Next Hawaii Trip Booked!
So, Hawaii, right? We just got back, like, less than three weeks ago. And now we've laid in plans for our next trip to Hawaii!
The planning for this return trip actually started before we even left for our previous trip. While I was on the phone straightening out a cancellation with Hilton Hotels I let them transfer me to Hilton Grand Vacations for a brief sales pitch. Long story short, we decided to take the plunge on one of those junket trips where you stay in a nice hotel for a low rate in exchange for sitting through a hard-sell timeshare presentation one day. What caught my ear about the offer was that one of their properties is on the Big Island of Hawaii- a place we wanted to go anyway.
The Big Island didn't work our for our December trip but we knew we could get back there sometime in 2022. We penciled in April on our calendars but were open to going in October/November as well.
"Let's plan the dates when we get back from this trip," we agreed while we were in Hawaii a few weeks ago. But then I put off calling back the timeshare people to pick dates for a few weeks. I finally did it Friday. We got dates in April, though not the week that was our top choice. Enh, close enough!
We'll be leaving April 8th, returning the 17th. We'll fly to Honolulu first and spend a few days there. There are a few things in/around Honolulu we didn't get to see in December, including the Pearl Harbor memorial. Then we'll hop islands (well, actually we'll fly) and stay near Kona for 5 nights. On our list there is to visit the volcano parks a bit more. We only saw them briefly, and in poor weather, when we visited a few years ago.
We're looking forward to going back!
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The planning for this return trip actually started before we even left for our previous trip. While I was on the phone straightening out a cancellation with Hilton Hotels I let them transfer me to Hilton Grand Vacations for a brief sales pitch. Long story short, we decided to take the plunge on one of those junket trips where you stay in a nice hotel for a low rate in exchange for sitting through a hard-sell timeshare presentation one day. What caught my ear about the offer was that one of their properties is on the Big Island of Hawaii- a place we wanted to go anyway.
The Big Island didn't work our for our December trip but we knew we could get back there sometime in 2022. We penciled in April on our calendars but were open to going in October/November as well.
"Let's plan the dates when we get back from this trip," we agreed while we were in Hawaii a few weeks ago. But then I put off calling back the timeshare people to pick dates for a few weeks. I finally did it Friday. We got dates in April, though not the week that was our top choice. Enh, close enough!
We'll be leaving April 8th, returning the 17th. We'll fly to Honolulu first and spend a few days there. There are a few things in/around Honolulu we didn't get to see in December, including the Pearl Harbor memorial. Then we'll hop islands (well, actually we'll fly) and stay near Kona for 5 nights. On our list there is to visit the volcano parks a bit more. We only saw them briefly, and in poor weather, when we visited a few years ago.
We're looking forward to going back!
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