Transportation from airport in Oahu
 

Anyone have advice on getting from the airport to the hotel (near wakiki beach)? We were quoted $30 per person, roundtrip. However, there are 8 of us, making the total $240. It would seem to make more sense to rent a car and drive it to the hotel and pay for the parking. We are only staying one night before heading off to Maui. Does anyone know of cheaper transport? Thanks! <BR>

<BR>Mary, Have you thought about a limo? With 8 people to split the cost, it should be affordable for you. Less than a year ago, I arranged for a limo to do a roundtrip from the airport to the Hilton on Waikiki Beach AND on the following day do a roundtrip to the Don Ho show from the Hilton to the Waikiki Beachcomber. BOTH roundtrips, including lei's for four people, was $220. I'm thinking that just the hotel transfers should be $100 to $150 for you. It was a fabulous limo with plenty of room for eight and the driver was great. Try e-mailing him at: [email protected] to get a quote. His name is Richard "Lee" Saunders (call him Lee). Hope this helps. You can e-mail me if you have any questions!

Take two cabs! It's about $25 from the airport to Waikiki (with the tip). You can easily fit four to a car. Most of the cab companies will give you a coupon for a significant discount to return to the airport (ie. $5 per person). It should cost you $60 max. Also, if you are all staying at the same hotel, they might even pick you up for free. <BR> <BR>The shuttles are about $12 per person but with 8 people, the taxis are cheaper. Aloha! <BR>

Take the bus! It's only a couple of dollars and it only takes 30 minutes to an hour! The bus stops at the airport and goes to Waikiki! <BR>

Since the last posts on this topic were a couple of years ago, I wanted to bump it up.
I'll be arriving in HNL around 8pm and have a 7:30am flight to LIH the next morning. I'm staying on a free night at the Hyatt, so I'm looking for an inexpensive way to get from the airport to Waikaiki &amp; back---As it will be late I didn't necessiarily want to take the bus. I'll only have a small carry on, so luggage is not the problem. I thought there was a van service but don't see anything on the airport website. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Here's the site which lists all available forms of ground transport at HNL:
http://www.hawaii.gov/dot/airports/o...ound_trans.htm

A taxi will charge you $25 or so, each way -- ask the Hyatt to give you the name of the company which offers a round-trip package (it's something like $25 total, and they'll take you door-to-door, by appointment only and prepaid). Sorry, but I can't remember the danged name! :-)

Allow yourself _plenty_ of time to get to the airport for your flight to Lihu`e...plan to depart your hotel at _minimum_ 2 hours prior to the flight.