Aloha Surf Hotel, Honolulu

Advantages: Beauty, sites, cultural, beaches
Disadvantages: Too much to see and do in to little time, Crowded in some places

...Hawaii, fortunately, was one of our destinations on our honeymoon in 1984. I had written an opinion on the Dusit Thani Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand recently. This was one of the destinations, of our honeymoon, prior to Hawaii. From Bangkok we traveled to Hong Kong and then Tokyo. It was from Tokyo that we flew to Honolulu in the month of May 1984. We traveled on a Korean Airlines 747 which happened to my almost empty as one of their planes had just been shot down over Russia a few weeks earlier. Your love affair with Hawaii starts as soon as you look through the window of the aircraft upon landing at the airport. Just a mass of blue ocean and suddenly you see the island. When the plane is landing it’s as if you are landing on the water and suddenly the runway materializes. Honolulu is situated on Hawaii’s largest island... Read review

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Advantages: Friendly service.
Disadvantages: Flies only within the Hawaiian islands and some states.

...Earlier in the year, I had the opportunity to visit the islands of Hawaii. There, I flew between Oahu and the Big Island on Aloha airlines. A short background Small airline that service mainly the islands of Hawaii. Recently has started flights with several cities on the west coast of USA as well as Vancouver. Service several pacific islands such as Christmas islands, Johnston islands etc. My experience = As usual, we arrived early at the check-in counter of the Aloha airline section of the Honolulu airport. Check-in process was very efficient and within minutes, we had our boarding passes. It was only then that I found out that seats are not allocated but passengers choose their seats on boarding on a first-come first-served basis. This, I found interesting because I never expected this in America... Read review

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Advantages: An amazing experience
Disadvantages: Not wanting to come home!

...Aloha! This was a fantastic holiday as soon as we stepped off the plane! We took 3 planes one from Leeds Bradford to London Heathrow, London Heathrow to San Francisco then from San Francisco to Honolulu probably a bad thing if you don't like flying but well worth it once your there. I went in April 2003 for my sisters wedding she got married in Olomana Gardens this isn't available for people who want to get married there anymore I think they've turned it into a farm but it was beautiful never the less. The holiday cost around £1000 each for 3weeks self catering but it was worth every penny, it's the best holiday I have had so far! We stayed at Ohana Waikiki Village which is being refurbished but it was gorgeous back in 2003 so I bet it will be even better once it's finished. The pool was gorgeous as when you dived in and went... Read review

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