The last time you visited Kauai with your family you booked a boutique hotel that appeared quaint in the website photos but upon arrival did not quite live up to its billing. You were given a tiny room with a [...]
Cool facts: Hawaii is the most isolated archipelago on earth. Kauai is the oldest Hawaiian island by millions of years. Kauai has the most endemic species of anywhere on earth. Kauai wildlife can be seen even at the resort -- [...]
How is it that Koloa Landing Resort’s Main Pool was voted 2020’s “Best Hotel Pool in America”? So glad you asked! Contrary to what you may think, we were not crowned this honor by some industry committee with clipboards and [...]
Meant to Be(ach) You met the cutest guy on a post grad-school surf trip to Kauai. He was your friend’s friend’s friend, and you bonded over your shared love of clean waves, early U2, games of any kind and fried [...]
Welcome Gift It’s been a long day of air travel with your four children ages six to 14. Your suitcases are barely through the door of your villa when the kids are already shouting about something inside, “Mom! Dad! Can [...]
You wake up on your wedding day, gaze out the window at the ocean, and still can’t believe you’re getting married on the island of Kauai. Though busy, you’ve been surprisingly relaxed during the week you’ve spent here leading up [...]
During an extra happy happy hour at your local pub back home in Chicago, you, your wife and two other couples all toasted your half-priced martinis to “Getting out to Hawaii together someday!” That “someday” has actually arrived, and you [...]
Your husband and son are off to Shipwreck Beach to shore fish with a couple of rented poles, some squid bait, and lots of enthusiasm. Neither of them has any idea what they’re doing and you can’t wait to [...]
You’ve decided it’s time to cross “Vacation in Hawaii” off your bucket list and book a trip, but you’ve never been before and are not sure which island to try. Your friends have serious opinions about their favorites, but all [...]
MORNING GLORY It’s your first morning on the island. You wake up comfy in your villa’s fresh white bed and glance at the clock: 6:11 am. You are just awake enough to calculate the time difference back home (8:11!) and [...]
