Hawaii Prices are UP, UP, UP and away!!!

[Denise L]

Great deal on the $159! ... I just looked - if I only booked my first 7 days (out of 12), it is $201 for full size. I have one more week to look before I hop on the plan to OGG : )

One week to go, wow! Try a really low bid on Priceline, maybe? Your price is still pretty good and everything is great on Maui .

 

[winger]

Just got a nice surprise yesterday. Autoslash found a full size from Budget for $257 which beat my current Costco/Budget ressie for $314. This is for for 12days pickup from OGG starting next Saturday (4/5)

This is lower than my original goal of $275 - but I will keep looking before I leave home and will try PL as well.

 

[Denise L]

Just got a nice surprise yesterday. Autoslash found a full size from Budget for $257 which beat my current Costco/Budget ressie for $314. This is for for 12days pickup from OGG starting next Saturday (4/5)

This is lower than my original goal of $275 - but I will keep looking before I leave home and will try PL as well.

Nice price! Let us know if you get an accepted PL bid because I will be trying for our trip, too!

 

[winger]

Nice price! Let us know if you get an accepted PL bid because I will be trying for our trip, too!

Sure will.

 

[Luanne]

I haven't gotten a good price through Priceline in year. Also since we got bitten a few years back in having to pay for the second driver, I've been leery of using them. Just be sure when you bid on Priceline that you know if there could be any additional charges that you haven't pre-paid for.

 

[toyo]

I just booked a 14 day Full size car rental with Hertz, for May, for $380 with AAA discount.

 

[winger]

Just got a nice surprise yesterday. Autoslash found a full size from Budget for $257 which beat my current Costco/Budget ressie for $314. This is for for 12days pickup from OGG starting next Saturday (4/5)

This is lower than my original goal of $275 - but I will keep looking before I leave home and will try PL as well.

Here is final result for us, with flight in the morning we are done searching...
PL approx $295
Costco 272
Budget 257
Chase UR 208
I prepaid with UR...price was same with Budget and Enterprise, and I went with Budget.

 

[Roger830]

When we were at the Dollar counter in Maui picking up the car that I booked last week for $148 for a week, the clerk wasted time fiddling with keys. I said to my wife, "she's probably looking for the oldest car. Sure enough, we got a 2012 Nisson Altima with 32,200 miles.

I'm ok with it, we also got a deal for Kona next week. Saved a total of $211.

Been getting up between 4 - 5 AM. Going on 7:30 whale watch tomorrow.

 

[Denise L]

Here is final result for us, with flight in the morning we are done searching...
PL approx $295
Costco 272
Budget 257
Chase UR 208
I prepaid with UR...price was same with Budget and Enterprise, and I went with Budget.

That is great! What a fantastic price. I don't have a Chase UR. My car is at $153/week/full size right now via Costco/AVIS.

 

[winger]

That is great! What a fantastic price. I don't have a Chase UR. My car is at $153/week/full size right now via Costco/AVIS.

The place was a madhouse when we arrived at the counter. Large sedans ( full sizes, premiums) were unavailable, so they ended up offering us a minivan UPGRADE for the same cost! The lady first tried to sell us the minivan for an extra $14 per day but I declined, so she ended up upgrading us for no additional charge.

 

[gnorth16]

Checked Again - Winner Winner!!!

I checked again and it went from $497 for a full size 12 day rental to $332 for a Premium!!! Very happy!!!

 

[winger]

I checked again and it went from $497 for a full size 12 day rental to $332 for a Premium!!! Very happy!!!

that is actually a pretty good price for a premium car.
If you are not already doing so, try autoslash to help you continuously monitor/check for a price is lower than you reserved for.

 

[gnorth16]

that is actually a pretty good price for a premium car.
If you are not already doing so, try autoslash to help you continuously monitor/check for a price is lower than you reserved for.

Very cool. It is now tracked. Thanks!!!

 

[Lauraine]

Hawaii airfare

I have an exchange into the Cliffs on Kauai for the beginning of June but will most likely cancel because airfares are over $900 and over $1000 for decent flight times. I've been tracking fares since January and they haven't changed. I just refuse to pay this for Hawaii. My girlfriend was going to fly from Atlanta to join me; her airfare is only a few dollars more than my flight from LAX. So the airlines are just gouging west coast flyers to Hawaii.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I have an exchange into the Cliffs on Kauai for the beginning of June but will most likely cancel because airfares are over $900 and over $1000 for decent flight times. I've been tracking fares since January and they haven't changed. I just refuse to pay this for Hawaii. My girlfriend was going to fly from Atlanta to join me; her airfare is only a few dollars more than my flight from LAX. So the airlines are just gouging west coast flyers to Hawaii.

