Thread 2820704

I want to take a week long trip to Hawaii this year around Christmas. I don't have a ton of money, my budget is around $3500.
Things I want to do:
>surfing (i'm an okayish longboarder)
>eat amazing food
>nightlife
>see a volcano up close
Those are really my big ones.
Any tips? What island should I visit? Is my budget adequate? Where should I stay? Do I need a rental car or is the public transport good enough? Best restaurants?
I'm 22 years old but would rather not stay in a hostel, last time I did it was lame and gay and I kinda hate people my age. Bonus points if the hotel is on the beach.

>>2820704 (OP)
Don't visit Hawaii. It's expensive and bad. People there are lazy, hotel rooms don't get cleaned, they spend more time protesting foreigners or pick-pocketing them than actually working.

>>2820704 (OP)
>my budget is around $3500.
Not enough

>>2820732
Where should I go then? International is not an option because reasons.

>>2820735
How much should I expect to spend to accomplish my goals then

>>2820735
3500$ should be fine, he's only staying one week afterall, 500$ USD per day is a lot, even in Hawai

>>2820737
Guam.

$3500 is doable. If you stayed on Maui, you could stay at the Maui Banyan Vacation Club from the 22nd to the 29th. You'd be looking at $2,000 total for the room after taxes and fees. That's a great location on the beach side. You'd be right on the beach and within a 10 minute walk of the grocery store. They have amazing poke in the grocery and it's very reasonably priced. You could cut down on expenses by not eating out and using the grills on the property and the fridge and microwave in your room. You can buy booze at the grocery and take it to the beach and save a fortune. Book a shuttle from the airport from around $25 each way. There are like 5 surfboard rentals right next your hotel. Surfboard rentals are like $15/hour. You could catch a shuttle to the volcano for around $100. You could definitely do a week for $3500 and see everything you want to see.

>>2820704 (OP)
Make sure you eat plenty of that delicious three finger poi. They also know how to prepare spam out there

>>2820704 (OP)
You wont need 3 and a half k. Where are you flying from? Stay in a surf hostel in honolulu.
>but i didnt enjoy hostel
Do you wanna talk to cute surfer girls or dont you? Hotels tbf arent bad though in price as i recall.

Food isnt anything special but given the greater amount of japanese residents theres more authentic dining options catering to such and its also pretty cheap! Course you canxtry the rainbow diner thing which is the dwfinitive example of sloppa in my books but is still good comfort food at the end of the day.

There aee loads of hotels on the beach
Kona coffee is nice and since i was injured wnough not to be able to surf when i went there i spent some time at the kona in waikiki just watching the waves. Public transport will get you where you need to go but its slow af, deliberately slow imo. On kona (the big island) its free but also african tier lol. Iirc north main island has best surf spots but i necer went there.

>>2820822
To add. Spent half my time on oahu and half on kona over a week. But I was more interested in the volcanoes and Pearl Harbour. Still got a few locations mapped. Never tried Helenas Hawaiian food but its meant to be good local stuff. Hawaiian poke is quite different from the supermarket stuff as you might imagine. Marugame Udon is the Japanese joint I went to. They've also got a Don Quijote for what its worth.

Kona island has a brewery that offers a tour with beer tasting and things. If you're into beer and happen to be there can,t hurt. Worth mentioning Diamond Head park is in walkable distance from Waikiki BUT YOU NEED TO BOOK IN ADVANCE.

>>2820822
>Where are you flying from?
East coast unfortunately

Maybe this is a good thread
>want to move to Hawaii
>85k remote job no more 1 day in the office as our call center is relocating to the midwest
>look up stuff on google "WTF ANON ULL B SO POOR :(((("
>reddit people saying how could you live but I remember those people are retards
>see rent for ~1500/mo for a 1br
>electricity europoor levels of expensive
>see costs of walmart food is maybe 10-15% more than what I pay now

Am I missing something with "muh hawaii expensive" don't need a car, probably just get an e-bike and use the bus pass.

