I bought 2 Jetstar Starter tickets for me and missus almost a year ago for $1200-ish return including everything. We are travelling to Honolulu from Melbourne on 4th March and coming back on 10th March to celebrate our 1st anniversary. So we will be arriving early morning on 4th and leaving first thing on the 10th (6 full days in total). I am planning just to spend our time in Oahu and stay at Waikiki area. We will hire a car for a day or two to explore north shore and surrounding area.
I am still trying to find accommodation. Thinking to stay in a quite nice hotel for 1 night or two and then spend the rest in cheaper one. After all the research here and there (hotelclub discount code, hotelclub VISA, hotelscombined, wego, ratestogo, airbnb, etc), on average I will spend around $200ish for a 3-3.5 star hotel and $350+ a night for 4-5 star hotel. Do you guys think it's quite reasonable or a bit pricey? Or I should be looking at somewhere else?
Thanks guys.
Seems about right. I would call the hotels directly to see if you can get a deal or check out their sites which often have deals. We stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian last time and they had some promotion which was stay 5 nights get 1 night free.
Which hotel you thinking of staying at?
It's a bit of a pain packing up, taking a taxi, checking in, unpacking and making sure to tip everyone in between. What do you want to get out of a 4.5 star hotel that you wouldn't with a lower starred hotel? I've stayed at lower ones and higher in Waikiki, don't think it's worth it as we were mostly out the whole day.
FYI, most of the pools don't check if you are a hotel guest. Hilton Hawaiian probably has one of the bigger ones however you won't be able to get a towel without a pool card.
Also keep in mind, a lot of hotels charge an additional resort fee. Usually around $25/day.