Does Hawaii have a "high" season...?

[Crafty71]

Hello,

I have a friend who would like to go to Hawaii. I have been once (in September, many years ago).

My friend would use some of my Wyndham points and I would (ideally) like to get a 60-day discount (so my points go further).

Are there particular times of the year where a 60-day discount is more likely...? Or is Hawaii "high" season year-round...? I suppose whale watching season may be busier, but I am not sure...

Any intel you can provide would be greatly appreciated...

Cheers!

 

[slip]

The summer is always our busiest time. Then it would be mid-December to March/April. The winter months are busy with snowbirds and it's Whale season. But yes, in general it is always high season.

 

[Passepartout]

Hawaii is high season year round.- - - At least according to my TS companies. There are NO 'off season' discounts.

 

[DeniseM]

School holidays - including all summer. Fall is the slowest season.

 

[tschwa2]

May is also considered on the slower side.

 

[echino]

January-April: high
May-June: low
July-August: high
September-December: low

Long weekends are also high season.

 

[geist1223]

I would be surprised if you could get a Booking at 60 days or less before Check-In. As others have said it is the worse when kids are out of school but it is High Season all year long.

 

[tschwa2]

I would be surprised if you could get a Booking at 60 days or less before Check-In. As others have said it is the worse when kids are out of school but it is High Season all year long.

except it's still covid uncertainty times, so depending on how much luck the OP's friend has with airfare, there will likely be cancellations in that 60-15 day window.

 

[DeniseM]

Regarding school holidays: 50% of Hawaii travelers are from California. California has gone to an Aug.-May school schedule for the most part, so Aug. has less demand than it used, to and June his more demand than it used to.

 

[sun starved Gayle]

Early December seems to be a little less in demand. People are done traveling for Thanksgiving and it’s early for Christmas travel. I have been able to get a couple of nice trades for my kids and their spouses in early December using a so-so trader.

 

[bobpark56]

No high or low season. May and Sept/Oct haven best availability though...also the best weather (fall is 3 or so degrees warmer). We have always found reasonably priced accommodations in those 3 months.

 

[davidvel]

School holidays - including all summer. Fall is the slowest season.

100% when kids are out of school.

 

[pedro47]

January-April: high
May-June: low
July-August: high
September-December: low

Long weekends are also high season.

Thanks, I now will be looking and planning for late September to maybe the first two weeks in November for 2022 or 2023.IMHO

 

[pedro47]

Question would the week after Thanksgiving and the first two weeks in December be low season time in Hawaii??? We need to stay two consecutive weeks.

Final question would the first three weeks in April be a good time to vacation in Hawaii. This is our anniversary time.

Thanks for any suggestions or advice.

 

[jtp1947]

Yes, after Thanksgiving and the first two weeks in December are less busy.
First three weeks of April would be a good time for Hawaii as there still may be some whales around.

 

[JeffW]

This is going back close to a decade, but almost every trip my family and I did to Hawaii was a last minute (60-45 days) booking through II and/or RCI, in Sept or mostly October. That avoided trading power deficiencies of our weeks. Plus I aligned that with FF awards.

I would agree that school season, non-holiday periods - probably represent the best availability.

Jeff

 

[rickandcindy23]

Wyndham Bali Hai is usually very available during the < 60 day window. Waikiki Beach Walk can be tough.

 

[sun starved Gayle]

Somewhere in International Interval, there is demand graph by week of Hawaii. I think I shared it one time on this board, but I'll be danged if I can find the post. Maybe someone else will have better luck tracking it down. It has good information. I no longer have a paper copy of the directory.

 

[echino]

Somewhere in International Interval, there is demand graph by week of Hawaii. I think I shared it one time on this board, but I'll be danged if I can find the post. Maybe someone else will have better luck tracking it down. It has good information. I no longer have a paper copy of the directory.

 

[sun starved Gayle]

Dang Echino, you're good!

 

[DeniseM]

I find the TDI to be very accurate.

 

[Gary50]

I’ve had excellent luck mid April to mid May in Kauai. Rental cars are currently a big problem

 

[zora]

If you're going to a neighbor island, check turo for a rental car. I used turo out of Kona (Big Island) and it was easy.

 

[DeniseM]

Here is the Hawaii TDI link if you want to save it for further reference: http://www.intervalworld.com/images/tdi-13.gif

 

[pedro47]

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