>>2821045
Groceries are about 25% more expensive for everything. So unless you plan on taking the bus to walshart for everything, you're going to be paying more.
If your $1500 apartment is in a walkable area where you don't need a car then it's an unbelievable deal. The public bus in Honolulu is hilariously bad, I don't think you can depend it on getting you anywhere. There have been times where I've tried to take it to the North Shore or elsewhere on Oahu and it never showed up.

>>2821059
seen a lot of 1300-1500 1br's in those smaller older buildings that are 3-4 stories high.

>walshart
Yeah I don't really care Captain Crunch bought in Walshart is the same as it is at Target or Whole Foods, oh no I have to wait behind a welfare queen twice a month... the horror...

>>2821059
Hawaii rent isn't that crazy given how insane most cities have gotten
https://residential.hawaiianprop.com/holiday-manor-1110/default.aspx
2seconds of searching

>>2821064
Yeah but where are those apartments? Parts of Honolulu aren't walkable to anything and depend entirely on public transportation in those areas isn't realistic. There's also plenty of poor people on welfare everywhere so if you think you're only going to see "welfare queens" twice a month you're not gonna fit in, especially since the same people will be living in your building.

>>2821071
>Honolulu isn't walkable
Holy fat retard, the post says an ebike you can get anywhere in Honolulu with ease.

>>2821069
That apartment is a fine location and you probably don't need a car living there, if you can actually rent it without getting on a waitlist

>>2821071
The climate is so good in Hawaii, you can just live in a tent

>everything absurdly expensive for a generic pacific island
>the locals all have a smug sense of superiority and hate tourists despite their state's economy being built on it
>service quality is horrible
>no meaningful local culture because it's all tourist resorts

I don't understand why you would go to Hawaii and not any random pacific island nation

>>2821074
Why would you need a car in Honolulu anyways, minus kids

Biggest pitfalls of living in HI I can find are
>income tax is insane
>power costs are 40-50c KwH
>food costs unless shopping at costco/walmart are 20% premium at minimum
I've never got the "WATCH OUT DUDE THE LOCALS MIGHT NOT LIKE U :(" shit. From my previous times there, locals really don't give a shit until you start hand waving how things should be. I just see them as complete welfare queens because they mainly are and know how to abuse the government red tape (see the light rail fiasco or any road opening/changes). Divorce rates from the locals are also pretty insane there, I don't recall how many guys I'd run into who got married had 2-3 kids and the native wife divorced for that sweet sweet child support in a court system that always rules to the natives.

Biggest draw back is most people who move to hawaii last no more than 5 years there, so even if you do move there expect all friendships build to fall by the wayside and return to the 48's with not much to show outside a tan.

>>2821098
It's cheaper than Guam, and for those who have to reside in the USA for work it's an option.

Guam deserves all the hate possible

>>2821098
Easier to get there, better infrastructure, and you don't need a visa. Where do you recommend?

>>2821434
I get it if you want to live somewhere tropical and have to reside in the US for work reasons, but OP is only talking about taking a vacation.

>>2821445
>Where do you recommend?
Try French Polynesia, not sure exactly what the visa process is for US citizens but it's probably not that bad to French territories. I've always had a great time there.

>>2820732
My dad visited Hawaii with his wife for their honeymoon, and they greatly enjoyed their trip. He went to the Big Island, rented a car, and explored all the lovely nature. Not sure what their total expenditure was.
>>2820780
Is it a lot? How much are those beachfront rooms going for? How much would an anon spend in an evening at a nightclub? What about a car rental? Round-trip airfare? Fine dining? I can easily foresee this figure being exceeded.

>>2821092
The pro vagabonds use hammocks, not tents. You can hammock on the side of a steep forested hill where nobody would ever spot you. A tent, you're much more obvious and visible.
>>2821098
Have you even been to Hawaii or talked to someone who has been? Quit parroting demotivational clickbait you saw on JewTube.