Where to stay in Hawaii this Summer Vacation?

E Komo Mai everybody,
Welcome back to our Best Hawaii Vacation blog. Here is the follow-up on our '3 Reasons to visit Hawaii this Summer', our recent blog post which received lots of attention and responses by blog visitors and Hawaii vacation rental owners alike. Happy to see that we hit a nerve in Hawaii travel industry with that post about a summer vacation in Hawaii.

As Hawaii vacation rental owners are looking forward to pamper you this summer with their lowest accommodation rates in years, you may choose from luxury vacation homes with swimming pool and/or tennis court for the active vacationer or stay at a golf condo next to the golf course for the passionate Hawaii golfer, escape to Volcano for some spectacular hiking + watching an active volcano or stay in beautiful upcountry Waimea cottage with short drives to best beaches or easy access to Mauna Kea summit stargazing. Explore Hawaii Big Island this summer!

Review our 2009 Hawaii Summer Vacation Deals

Stay in Volcano next to Volcanoes National Park

2Bd/2Ba Volcano Cottage w/jacuzzi offers Summer Special at $115/nt. (dbl.) + $100/nt. w/o jacuzzi.

Kona Summer Vacation

2Bd/2Ba Kona Golf condo offers 10% off + 7th night free for weekly stay in Kona at summer bargain $115/nt.


Play Golf in Waikoloa Vacation
Golf Studio on Waikoloa Golf Course with Expansive Ocean Views Summer Deal $100/nt.

Luxury Kohala Coast Vacation

3Bd/3Ba Kohala Coast Vacation Home at Gated Kohala Ranch with swimming pool + tennis court at most affordable rate $415/nt. (dbl.) for luxury Kohala Coast vacation.

Best rate Kohala Coast Ocean View vacation

2Bd/2Ba Kohala Coast Vacation home at Kohala Estate at 30% off this summer for $175/nt.

Puako Beach Vacation

1Bd/1Ba Puako Beach Apartment (Mauka side) with AC. Puako beach access across the street. Best rate Puako beach $115/nt.

Puako Beach Family Vacation

3Bd/3Ba Puako Beach Condo, jacuzzi, w/beach access across the street at best Puako vacation family rate $145/nt.

Waimea Upcountry Cottage

Sunny side private Waimea Cottage across from HPA at most affordable $95/nt. or $85/nt. for weekly booking.

There are many more Hawaii vacation homes, condos and cottages available for your summer vacation. Best you visit our Summer vacation page. Much mahalo for stopping by. You comments are most welcome. Aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations

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3 Reasons to Visit Hawaii this Summer

Everybody around the globe and in Hawaii is talking about the Economic Slowdown. We even offer Keoki's Hawaii Stretch DVD at an 'Economic Slowdown' price for $18.50. Everybody has become very considerate about how and when to spend money. People start to cut back their expenses with anything that does not seem necessary or important like a vacation in Hawaii. Visiting Hawaii this summer has become for them a dream for the future, unless they win a free trip to Hawaii.

Who'd actually believe that there is actually no better time than this summer to book a trip to Hawaii instead of spending the money on traveling the Mainland. Here is what Best Hawaii Vacation blog editors, Pua + Keoki, think why it is a good time to visit Hawaii this summer.

3 Reasons to Visit Hawaii this summer

1. Air fares to Hawaii are at bargain prices this summer

At least when we compare the fares to ticket prices to Hawaii in the past few years. The economic slowdown forces the Hawaii carriers to come up with unbelievable low RT fares to Hawaii for this summer. This applies to Interisland ticket prices too. Just remember that about 9 mos. ago a one-way Hawaii Interisland ticket was about $150, when one did not fly in the very early morning or late at night. Today, a round-trip ticket with IflyGo from Honolulu, Oahu to Kona, Big Island is $48! With those low Interisland rates, Hawaii island hopping has become very popular again. Most of our Hawaii visitors currently visit two Hawaiian islands on Hawaii vacation.

