Getting Ready for Your Oahu Vacation
Ready for your trip to Oahu? I’ll bet that being ready includes booking your flights and hotels and maybe even a rental car. If I said, “don’t do that, just go walk up and book all that stuff when you get there.” You’d think I was crazy. And you’d be right.
Nobody walks up to the airline ticket counter and says “next flight to Honolulu please.” Even if they did have a seat, what kind of price do you think you’d be offered? Same thing goes with hotels and rental cars. Walk-up means risk of not getting what you want AND certainty of paying the absolute top dollar.
So “ready” means you’ve got everything booked. You probably visited multiple sites to make sure you got not only what you wanted but also got it for the best possible price available. So flights, hotels, transport, all set. And I’m sure you’ve booked all the things you want to do too, right? If you are like most people, your answer here is probably “Well… no. I’ll take care of it when I get there.”
While we all know about the perils of walk up prices in travel, for some reason we’ve got a blind spot when it comes to the reason for travelling in the first place. We wing it when it comes to sightseeing, activities, and other things to do in the place we are headed. Partly this is because booking all that stuff in advance is a bit of a pain. For a destination like Hawaii we might easily be looking at 10 separate bookings (or more). Partly it is because when we travel we like the idea of getting back the flexibility and spontaneity that can be a limited outside of vacations. And partly it is because unlike airfare, most of us wouldn’t know where to go to get a deal on museums or tours or activities (do they even do offer deals?).
So by now you are probably guessing what comes next. The solution that will make everything super easy, maintain flexibility, and save money! Yeah right.
Actually, Yeah. That is right.
The Go Oahu Card is a product designed to solve for all three of those needs. The founders of the company behind the Card recognized there was a big gap in travel planning and saving around things to do. As a result they created a ticketing system and formed partnerships with the best museums, tours, and sights in each destination they cover. Over 425 so far — ranging from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to the San Diego Zoo to Chicago’s Sears Tower, not to mention bike rentals, guided tours, surf lessons, and more.
But back to the Go Oahu Card. It is a “by-the-day” ticket that gets you free admission to 30 of Oahu’s best things to do. So you buy the Card for the number of days you need, and then you have your ticket to all of the participating activities, tours, and museums. The things it covers ranges from the many museums and sights in and around Pearl Harbor (USS Missouri, Pacific Aviation Museum, USS Arizona Audio Tour, etc.) Hawaiian culture sights like the Polynesian Cultural Center and the Bishop Museum, fun in the sun like snorkeling tours and the Diamond Head Crater hike, guided bus tours and sights and activities all over the Island of Oahu.
So with the purchase of the one card, you have your ticket to 30 things all at one go. And because of that, you don’t need to track down and book each one individually, but you also keep you flexibility. You use the card when and where you want to do the things you want. Granted, there are certain activities like Germaine’s Luau that you need to call ahead and make a reservation. But that’s true even without the Card.
As for savings, the Go Oahu Card is priced to save you money compared to buying separate tickets. And that’s not to say you need to do all 30 things to save money. If you did you’d save a bundle – but you’d also need another vacation to recover from the effort. The card is actually priced so that if you do a few things on each of the days you use it, you can save real money. Oh – and you have two weeks to use you days. So you still have time to sit on the beach (although the Go Oahu card can even help with that, with snorkel gear, surf lessons, and so on).
Check out the Go Oahu Card site for full details on what’s included and decide for yourself if it should be part of your trip. You can also read reviews from Go Oahu Card customers.
So to be really ready for your trip to Oahu, get your flights, hotel, AND a Go Oahu card. You’ll be glad you did and will become one of the growing number of smart travelers who know about this handy way to save money and time in 14 different North American destinations.
Planning a trip to Oahu? Read about attractions, tours, discounts, and more with the Go Oahu Card.