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✈️ FLIGHTS Route: PVG ➜ HND ➜ HNL (return) Lead time: 90 days early-bird Cost couple: ¥15k total (premium econ upsell +¥2k) Transfer hack: 7.5 hr layover @ Haneda T3 Shore-Pass FREE (= 72 hr transit visa) → pop to Don Quijote + Matsumoto for masks/melts, back by 19:00 onward segment. Land HNL 09:00 same calendar day (18 hr time-difference magic). 🏨 SLEEP 5 nights Waikiki “main strip” ¥15k couple (≤ USD 200 / night after tax) Options that hit: Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort (direct beach-door) Queen Kapiolani Hotel (Diamond-Head view, newly Reno’d 2022) Tip: e-mail hotel 1 week out → ask for “kamaaina corner room” (often free upgrade for longer stay). 🎫 PLAY-TICKETS (buy on-line = zero queue) Attraction Price pp Couple Pearl Harbor USS Missouri $39.9 $79.8 Dole Pineapple Train $34 $68 Kualoa Ranch Visit Tour $55 $110 Bishop Museum $37.9 $75.8 TOTAL $334.4 🍽️ FOOD SPEND Style: “eat-what-you-pass” Google-map roulette + ABC grocery breakfasts. 6-day budget $1,000 couple (≈ $80 per day) Breakfast $10: musubi + Kona coffee from ABC. Lunch $20-25: shrimp truck plate / poke bowl / bakery sandwich. Dinner $35-40: izakaya share-plates, one cocktail, tip incl. Splurge night: $120 total for beach-front luau buffet (add on top if you crave fire-dancers). 🚗 TRANSPORT No rental car (left-side traffic + $45/day parking pain). Combo: TheBus day-pass $3 + Uber/Lyft for longer hops. 6-day spend ≈ $400 couple (airport rides + 3-4 longer Ubers to North-Shore). ABC Stores sell TheBus pass + mobile top-up – one stop. 📅 DAY-BY-DAY FLOW D1 – Arrival / Pearl Harbor Lite 09:00 land → Uber to Pearl Harbor (luggage storage $10/bag transparent-bag rule) Missouri tour 11:00 → Uber to hotel 14:00 check-in Sunset stroll: Royal Hawaiian Center → main drag → beach-front mai-tai. D2 – Classic East Loop TheBus to Lanikai 07:30 → sunrise shots Kailua breakfast 09:00 → shrimp truck 11:00 Bus to North-Shore: Hale‘iwa bowl + turtle beach 14:00 Sunset Beach 17:30 → back to Waikiki 20:00. D3 – Urban Nature 06:30 Diamond Head hike (enter before 07:00 = no queue) 09:00 brunch @ Island Vintage Noon: Ala Moana Center browse + Target beauty haul 16:00 beach nap Waikiki + sunset surf show. D4 – Ranch + Culture 08:00 Kualoa Ranch 1st slot (book direct!) 13:00 Bishop Museum (air-con history fix) 18:00 poke dinner D5 – Pineapple + Shopping 08:30 Dole Train (on-line ticket) 11:30 return bus → straight to luxury row (Tiffany / Hermès) tax 4 % + AmEx offers stack. 17:00 city-walk Kalakaua Ave. → beach sunset. D6 – Chill / Depart 05:30 sunrise on beach (no filter needed) 07:00 Musubi Cafe IYASUME (spam-musubi + Kona latte) 10:00 Uber to airport (allow 1 hr drive + return ABC cart ramp) Flight 13:35 HNL ➜ HND ➜ PVG land D7 17:30 local. 🧳 Pack-Me / Plane-Me Reef-safe sunscreen (TSA size) – buy more at ABC. Collapsible cooler bag – keeps poke cold on beach. Portable phone tripod – Diamond Head sunrise, no stranger required. Global Entry / e-gate = 10 min land-side in HNL. Now the only thing left to do: pick which spam-musubi flavour you’ll miss most when you land back in Shanghai. 🍙✈️ #US #Hawaii #Honolulu

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Lily Parker
Lily Parker
about 2 months ago
Lily Parker
Lily Parker
about 2 months ago