2. Hawaii Vacation Rental hosts consider your best offer

Why shouldn't they? It's all about bookings for their vacation homes in Hawaii. They have mortgages or monthly payments for their cars to pay, school tuition and more. Smart vacation rental owners will consider your offer. Advice from us: Be reasonable with your offer and consider what you already get for free - compared to a stay at a Hawaii hotel. Don't forget electricity costs for AC and hot water in Hawaii is one of the highest in the nation.

Be aware that Hawaii beach rental owners are used to charging high rates (and always got those in the past) and are not always willing to come down with their rates. Hawaii rentals within 10 - 15 min. drive to beaches are more willing to make special offers this summer. Mostly those rentals are at a higher elevation, which allows you a comfortable sleep in the cooler air esp. during summer vacation.

3. Hawaii Vacation Effect - Priceless!

Is it the beach, the endless ocean, the swaying palm trees, the Maitai or the pretty hula dancer which makes the Hawaii vacation one of the most relaxing and recuperating of vacation destinations around the world? Who knows! But ask anybody who visited Hawaii and can compare his Hawaii vacation with other destinations, in most cases, Hawaii vacation memories don't fade. On the contrary, Hawaii and Hawaii vacation memories become more vivid with the number of passing years and 'haunt' you till you go back to Hawaii. Visit Hawaii this summer and come back as a new 'You', ready to take on the world!

As usual, we'd love to hear from you with more reasons why to visit Hawaii this summer. Mahalo and aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations

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Win a Free Trip to Hawaii

Today's Best Hawaii Vacation blog post is a short one but it will grab your attention faster than you think. It's a a long time back that we told you how to win a free Hawaii Vacation. When reading Hawaii twitter tweets the other day a came across two tweets by @DiscoverHawaii about winning a free vacation. Instead of 'retweeting' the messages, I decided to share the good news with all our Hawaii vacation visitors right here on Best Hawaii vacation blog. So I went to the sites which posted the contests for winning the free trips to Hawaii and off we go to win a Hawaii vacation, a free vacation!

Win a free trip to Hawaii from Hawaii Magazine

Hawaii Magazine asks its readers for their special Hawaii photo, which shows their Hawaii memories and experiences. They say 'Got a great photo taken in Hawaii? It could win you a free trip back to our Islands in our 11th Annual HAWAII Magazine Photo Contest. Enter your photos in one of these four categories: Oahu, Maui, Big Island or Kauai. The photos can be of anything - people, places, things - but need to have been shot on the island corresponding to the category you are entering.

You may enter up to eight Hawaii photos, but no more than two photos per category. Make sure you send your photo (or photos) to Hawaii Magazine, postmarked by Aug. 7, 2009. Hawaii Magazine will be giving away nine prizes - one grand prize, four first-place and four second-place prizes. Grand Prize is airfare for two to Honolulu from your nearest Hawaiian Airlines gateway city, plus a six-night stay at the newly remodeled Outrigger Reef on the Beach Hotel in Waikiki.'

Win a free trip to Hawaii from the Travel Channel

Another chance to win a free trip to Hawaii is with the Sweepstakes of the Travel Channel. This month's prize winner of Travel channel will fly round-trip to Hawaii and stay for 8 days and 7 nights on the magical islands of Oahu and Maui. Enjoy complimentary transportation, breakfast and golf packages during your stay. Enter your chance to win the Travel Bug Sweepstakes free trip to Hawaii.

You have nothing to lose but a chance to win a free trip to Hawaii. I have hundreds of beautiful Hawaii photos and decided to join the Hawaii Magazine photo contest. A stay at a Waikiki hotel is always something special. If you are the winner of a free Hawaii trip, we'd love to hear about your Hawaii vacation. Mahalo and aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations
p.s.
If you like the pretty girls from Hawaii, our today's post girl is Nikki from WahineStyle.com in Hawaii. Kawika is the photographer of those pretty women. Mahalo for sharing.

