Admittedly, he could have asked some locals to tell him but hey he did a good job with his Best Big Island Beach videos.

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