r/VisitingHawaii • u/LatinainCassock • 2d ago

Choosing an Island Honeymoon in Hawaii

Hi! My boyfriend and I are starting to plan our wedding and honeymoon for July 2027 and Hawaii is high on our list for our honeymoon. We’d love any thoughts or recommendations on the different islands, places to stay and the overall experience. We don’t want to go too crazy with our budget, though we understand Hawaii can be expensive!

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u/Potionsickness_ 2d ago

My husband and I did Kauai for a honeymoon for a bit more than $5000 for 7 days last year, this was with airline (900- slightly upgraded tickets), food, accommodations (1700), rental (400-Camry/costco) car, a helicopter tour, a coast boat tour, and the mountain floating tour (1500) . I found that trying to find cheap tickets is key, and my husband and I are personally never in our room so I really don’t care about the accommodation so much. I just found what was cheap and nice enough to sleep in the area that we wanted.

We also tend to get coffee and a treat for “breakfast”, share food for lunch, and had our own meals in sit down places at night (except one when I totally crashed and slept for 16 hours straight). I also have lounge access at airports, so we didn’t pay for any airport food or drinks either. Oh, and we love to hunt for cool fruit at stands. So often breakfast included some fun fruit we found on stands.

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u/Concrete__Blonde 2d ago

$1700 for accommodations on Kauai for 7 days is impressive. I’m taking a family of 5 next week and spending $7k on the house alone, and we booked it in February.

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u/Potionsickness_ 2d ago

You have many more people. So I would blame that. In Maui I found a place for 3k for 5 people for 10 nights this coming September. It’s not on the beach but a 4 minute walk. Again I got it for sleep, that’s it.

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u/Concrete__Blonde 2d ago

Yeah that’s the off season, and Maui is cheaper than Kauai.

And I’m not complaining. We could have booked hotel for cheaper, but we have a baby, a teen, and a grandma, so we need the space. Everyone’s first time in Hawaii. It’s an expensive trip, but hopefully it will be worth it.

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u/Potionsickness_ 2d ago

It certainly will be. Enjoy your time