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The Healing Power of Noni

Best Hawaii Vacation blog recently joined Twitter and reported positive response especially by Hawaii related 'Twitters'. Our Hawaii Twitter community is growing daily. When reading Hawaii tweets, we occasionally re-tweet a few we find useful for our Hawaii blog visitors. You will see an RT and the link to the Hawaii twitter which wrote the tweet. Our own tweets focus on current Hawaii vacation tips.

OK then let's switch from the magic power of Twitter to the healing power of 'Noni'. Most Hawaii visitors get to know Noni just by accident when walking around an ancient Hawaiian fish pond or older gardens. The Noni fruit does not really get your attention by its appearance. It is the strong smell which makes the Hawaii visitor wonder where it comes from and look up at the green Noni fruits in the trees. The green fruits don't really have a strong smell. It's the Noni fruits lying on the ground which make you want to run away from these Noni trees as fast as you can.

The big surprise comes when asking Hawaiian residents about those fruits and why anybody would want to grow a fruit which smells so disgusting, most visitors hear for the first time about the healing power of Noni. Noni is known among Hawaiian healers for its tremendous healing power.

Hawaiian healers (kahunas) used and still use the Noni fruits for healing all kinds of diseases. Noni fruit is said to be one of the best possible supplements you can take to help get rid of toxins by increasing enzyme activity, boost your immune system and protect your liver which is essential for good health.

When you consider Noni juice as a supplement or you want to fight a chronic disease, you want to get the most comprehensive information about Noni before you start taking it. The website of HealingNoni.com, which came up in search results for Noni, seemed just to do that, plus it talked about the benefits of organic Noni from the Big Island of Hawaii.

Best of all would be if you talked to a Hawaiian kahuna (healer) whether Noni is right for your specific problems. Noni is not right for everybody and everything. When I had stomach problems some 15 yrs. ago, I started taking Noni but problems got worse. Papa Awai, one of the most popular Big Island healers told me that Noni was not right for me and helped me with a different Hawaiian remedy.

As usual, we invite our Hawaii blog readers to share with us their experience with the healing power of Noni. Mahalo and aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations

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The Power of Twitter for Best Hawaii Vacation Blog

You want to know how our twittering is going? After our recent joining of Twitter and our call for 'Twitter about Hawaii Join us', we owe our visitors an update on our new Twitter career of Best Hawaii Vacation blog. Honestly, I had never expected to get on the Twitter track so fast. 

We are now following over 100 Twitter accounts, actually mostly Hawaii based Twitterers.  It could be many more, if we wouldn't be so selective. Remember as pointed out on 'Twitter about Hawaii', our main purpose is NOT the one of Ashton Kutcher or Britney Spears to accumulate the most Twitter followers. 

On the opposite, I'd like to follow relevant Hawaii related tweets which I consider of value for our Best Hawaii Vacation visitors. I am very happy to see such Hawaii travel related sites like Hawaiian Airlines, Alaskan Airlines, Beat of Hawaii, Honolulu Star Bulletin and so many other Hawaii sites as our Twitter followers.

This allows me to stay closely connected with Hawaii happenings, events and news through daily tweets from my followers and at the same time spread the word with my own Hawaii tweets beyond the 'What are you doing question?' Follow my daily tweets on the side bar in my Twitter window.

Last but not least, much mahalo to Evelyn from Homespun Honolulu blog, the hostess of the monthly Carnival of Aloha, who started an avalanche among the Hawaii twitterers by posting my Twitter article in the top of her 'Tweet Tweet Rocking Carnival'. If intersted in Hawaii, hop over, you will find lots of exciting Hawaii related articles. 

The following weeks will have to prove the power of Twitter for Best Hawaii Vacation blog. Looking forward to your tweet tweets. Aloha, Pua @PuaHawaii + Hawaii Vacations