Air miles ATL - LAX: 1944

Air miles LAX - HNL: 2615.

So she's paying the same amount of money for a shorter flight. Not sure why you think the airlines are gouging Hawaii flyers. Based on your data it appears to me that if flyers are being gouged, the gouging would be on the mainland.

 

[artringwald]

Here's what I call gouging. I tried to used Delta miles for multi-city interisland flights from LIH -> HNL and HNL -> KOA. They wanted 60,000 miles for two people (for next February). As I recall, interisland flights used to cost 5,000/segment. I tried booking the same flights with Hawaiian, and it was $314 total.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Here's what I call gouging. I tried to used Delta miles for multi-city interisland flights from LIH -> HNL and HNL -> KOA. They wanted 60,000 miles for two people (for next February). As I recall, interisland flights used to cost 5,000/segment. I tried booking the same flights with Hawaiian, and it was $314 total.

That is not surprising. February is one of the highest demand months in Hawaii, and the third week of February is probably the highest demand week in Hawaii. OTOH, if you can travel off-peak you can do much better.

I've given up trying to use FF miles for Hawaii in February.

 

[csalter2]

Inconsistent rates

I checked again and it went from $497 for a full size 12 day rental to $332 for a Premium!!! Very happy!!!

I have been looking at car rental prices almost daily since September for Hawaii. Costco has not been competitive until this week with Discount Hawaii Car Rental.

A couple of interesting things have happened this week. First, Costco did beat my Discount Hawaii Car Rental quote by $22.00 for our July Maui time. However, Discount Hawaii was able to reduce my Oahu week from $$195 for a full size car to $146 for a PREMium size car! This is that July 4th week.

I notice that July prices are usually very high. I notice that my second week in Oahu that the prices are even higher.

 

[Ken555]

I have been looking at car rental prices almost daily since September for Hawaii. Costco has not been competitive until this week with Discount Hawaii Car Rental.



A couple of interesting things have happened this week. First, Costco did beat my Discount Hawaii Car Rental quote by $22.00 for our July Maui time. However, Discount Hawaii was able to reduce my Oahu week from $$195 for a full size car to $146 for a PREMM size car! This is that July 4th week.



I notice that July prices are usually very high. I notice that my second week in Oahu that the prices are even higher.

Costco was best for my Maui rental, until a couple days ago when Advantage (with a coupon found in <1 min online) was another 10% less than Costco. I'm paying ~$21 per day for a standard size after all taxes and fees, which I consider to be quite good. Discount HCR wasn't even competitive. Of course, timing and availability is everything.


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[Elli]

Costco rates often go down just before a trip, but I found this year the rates for Palm Springs for early April hardly went down. The rates went up instead of down. We paid less for a car in Hawaii last Oct. than Palm Springs this year.

 

[HatTrick]

A 16-year-old boy has found a way to beat the high cost of flying to Hawaii.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-16-year-stows-away-california-hawaii-flight/story?id=23402777

 

[Luanne]

A 16-year-old boy has found a way to beat the high cost of flying to Hawaii.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-16-year-stows-away-california-hawaii-flight/story?id=23402777

And darned lucky he survived!

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/how-did-he-survive-teen-stowaway-very-very-lucky-n86036

 

[HatTrick]

And darned lucky he survived!

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/how-did-he-survive-teen-stowaway-very-very-lucky-n86036

Still, don't be surprised if the airlines add "wheel-well class" tickets to their flights in the near future.

 

[Blues]

Still, don't be surprised if the airlines add "wheel-well class" tickets to their flights in the near future.

I ran through the terminal building
To fly by my airline
The man said I could ride the wing
And I said that was fine
He said I'll confirm your reservation
And put the plane on hold
He come back and said "Sorry
But that wing space just been sold"

"The Great Airplane Strike"
Paul Revere and the Raiders

 

[MOXJO7282]

I have been looking at car rental prices almost daily since September for Hawaii. Costco has not been competitive until this week with Discount Hawaii Car Rental.

A couple of interesting things have happened this week. First, Costco did beat my Discount Hawaii Car Rental quote by $22.00 for our July Maui time. However, Discount Hawaii was able to reduce my Oahu week from $$195 for a full size car to $146 for a PREMium size car! This is that July 4th week.

I notice that July prices are usually very high. I notice that my second week in Oahu that the prices are even higher.

So we're looking at 7/12 - 7/26 on Maui. For Intermediate Costco had been lowest at $655. I have been checking almost daily and price had gone up by $100 after I booked in Sept.

Just today Costco is down to $579, lower by $76. Didn't check other sites because they have always been more expensive but I guess I will do so but happy for the time being saving $75 to $579 now.