Testimonials

Everything arranged by Great Hawaii Vacations ran very smoothly. I have absolutely no complaints and would recommend you to anyone. The Fairmont Kea Lani is a magnificent hotel - the room was superb (I was travelling with my wife and 2 children aged 10 and 12) with a separate living area with a hideabed. The car rental on both islands (Maui and the Big Island) was exactly as ordered. The Fairmont Orchid on the Big Island while nice, is not in the same league as the Kea Lani.

Thanks for all of your help - especially Tim

Andrew
Westmount, QB, Canada

Thank you so much for the beautiful screensaver. I am now in total dreamland when working on my computer! We absolutely loved Maui and would return in a heartbeat. The Lahaina Shores Resort was very nice and conveniently located to (our now very good friend's bar- Hecock's) and of course the shopping.

We will definitely use Great Hawaiian Vacations the next time we journey to the islands. Thank you very much for all your assistance!

Sincerely,

Rita Calderon
Arizona

We really enjoyed our stay at the Napili Kai Resort. It was easy to make our reservation thru GHV. We had no difficulty getting to the resort with the directions you gave us. Check in and check out was easy. the price we paid and the check price was the same (with added incidentals of course). We were very happy with our vacation.

We did make reservations through your recommended Tom's Cashback Barefoot Tours for a whale watch. The confirmation letter sent us to Maalea Harbor for pickup, and we were supposed to be in Lahaina. We made a very harried and fast drive back to Lahaina after we had just passed Lahaina to go to Maalea originally. That was the only slight difficulty we had during our wonderful vacation.

Thank you

Clayton Adams
Lisle, IL

We had an awesome time and your sales person Tim, was excellent in helping us with all of our planning needs. We appreciated your service immensely. I only wished that we were greeted at the airport with Lei's for our children's first visit! That is petty, but just a touch that would have thrilled them! Thank you for your help and time, we will use your services again.

Sincerely,

Kim Schmidt
Terrebonne, OR

Thank you. We had a great trip to Hawaii. we thoroughly enjoyed each day. The beach house "Hale Ani' was great - one of the best rentals we have ever had.

best regards

Joan Carlton
Sudbury, MA

We were a little concerned when we booked the Hololani as we have stayed at the Papakea 3 times and the Kaanapali Shores once before. But we were very happy with the Hololani. The room was great, well equipped, newer kitchen than the Papakea, and what a view. We would definitely stay there again.

So thank you for the recommendation, our holiday was great.

Take care,

Doug
Edmonton, AB, Canada

Hello. Our trip was great. Great Hawaii Vacation's service was very good as was the service provided by Suite Paradise on site. The Suite Paradise concierge service was very good as well.

We stayed in the Regency area of Poipu Kai. There is a rule about nothing outside the condo except footwear. This gave us some concerns when we came back from the beach with wet boogie boards - didn't want to take them in the condo till they were dry. We decided to leave them out to dry but got a warning note from the Poipu Kai patrol. Our suggestion is that there be both a footwash situated near each condo building and that one deck be designated for drying beach gear.

Mahalo

Barrie Wright
Calgary, AB, Canada

We enjoyed our stay at Outrigger Kanaloa at Kona. It was very pleasant. The view from our waterfront unit was superb! The condo was clean & welcoming. having a washer/dryer was very helpful. the staff was also helpful - we used the travel service to book several outings. We ate at the condo restaurant one evening & enjoyed it very much. The location of the condo was convenient. All in all we had a great time there. Thanks for setting it up.

Christine Oster
El Dorado Hills, CA

Just to let you know we had a very positive experience working with Great Hawaii Vacations. Our agent (Patti) was very helpful and courteous through the whole process. We were greeted at the airport with flower (orchid) leis upon arrival. We booked a condo rental (Noho Nani) that was very nice (clean and comfortable) and had a terrific view overlooking the ocean. We enjoyed sitting out on the lanai each morning watching the whales, snorkelers and the sunrise! The airline reservations on Delta were fine also, except for a flight delay on the way home (but that was due to weather issue in Colorado which affected when our flight left Salt Lake City). The car rental through Dollar was also great and met our expectations.

Thanks again for a very pleasant experience and we look forward to booking a Hawaiian vacation in the future through Great Hawaii Vacations. Keep up the great work!

