Kona Condo

An exciting new oceanfront addition to OurKonaCondo.com

Read more about it at VRBO.com. We still highly recommend a stay at Kona Isle C-31, but, if it's in your budget to invest a bit more in your Big Island Hawaii vacation adventure, D-21 is well worth your consideration.

Invest in the Premier Club

A quick suggestion here if you find yourself flying to the Big Island via Hawaiian Airlines: you're already spending plenty enough on the tickets, so a few bucks more spent joining the Premier Club wouldn't be out of line.

For $199, you receive a number of exclusive benefits that make it worthwhile.

These include:

- an exclusive reservation phone line
- seat selection privileges
- Eepress check-in line at designated airport ticket counters
- priority boarding privileges

The bonus from this perspective is access to Premier Club Lounges operated by Hawaiian.

While that may not seem like such a big deal at a big airport like Honolulu, it can come in handy if you're hanging around the gates outside at Kona -- air conditioning, more comfortable seating and a respite from the roaring jet engines makes it well worth the expense.

And finally, if you run into any problems or have complaints, they generally find a more receptive ear if they're from a Premier Club member (or of course, a First Cabin type) than if coming from a coach customer (they insist this isn't true and that all animals in the Animal Farm are created equal. But you and I both know that's just not the case).

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Passport to a Hawaiian paradise

This one comes courtesy of:American Express.

They offer cardholders the services of their very own American Express Travel department.  Gazillians of activities on tap in these here islands, as followers of OurKonaCondo.com well know, from swimming with the dolphins to oggling sea turtles, and MORE!

To book your trip, all you have to do is call American Express Travel (you do have American Express don't you?  Doesn't everyone?)  1-888-297-4803 and book a trip.

Then, visit amexnetwork.com/hawaii to browse exclusive cardmember offers in shopping, dining, activities. 

Hmmm. In their fine print, it says "offers are made only to cardmembers who meet certain qualifying criteria. By responding, you will be disclosing to the merchant that you meet these criteria."

Hmmmm.....

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2009 best wishes from Hawaiian Airlines...

Gotta be time to start looking at their frequent flier programs, and their Hawaiian Air Visa...No?

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A redesign from Hawaii.com

Passing this along from the good peeps at Hawaii.com, where they've redesigned the site. Yup, new fonts and colors, but, that's not all.

It's now chock full of more than 5,000 pages o' stuff for you to explore and garner all the info you need to plan your Hawaii vacation.

Key sections help you plan and book travel and find things to do. Of course, you can always just "dream and shop." Included in this section are slide shows, virtual tours and a new selection of island videos.

There are easy ways to share the bounty with your friends, or join the more than 700,000 members who are part of this site.

And, oh yeah, you can get there, by going here.

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The quest for value...

We pass this along from our island brethren at Hawaiian Air.

"Now more than ever, we're all looking to find more value. But just how do you find  more? HawaiianMiles Partners - that's how.

"Through a network of partners, you’ll earn 'valuable' HawaiianMiles on qualifying purchases good toward flight awards on Hawaiian Airlines.

"From travel to treats, gift ideas and more, HawaiianMiles Partners offer you more. So the next time you’re looking to make a purchase, look to HawaiianMiles Partners first."

Yup, thinly disguised commercial gruel, I know.  But, hey, times are tough.  What do you want, Spam and eggs in your beer?

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Show dad your appreciation

Today, a quick note to pass along this nudge from the Hawaiian Airlines people (AKA, the sole Survivor).

Father's Day is right around the corner, (June 15th to be precise).

Through the previously noted HawaiianMiles dealie, you can earn credits toward a flight to your favorite Hawaiian isle(Big Island, right?), and show your appreciation to dear old dad at the same time.

The gift ideas range from cell phones to golf gadgets.

Heck, why not flow father a week at Kona Isle C31, while you're at it ;)?

The more generous you are, the more HawaiianMiles YOU earn.

Yeah, that's the ticket...

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More from the Kona Isle C31 guestbook

Just to make sure you realize it's not just us tootin' our own horn about what a neato torpedo place our little condo is, periodically, we share comments from guests kind enough to leave a note in our Guest Book.

Becky + Stephanie

Had a great Thanksgiving.

Morning shakeup wasn't bad but enough to wake you up.

Loved the snorkeling all over the west side.

Condo was perfect for our get-a-way. Relaxed by the ocean, grilled at the BBQ's and once the pool got heated, swam and floated in it.

The condo has it all.

Left a meat thermometer - needed it for turkey day.

Quiet, peaceful, relaxing!

Thanks so much for the thermo...was wondering where that came from. Now, all we have to do is catch one of those Nenes.... (Just kidding Nene...you know I'm kidding, right?)

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In their defense, flying into Hilo could put anyone to sleep ;)

So, there they were at several thousand feet, flying into Hilo Airport, preparing for a landing on the Big Island's "wet side."

And then, there the go! airlines pilots were...flying past the Hilo airport.

The Honolulu Advertiser notes: "Flight 1002 was headed for Hilo Airport at about 10 a.m. but overshot the airport by 15 miles before returning to land safely.

"A radar track of the 214-mile flight provided by the Web site www.flightaware.com shows the plane remained at 21,000 feet as it flew past Hilo before returning to the airport. Air traffic controllers reportedly were unable to contact the pilots for a while."

Said pilots, whose names were not released, have  been fired.

Headline above is nuff said for us.  But, for the folks onboard, maybe not so funny.

Read Rod Ohira's complete article:

Great advice from SFGate.com

We've been blogging for years (okay, so frequency is not our strong suit) about what a great place Hawaii is to visit and what a great deal it is to rent out the Kona Condo here at Kona Isle C31.

Now, along comes a published piece in the San Francisco funny paper that serves to bolster those assertions.

The piece, entitled Five ways to keep your Hawaii vacation affordable, leads off with the suggestion to rent a condo and save, save, save:

"If you're traveling solo or as a couple, you may end up paying a little more than you would for a hotel room, but you'll have a full kitchen, allowing you to skip overpriced hotel breakfasts, pack your own lunches for picnics and save leftovers from any restaurant dinners that you splurge on."

Jeanne Cooper wrote it, and links above point to the rest.

Aloha!

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