We are one the Best of Hawaii trips in May 2024 and had a few questions what to expect on days where there is an inter-island flight scheduled. 1. How early are the flights scheduled for departure. 2. Do we collect our luggage once we arrive at the airport and take to the check in or does Tauck handle this for us ..read more

Was checking out the itinerary for thus trip and noticed itinerary includes a visit to the USS Missouri Battleship Memorial but no visit to the Arizona memorial. If this is right, is the memorial close by (walking distance) from the Royal Hawaiian hotel that we could do on our own ..read more

Have Best of Hawaii Tour reservations for May 2024 and had gone ahead and reserved my flights as Delta had a daily direct flight from Maui to Atlanta which worked out great for us on our return after the tour ends. Recently Delta announced that due to recent fires in Maui and decrease in tourists they were decreasing their service to Maui. Shortly after this announcement I got a notification that there had been a change in my flight reservations. Upon checking sure enough the daily direct flights from Maui to Atlanta were dropped. We were rescheduled but there are 3 in our party and one was re ..read more

Wondered if there were any baggage restrictions that apply only to the on-tour flights that are different from the standard airline restrictions when traveling to/from Hawaii ? Thanks ..read more

Considering taking the Best if Hawaii Tour in 204 and had a question regarding the inter-island flights and wanted to ask if any of these flights require walking up steps to get on/off the plane vs using the gangways. Have experience in the past when utilizing short flights sometimes the planes require you to walk from/to the gates and utilize stairs to embark/disembark usher plane ..read more

The title says it all. Well almost - rez not necessary if you have a Hawaii driver's license (but that didn't fit in the title). https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dsp/parks/oahu/diamond-head-state-monument/ If you're planning to do this during free time in Honolulu, be advised ..read more

We're doing the Best of Hawaii Tour on 4/9/22. Anyone know if the helicopter rides are worth it ..read more

The quote below is from KHON2 posted last night. "by: Sam Spangler Posted: Aug 10, 2021 / 10:04 PM HST / Updated: Aug 10, 2021 / 10:15 PM HST HONOLULU (KHON2) — With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations soaring new restrictions are rolling out state-wide. Effective immediately bars, restaurants, gyms, and other social establishments will once again have to limit indoor capacity to 50%. Social gatherings will now be limited to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors ..read more

This 16 minute video shows the highlights and the occasion lowlights of our 12 day Small Group tour to four islands of Hawaii. We started in Honolulu, went to Hawaii, on to Kauai and finished in rainy with flooding Maui. The Destination Resorts we stayed at were fabulous and fabulous understates how excellent they were. The food was outstanding. Many planned activities were cancelled due to weather, our busses getting stuck, and holidays. All in all the tour was excellent and very interesting with the unexpected happening along the way. The biggest change since my last Hawaiian Tauck tour was ..read more

I'm going to be taking this tour this summer. It looks like there is a lot of free time. I'm not someone who just sits on a beach. Any suggestions for what to do during free time? (I will be arriving a day early and will spend a day on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, where my father was stationed during WWII.). I've been to Oahu and Kauai many years ago, but don't remember a lot ..read more