Hawaii...

I know a lot of LI Wedding Girls have gone to Hawaii for their honeymoon. Can you give me and all the girls that are going to go some great advice on what we must do and see?! :)

We are going to Oahu, Kaui, and Maui!

We are so excited!!!

Thanks, Marisa

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Posted by marisa and dave

I know a lot of LI Wedding Girls have gone to Hawaii for their honeymoon. Can you give me and all the girls that are going to go some great advice on what we must do and see?! :)

We are going to Oahu, Kaui, and Maui!

We are so excited!!!

Thanks, Marisa

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I'm going to all 3 too! FH just bought a Maui and Kauai book from barnes and noble that we are starting to plan from

I can tell you what we've done in the past and what we're planning to do on our HM

Ohau:
Pearl Harbor / USS Missouri
Shark Cage Dive
Hiked Diamond Head
snorkeling in Haunama Bay
drove up to the north shore
Punchbowl Cemetary
Maitais at the Royal Hawaiian
Happy Hour at Dukes (right inside our hotel)
surf lessons on Waikiki

Kauai:
Drove through and hiked Waimea Canyon
Flew ultralights/trikes
snorkeling trip along the Napali coast
drove up to Hanalei Bay for snorkeling
Hiked the Kapalua Trail down to the beach
FH played golf at Poipu Bay
Spa Day at the hotel for me
lots and lots of snorkeling!
four wheeling (mud bug thing)

Maui:
horseback riding into Haleakala
snorkeling all over the place
scuba off of Kaanapali
day trip to Lanai where we rented a jeep and went 4-wheeling
FH played golf again and I had another spa day
parasailing
Old Lahaina Luau
Tour of the Stars on our hotel rooftop
zipline

I think that's everything.....for the HM so far we have booked excursions for Oahu (we are doing underwater scooters) and Kauai (taking a helicopter tour that lands at a waterfall).

There really is so much to see and do.

This will be our first time going to Hawaii, but every person I have spoken to has said that you must, must, must see the sunrise (or sunset) on top of Haleakala. People have said that it is the most breathtaking view you will ever see.

They also said that you need to go to at least one Luau to experience the Hawaiian culture.

We will also be doing the road to Hana while we are in Maui. I heard it's a lonnng drive, but the views are beautiful.

Some of them we booked before we went and some we booked while we were there. We booked the shark dive, the Lanai day trip, the horseback riding and the Luau before we went. Everything else, we just did while we were there.

We are still debating whether or not to do the shark cage dive again (it was really amazing).

We also did the Road to Hana which I left off the previous post. It's just a beautiful ride. Pack a cooler (most hotels will prepare a picnic lunch for you) but we picked up a large cooler bag before we went and stopped at a local grocery store and got fruit and drinks and stuff to make sandwiches on our own.

That cooler bag was the best thing to bring to Hawaii. Especially for us because we did so much hiking and stuff. We always had snacks and sandwiches in the car with us. You wouldn't believe how many romantic little picnics we had!

We went to Oahu, Maui and Kuaui too!
Here's what we did on each island:

Oahu:
hiked Diamond Head
shopped at the Int'l Market Place

Maui:
saw the sunrise at Mt Haleokula (you have to get up at 2-3 AM but it is so worth it-beautiful! Bring jackets and wear a sweatshirt-it gets cold up there!!) We rode bikes down the mountain after the sun rose!
drove the Road to Hana
went to the Old Lahaina Luau (reserve this in advance of your trip or have your travel agent do it for you!)-it's supposed to be the best one on Maui
if you scrapbook-don't miss the scrapbook store here, it's the best lol!!!

Kuaui:
hiked Waimea Canyon
saw the Spouting Horn (cliffs with blowholes and sea turtles!)
went on a dinner boat tour to the Na-apali Coast (where Jurassic Park was filmed)-beautiful!

You and all other brides willl have a great time!!!

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Posted by susannjames10

Did you book all of your activities before you went, or after you arrived??

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We used a travel agent and she booked all of it for us before we arrived. That way you don't have to worry about anything when you get there except enjoying yourselves

by the way - sunrise/sunset on Haleakala = OUT OF THIS WORLD BREATHAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!!

We did a 'tour' thing where they picked us up by bus at 2:30 am (yikes) and took us up there for sunrise. They gave us breakfast halfway up. It was amazing.

A day or two later, FH and I drove up there in late afternoon by ourselves and ended up staying for sunset. We bought some snacks and just sat and watched the sun go down.

I have to say, I prefered sunset to sunrise! They are both amazing to see (they look identical so it's not like one is better than the other), but I'm not really a morning person, it was much colder up there early morning AND it was way cheaper to do it ourselves than through a tour group.

Just a hint for those who want to put their money towards something else.

Also, we did all of our excursion reservations ourselves. The TA did the hotel/flights/cars for us, but the internet came in very handy as far as excursions go.

This is great information.... did all of you use TAs?
Anyone take a day trip to another island? I'm debating booking the HM myself or going to a TA. I heard you can day trip to islands and end up saving a lot of money doing it....