Lina

We will be arriving on the Big Island after flying all day from the east coast-LA-Honolulu-Kona. We plan to stay near Kona for a night or two before heading to Hilo and the Volcano Natl. Park. We have 3 nights total on the BI and our top priority is seeing VNP. Afterward we head to Maui for 6 days (plenty of beach time there).

So, will we be functional the day after we arrive? Should we plan one full day and two nights near Kona and two days/one night near VNP...or the opposite? We fly out of Hilo to Maui on the evening of our third full day.

Thanks for your advice!

Lina

Sorry, I always forget to specify a region in my message title. I reposted.

bdawk

Had no problem on the way over, it's loosing the 6 hours coming back to east coast that gets you. I allowed an extra day at the end of my trip to readjust to east coast time.

J_Correa

I have not flown from the east coast to Hawaii, but I have flown from the west coast to Japan, which I think is basically the same time difference.

I had no troubles with jet lag on the way to Japan. My sleep schedule was a little off for the first couple days, but it wasn't bad. I just woke up earlier than usual, but otherwise felt fine. I had some pretty significant jet lag after the trip home though. I was pretty out of it the next day and took about 3 days to really recover.

luvtravl

We have flown to Hawaii twice from Tennessee where there is a 5 hour time difference. Going to Hawaii wasn't a problem, coming back was a killer! It is amazing how quickly we adjusted to island time! Both times for about a week after our return we swore we would never do it again. Guess what? We're currently planning a third visit this fall. Have fun!!!

curiousgeo

I agree, I don't experience too many problems flying east to west, it's the reverse trip that is the killer. Coming back from Japan usually takes me a couple of days to feel normal again. Same with flying from Hawaii to the east coast, especially on an overnight flight.