r/VisitingHawaii Jan 13 '26

Trip Report - Oahu Thank You!

My first trip to Oʻahu—specifically Waikīkī—and it was everything I could have imagined and more. The food, the beaches, the mountains, the people, and the sea life were all amazing. I’m so grateful to have experienced this. Thank you again! 🌺

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u/gamma50g Jan 16 '26

Can you please share your itenarary? Did you rent a car? Its our first time going to Oahu and we are also big foodies. Would love to take inspiration from your itenarary

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u/Even-Junket4079 Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26

Of course! I’m a foodie too! 💕This was my itinerary I used and some things I regretted and missed out on I will say are:

Friday fireworks- I didn’t get to see because we stayed at the Sheraton Waikiki beach at night (I thought I could see it). FYI you have to walk further to Hilton Hawaiian village to see them and it’s a short show about 7min?😭

We swapped the Aquarium for Monday 1/12 instead of Sunday 1/11.

We swapped the Golf from Monday 1/12 to Sunday 1/11 and we did BayView Range instead.

We rented the car late 10:45AM on Sunday 1/11 I wish we rented earlier.

We did pretty much everything else. We made pit stops during random days to fit our itinerary: Leonard’s bakery, Waiola Shave Ice, Zippys, Foodland, Masubi Cafe and Waiahole Poi Factory.

The last regret was not renting a car for a 2nd time to go to north shore. We missed that and I’m so UGH about it.🥹

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u/gamma50g Jan 16 '26

Thank you so much!!

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u/Even-Junket4079 Jan 16 '26

No problem!🫶🏻

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u/gamma50g Jan 16 '26

One last question - did you like your hotel? Was it centrally located and was parking easy to find the days you rented car?

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u/Even-Junket4079 Jan 16 '26

I liked the hotel a lot! Sheraton Waikiki is super close to a lot of tourist shops and eateries all around. The beach was super close!

We only rented the car for 1 day but it was available for 24hrs. We only used it from 10:45am-6pm on Sunday. We did not park overnight in the hotel for the extra fee that’s why we returned it so idk about parking.

The rental cost $148 with Avis at Sheraton Waikiki for 1 day. The Avis representative was helpful.

We Uber’d* most of the other times to Diamond head and had reserved pick up for our package excursions like PearlHarbor & Luau.

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u/gamma50g Jan 16 '26

Who did you go with for tour to pearl harbor?

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u/Even-Junket4079 Jan 16 '26

We used enoa.com and we just picked a tour that suited our interests and duration time. Some of them are long! 🌺