My dreamy destination

✈️ FLIGHTS Route: PVG ➜ HND ➜ HNL (return) Lead time: 90 days early-bird Cost couple: ¥15k total (premium econ upsell +¥2k) Transfer hack: 7.5 hr layover @ Haneda T3 Shore-Pass FREE (= 72 hr transit visa) → pop to Don Quijote + Matsumoto for masks/melts, back by 19:00 onward segment. Land HNL 09:00 same calendar day (18 hr time-difference magic). 🏨 SLEEP 5 nights Waikiki “main strip” ¥15k couple (≤ USD 200 / night after tax) Options that hit: Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort (direct beach-door) Queen Kapiolani Hotel (Diamond-Head view, newly Reno’d 2022) Tip: e-mail hotel 1 week out → ask for “kamaaina corner room” (often free upgrade for longer stay). 🎫 PLAY-TICKETS (buy on-line = zero queue) Attraction Price pp Couple Pearl Harbor USS Missouri $39.9 $79.8 Dole Pineapple Train $34 $68 Kualoa Ranch Visit Tour $55 $110 Bishop Museum $37.9 $75.8 TOTAL $334.4 🍽️ FOOD SPEND Style: “eat-what-you-pass” Google-map roulette + ABC grocery breakfasts. 6-day budget $1,000 couple (≈ $80 per day) Breakfast $10: musubi + Kona coffee from ABC. Lunch $20-25: shrimp truck plate / poke bowl / bakery sandwich. Dinner $35-40: izakaya share-plates, one cocktail, tip incl. Splurge night: $120 total for beach-front luau buffet (add on top if you crave fire-dancers). 🚗 TRANSPORT No rental car (left-side traffic + $45/day parking pain). Combo: TheBus day-pass $3 + Uber/Lyft for longer hops. 6-day spend ≈ $400 couple (airport rides + 3-4 longer Ubers to North-Shore). ABC Stores sell TheBus pass + mobile top-up – one stop. 📅 DAY-BY-DAY FLOW D1 – Arrival / Pearl Harbor Lite 09:00 land → Uber to Pearl Harbor (luggage storage $10/bag transparent-bag rule) Missouri tour 11:00 → Uber to hotel 14:00 check-in Sunset stroll: Royal Hawaiian Center → main drag → beach-front mai-tai. D2 – Classic East Loop TheBus to Lanikai 07:30 → sunrise shots Kailua breakfast 09:00 → shrimp truck 11:00 Bus to North-Shore: Hale‘iwa bowl + turtle beach 14:00 Sunset Beach 17:30 → back to Waikiki 20:00. D3 – Urban Nature 06:30 Diamond Head hike (enter before 07:00 = no queue) 09:00 brunch @ Island Vintage Noon: Ala Moana Center browse + Target beauty haul 16:00 beach nap Waikiki + sunset surf show. D4 – Ranch + Culture 08:00 Kualoa Ranch 1st slot (book direct!) 13:00 Bishop Museum (air-con history fix) 18:00 poke dinner D5 – Pineapple + Shopping 08:30 Dole Train (on-line ticket) 11:30 return bus → straight to luxury row (Tiffany / Hermès) tax 4 % + AmEx offers stack. 17:00 city-walk Kalakaua Ave. → beach sunset. D6 – Chill / Depart 05:30 sunrise on beach (no filter needed) 07:00 Musubi Cafe IYASUME (spam-musubi + Kona latte) 10:00 Uber to airport (allow 1 hr drive + return ABC cart ramp) Flight 13:35 HNL ➜ HND ➜ PVG land D7 17:30 local. 🧳 Pack-Me / Plane-Me Reef-safe sunscreen (TSA size) – buy more at ABC. Collapsible cooler bag – keeps poke cold on beach. Portable phone tripod – Diamond Head sunrise, no stranger required. Global Entry / e-gate = 10 min land-side in HNL. Now the only thing left to do: pick which spam-musubi flavour you’ll miss most when you land back in Shanghai. 🍙✈️ #US #Hawaii #Honolulu

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