I know that this board is Aulani specific, but it’s seems many of you have included other islands in your travel and I am looking for some opinions. DH, DS (14) and I will be traveling to Hawaii in June of 2019. While I have been to Hawaii (on a cruise), DH and DS have not. We will be spending 7 night in Maui at the Wailea Marriott (that is a travel package and can’t be modified or shortened). We then have another week- I am torn between spending the remainder of the trip all on Oahu (4 night at Waikiki or North Shore/3 nights Aulani) or to travel to Kauai for three night and then spent 4 nights in Oahu (2 Aulani/ 2 elsewhere). DS wants to visit Pearl Harbor and DH wants to spend time on the North Shore and we all want to stay at Aulani so Oahu is a must.
I think my biggest concern about spending the full week in Oahu is that my family does not like cities/traffic (all though we live in Orlando so it’s not like they are not used to traffic and such- just don’t like on vacation) - they really enjoys more off the beaten path travel. This summer we went to Iceland and Paris- they would both go back to Iceland in a heartbeat but did not really enjoy our time in France (I still can’t understand this, but this is what I live with ).
With this is mind, I am concerned that they will find Oahu too developed (especially Waikiki) and would really like the Kaua’i and the feel. However, it does feel like a lot of travel. Anyone have any experience- is 3 night too short for Kaua’i or 4 nights too short for Oahu (2 of these days will be fully spent at Aulani enjoying the resort) How long does it really take to island hop from a travel perspective? If you have traveled with teens, what have they really enjoyed doing?
I think my biggest concern about spending the full week in Oahu is that my family does not like cities/traffic (all though we live in Orlando so it’s not like they are not used to traffic and such- just don’t like on vacation) - they really enjoys more off the beaten path travel. This summer we went to Iceland and Paris- they would both go back to Iceland in a heartbeat but did not really enjoy our time in France (I still can’t understand this, but this is what I live with ).
With this is mind, I am concerned that they will find Oahu too developed (especially Waikiki) and would really like the Kaua’i and the feel. However, it does feel like a lot of travel. Anyone have any experience- is 3 night too short for Kaua’i or 4 nights too short for Oahu (2 of these days will be fully spent at Aulani enjoying the resort) How long does it really take to island hop from a travel perspective? If you have traveled with teens, what have they really enjoyed doing?