by Andrew Doughty | Mar 17, 2012
This O’ahu hotel is near the park and the shore, so it’s aptly named. The Park Shore Waikiki rooms are clean and simple but a tad small and stark. They added smart TVs so you can connect your devices for streaming. Standard rooms have very small lanais that you can...
by Andrew Doughty | Mar 17, 2012
This large condo complex is good for families. There’s even a playground and basketball court next to the pool on the sixth floor. If you’re in Tower 2, be aware that some of your “ocean view” may be dominated by Tower 1, if you have a room directly facing that tower....
by Andrew Doughty | Mar 17, 2012
The O’ahu hotel feels geared toward the business traveler with many amenities. The Hilton Waikiki Beach rooms are clean and very modern with their trademark Serenity beds and 42-inch TVs that you can connect to your computer. Rooms either face the mountains (which are...
by Andrew Doughty | Mar 17, 2012
This hotel is built in the shape of a Chinese lantern. Most Waikiki resorts don’t have a 13th floor because it’s considered bad luck in western culture. The Asian owners here embrace the 13th floor and use feng shui to make many of their decorating and designing...
by Andrew Doughty | Mar 17, 2012
A skinny O’ahu condominium building (only four units per floor) with giant rooms that are almost across the street from the beach. All Waikiki Beach Tower rooms above the 18th floor have tasty ocean views. (Even those below 18 are fairly good.) Consistent and pleasing...
