Andrew

Another reason I saved the $7/night and parked at the Banyan is that my hotel was small and didn't have much guaranteed parking. If all the spots were gone, I'd be out of luck. At least the Banyan was predictable.

MelissaHI

I agree--having traveled with seniors myself. If it were just you, or you and younger people, the advice might be different. But having seniors does demand higher convenience.

jas67

Thanks for all the info. We are staying at the Waikiki shores. Have no clue where it is in compairison to most of the hotels mentioned above.

MelissaHI

Park Shore Waikiki at 2586 Kalakaua Avenue?

dusty56438

dusty - are there metered spots in places other than the zoo?

There are also a lot of meters throughout Waikiki on the side streets.

Those are about $1 per hour rather than the $.25 per hour at the zoo & Kalakaua Ave by Waikiki Aquarium.

dusty56438

Waikiki Shore is right next to Outrigger Reef on the Beach in Ft. DeRussy area.

It is also known as Outrigger Waikiki Shore & Castle Waikiki Shore as it is co-managed by those two.

There are also some private condos available through vrbo.com

Waikiki Shore is a nice condo but does not have a pool. If you are in an Outrigger room, you can use the pool at Outrigger Reef. That is also where the registration desk is.

If you are in a Castle room, the registration desk is inside Waikiki Shore.

You can check Ft. DeRussy parking garage. I believe you can park there for $10 a day.

It is called Outrigger Waikiki Shore on this map:

http://www.driveguidemagazines.com/oahu_waikiki.html

It is Waikiki Shore on this map (good magnification feature on the link)(also note the Ft. DeRussy parking garage):

http://www.spotlighthawaii.com/Spotl...kiki-2007a.pdf

hawaiiantraveler

I can't believe all the stressing for what amounts to about 5.00 a day.

You are spending hundreds if not thousands on this trip already, why the worry over 5 bucks?

Relaaaaax, park the car at the hotel and enjoy your trip!

Aloha!

jas67

Outrigger Waikiki Shore
2161 Kalia Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815
Is the actuall adress and we are with OutRigger hotels. Thanks for all the tips

dusty56438

One other tip:

Try to get a room above the palm trees so they don't block your view.

1JAR

If you or your parents have a handicapped placard that would help alot...

hulaskater

I shared a Waikiki Shore condominium unit with my sister and her son in February of 2007. We had a rental car, so they assigned us our own self-parking space underneath the building. We were given a remote control device to operate the entrance door to the garage. I can't remember for sure what we paid for parking, but I think it was $10 or $12 per day. I thought the units at the Waikiki Shore were really nice (I was able to peek into quite a few of them) and most of them have beautiful views of Fort Derussy Park and the ocean. My sister and I only had two problems with the Waikiki Shore. One was the view from our beachfront room. We had one of two units located just above the beach snack bar, so on our balcony we mostly experienced constant activity, noise, and cooking smells. I'm sure the higher beachfront rooms have beautiful views, but next time stay there I will book an upper level room on the Fort DeRussy side of the building. And by the way, most of the Waikiki Shore's units *do* face Fort DeRussy. I think only 2 units per floor are beachfront. The other problem we experienced at the Waikiki Shore was a deal killer. We knew there would be construction going on at the Outrigger Reef next door, but we were led to believe the construction would only be in the lobby area of the Reef Hotel. We ended up being serenaded by buzz saws and hammers almost all of the daylight hours, including part of the weekends! So bottom line... parking is convenient at the Waikiki Shore, the units are very nice, and most of the views are great, but I won't stay there again until construction is finished on the Outrigger Reef Hotel next door and Trump International Hotel across the street.

- Kathleen Fry

hulaskater

I forgot to mention one thing in my previous reply... My elderly parents live in Waikiki and they have always refused to accept any of my offers to drive them to restaurants and other places in Waikiki. They *insist* on taking the bus everywhere because they know what all of the locals know - driving and parking a car in Waikiki is a total pain. The local bus is only $2 per ride and visitors can buy a four day pass at any ABC store for $20. The bus is elder friendly because it "kneels" at every stop and a local law requires people to give up their seats to senior citizens.

- Kathleen

jas67

Thanks for the info. I knew about the fee but was not aware we might ahve our own parking spot.