Sincerely,

The Nagel's
Shakopee, MN

Aloha, and Maholo for all of your assistance in helping to plan our vacation. Our accomodations were everything you told us they would be and more. Although the Royal Kona was under construction in part, your consultant told us which tower to stay in to get a renovated room which turned out to be great advice. The rest was fabulous and we were in a great location, just as he promised. He turned us onto the link for Barefoot Tours which also turned out to be a great source for us. All in all I give you guys a 10 plus and would recommend anyone going to Hawii putting their trust in your travel company.

Happy almost summer!

Nina Aliprandi
Deerfield, IL

Aloha!

We had a great time in Hawaii. The accommodations at Poipu Kai on Kauai were fine and so convenient to the beach and the rest of the island. The reservations for tours through Barefoot Tours went well and we enjoyed the tour guides who were so professional. Thank you for your help. We would happily recommend you to anyone else traveling to Hawaii.

The only hang up came because USAir changed their flight schedules and we had an eight hour lay over in San Francisco. With that late departure, we were up 39 hours straight getting home, but better that than arriving in Hawaii. Should we ever plan a trip there again, you will hear from us.

Gail & Joe Pond
Lynchburg, VA

Hi there, thanks for your note ? I was going to email you anyways and tell you what a pleasure you were to deal with. When we checked into our condo in Maui there was a little problem. (They had overbooked and said they didn't have a 2 brm Ocean View until the next day and they may have to move us). I called Kavan and left him a msge and received a call back from one of your staff advising that we would in fact have the room we booked.

The condo was great, the view was fantastic and I have NO complaints. I would definitely book with Great Hawaii Vacations.

Thanks so much!!

Aloha, until next year!

Cheryl Sawatzky
Kelowna, BC, Canada

Thank you very much for the email welcoming us back home. We had a most delightful and fun-filled time on the Big Island. Our accommodations at the Royal Kona Resort were very nice and met our needs. The staff was very friendly and helpful there. It was located very close to town which made it very convenient to walk around to eat and shop.

Please thank Daniel for his help in making a selection at which tower to stay in. He was very helpful and suggestions met our needs with making our reservations. I would definitely call him again for our next trip. Please thank him for us and keep up the great job with the service your company is providing Hawaii visitors.

Thank you for the screen saver and the credit towards our next trip. We will definitely be going back.

Mahalo!

Mary Guzwicus
St. Petersburg, FL

We had a wonderful time in Hawaii! Thank you for booking with three different hotels for us. It was great to change hotels every second or third day. The next time I will have you do airlines, charter boat, and rental car also. You can do the whole package for us, because you did good. Sometimes, you do not know what you are getting, so we do part of the trip ourselves. There was one thing that was bad, but I had a wonderful time, so I do not think about the bad. My luggage did not follow me from California to Hawaii, Jim's was fine. Mahalo

Barb
Evergreen, CO

Hi,

I wanted to let you know that we loved our accommodations. David Blau gave an excellent recommendation. He said to stay North of Kona rather than in it. He was right.

Thanks,

Deb Loch
St. Paul, MN

Thank you for your note. We had a wonderful time at the Turtle Bay Resort. We found the facility and the staff to be exceptional. The view from our room on the 6th floor was spectacular and we enjoyed several delightful meals in the various restaurants at the resort. No problems at all! Thanks for setting us up for a great trip!

Sandy McClymonds
Irvine, CA

Thanks!

We had a great time...no complaints. Sometimes no news is good news ;)

Jenny Penaranda
Renton, WA

As always, your staff is very helpful with our trips to Hawaii and we will definitely call on you again. Thank you so much for making our trip planning much easier.

Russell & Rhonda Dellabalma
Arcata, CA

Thank you for the email follow up and the Hawaii screen saver. Thank you for taking good care of our arrangements on our travel to Hawaii. We certainly would do it again. Aloha .....

Helen Cambra
Boise, ID

Your company was great to work with. Carrie was efficient, friendly and wonderful. I have written a review of the hotel we stayed at and sent to Travel Advisor. I included some information on your company as well. Mahalo!

Karen Hartinger
Vancouver, WA

Good morning Mr. Kang,

My trip to the Big Island was great. The Royal Kona Resort provided me with great rooms, location and a friendly staff.

