I recently used AAA to assist me in booking my two week Hawaiian vacation. My family is traveling to two different islands along with a friend of my daughter's and another family of four. Seems like a straight forward trip right? Not exactly.
The first week of the trip is to the island of Kauai where we will use our timeshare points. Getting a room in a timeshare works fine as along as you book a year in advance. We took are of that portion. The next week all of us, except for the friend of my daughter's, will fly over to the Big Island of Hawaii. This is where things get a little hinky.
Our fabulous travel agent, Mary, over at the South Hill- Puyallup AAA put together a package deal saving us hundreds of dollars each for airline tickets and great rates on car rentals for both families. We didn't realize that even though we were staying at a timeshare on one island, that we could get a discounted packaged rate on the second leg of our trip while staying at a resort.
Mary spent several hours with us and two different occasions going over every detail such as travel insurance, using our Alaska Air miles to redeem tickets for the kids (didn't know we couldn't do that for the adults or we'd loose the package rate since it was linked to paying adults) inter-island flights, getting an unaccompanied minor back to home while we flew on to another island, rental car insurance, things to do on both islands, gave us maps and tour suggestions along with a friendly smile. With 20 years in the travel business, Mary is a wealth of information and has travelled extensively herself. She can rattle off rates as if accessing it from a computer and gives top notch service. Give her a call at 253.445.3745 and tell her Misty sent you!
This will be our 2nd visit to Waikoloa Beach Resort
(A Marriott property) on the Big Island. We loved it here!
A fabulous place for kids and adults.
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