Since I was going to be at Waikiki at the end of the day, I wanted to find a Waikiki luau. There are a few challenges here. The biggest is most of the luaus don’t operate on Saturday. I did find a few that do.
I ended up booking Rock-a-Hula….

After Pearl Harbor the next thing I wanted to do most in Honolulu is climb Diamond Head. Diamond Head tickets have timed entry. Since that can be difficult to predict I picked the latest time (4-4:30pm) and booked a Luau on Waikiki so I could do that right after…

I hadn’t planned on booking a guided tour in Honolulu but when I missed out on the free USS Arizona tickets, I started looking around at tours that included entry to the USS Arizona. 
I booked this tour for $49 ($63 after taxes and fees) which includes a city tour…

The USS Bowfin is a Balao class fleet submarine that launched exactly 1 year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Bowfin made nine patrol runs during WWII. It was responsible for destroying up to 140 thousand tons of enemy ships over 2 1/2 years. This gave the Bowfin…

I booked the Haleakala Crater Sunset Tour through Carnival. The tour is $185 but I booked it when they had a 20% off excursions sale. That took my price down to $148. I paid for it with my Carnival Mastercard which gives me a 10% statement credit on Carnival…

The Iao Valley State Monument in Maui is the site of the 1790 Battle of Kepaniwai. The valley was created by the erosion of the West Maui mountains. It features the 2250 foot tall Iao Needle. Iao means “cloud supreme” which refers to the clouds you can see over…