Booking my stay at the hotel was made easy with the help of your travel consultant, Charity Powell. She was very helpful and courteous in the telephone and email correspondence that I had with her. She followed up on all questions that I had in a quick and efficient manner. Charity even emailed me on a Saturday to answer a question that I had. Wow, I was surprised and impressed. Please thank her again for me when you get the chance to.

I am very satisfied with Great Hawaii Vacations and am looking forward to calling Charity again to book another trip in the future.

Mahalo,

Carl Matsuura
Aiea, HI

We had a very good experience with Great Hawaii Vacations in planning our place to stay while in Hawaii. The accommodations were superb in Maui, very nice condo. Thanks for all your help.

Canda McCann
Stanfield, OR

We had a wonderful time in Waikiki. The hotel, Waikiki West, was very good, the staff friendly, and the service excellent. I am sure I will book with your company again.

Daniel Blau was very helpful. Thank you for the pictures. I look at them every day. Also, thank you for the $25.00.

Yours Truly,

Karl Goeckel
Penticton, BC, Canada

Aloha Eric,

Thank you for your email. We had a truly wonderful vacation in Hawaii and are sad to be back in Maine, where it is going to snow tomorrow!

Great Hawaii vacations as a source of accommodations worked out very well. We really liked our place on Kauai, ResortQuest Islander on the Beach, which you booked for us. Thanks for making part of our travel plans easy.

Sincerely,

Kathleen

Patty:

I wish to thank you for your help with our Maui Vacation. People ask us about it and we simply say we went to heaven. It was one of those trips where everything, even the glitches, (delayed flights, etc.) worked out to our favor as long as we had an open mind. The weather was great and the place we had in Wailea the last night was breathtaking. When we rented a car and drove to Portland as our initial flight was cancelled (remember the frantic tel. call) and the car was a PURPLE Coop (HR) I decided this was going to be a magical trip. On the way home our flight was delayed and we ended up being able to get home sooner, go figure. Just one fun aside. We met some people from the island my husband knew and his wife was a native. We went to her ancestral land and upon leaving she gave us these leis her brother had made tea. Apparently they are quite rare and many islanders exclaimed they had not seen them in a long time. We were so honored. We look forward to a trip in the future.

Thanks for all your help.

Maryanne

As requested for our comments on your service, we would like to thank Great Hawaii Vacations for making our trip easy to organize, as well as arranging great priced accomodations.

We were very happy with all those who we had dealings with and felt fully informed of everything we could possibly want to know before embarking on our trip.

We had an awesome time, we'll be sure to be back again soon!

Cheers,

Aaron and Sarah
Collaroy, Austalia

Thanks!

I really enjoyed my vacation on the island of Maui this February of 2007. It was a pleasure to work with my Great Hawaii Vacations representative (I believe Eric). He was so helpful and extremely patient with all of my questions and concerns. I would recommend Great Hawaii Vacations to anyone!

Thanks again,

Alex
San Diego, CA

The people at the Royal Lahaina were fantastic.With Hawaiian airlines sending my luggage to San Fransico instead of Mauii from Honalulu,(for two days) the trip was perfect as was the weather. I have recommended this trip to several friends and they want to have the same type of accomadations as we had. Thank you very much.

Tony Reding
St. Paul, MN

Hello Great Hawaii Vacations Staff,

My wife and I thank all of you responsible for providing us with another great vacation, and appreciate all the extra service your company provides. Yes, all our expectations were met and we would highly recommend you.
Thanks again,

The Fitzgeralds, Ron & Debbie
Foothill Ranch, CA

My two friends and I had the best holiday. The accommodation was so wonderful. The Ohana East is high on the list of hotels to return to. The staff was so helpful and friendly. The room was wonderful with a great view of the ocean. I have already recommended your company to a few people who have asked me about Hawaii and who to book through, so hopefully in the coming months you will have a few more bookings from Australia. Thank you to Great Hawaii Vacations for a smooth holiday. The vouchers came in plenty of time and our holiday ran smoothly thanks to you. I would love to come back to Hawaii next year and wouldn't hesitate to book with you again. You are a credit to the travel industry.

Mahalo!

Kind Regards,

Karol Amiguet
Eltham Victoria, Australia