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2025 Hawaii Visitor Guides
EIGHT UNIQUE ISLANDS.
SIX DESTINATIONS TO EXPLORE.
ONE REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE!
Hawaii provides you with six unique islands to choose from, four of which we cover in detail in our 2025 Hawaii Travel Planner & Visitor Guides due to their popularity with travelers like yourself. Once you know which island (or islands) best suits you, then you can really begin to plan.
Below, we'll review in more detail what our updated Hawaii Travel guides include...
John & Tori Derrick - Editors
Created by two Hawaii Destination Experts, don't miss out on our 20+ years of inside Hawaii knowledge, tips, and recommendations. In these Hawaii Travel Guides, we'll help you select an island, or islands, for your trip if you're still undecided.
If you already know which island(s) you're visiting, excellent; we've included a lot of pertinent information for Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island of Hawaii that should help you plan the perfect trip!
Our travel guides are updated twice a year (or more) to ensure they're entirely up to date with the latest Hawaii details and information.
Individual Island Guides
Highlights & Essential Visitor Guide for Each Island
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2025 Hawaii Travel Guide & Visitor Planner
Grab your copy today and take advantage of our destination expert's Hawaii insights. We've just updated and released our latest two Hawaii Travel Planner & Visitor Guides for 2025. These new travel guides contain over 70 visual pages (Highlights version),and over 100 visual pages (Deluxe Essential version) of pertinent Hawaii travel information to assist in planning your perfect Hawaii trip.
Our Hawaii visitor guides contain NO third-party advertisements or paid product placements.
The islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island are covered in detail. A complete table of contents is additionally included within each travel guide. The top attractions are included for each island (top 9 in the Highlights guide, and top 11 in the Deluxe guide). The Highlights and Deluxe planner also include our Best Places to find Authentic Hawaii food guide.
Highlights Planner
- 70+ Pages -
Deluxe Planner
- 100+ Pages -
Where to Stay in Hawaii Guides
Hawaii is a destination that attracts a unique mix of tourists from all over the world. There are resorts and hotels all over the major islands, but there are also many free-standing hotels and vacation rentals, which allow you to choose from a wide range of accommodations. We provide a list of these top favorable destinations by island, according to the popularity of each area.
Our Where to Stay guides will highlight the best places to stay in Hawaii and the best parts of each island. Hawaii offers several favorable areas for different types of vacationers on each unique island.
Hawaii weather is known for being rather sporadic, but that doesn't have to leave you guessing what to expect.
Know what you're likely to experience weather-wise on your trip by reading through our Hawaii Weather summary. Our weather information additionally includes a rainfall map, a precipitation chart (for each month of the year), and a high/low-temperature graph/chart so you can plan accordingly for your trip.
We've also included the best links of where to check the daily forecast for the most accurate weather outlook.
Wondering what the hotel prices will be during the weeks of your visit? Look no further, we've got you covered with our Hawaii Hotel Price averages graphic that provides insight into what pricing you can expect at different times throughout the year.
We've also covered the Best Time to Visit, including a graph showing the monthly visitor statistics for each major island.
When is the best time for good weather? How about when to avoid crowds? Or when exactly is the best time to book your trip to Hawaii? We've covered each of these questions and several others in our Best Time to.... Hawaii FAQ.
Discover which time of the year is the best time to visit for local Hawaii festivals and events, or when hiking conditions are prime for hitting Hawaii's incredible plethora of trails. We've also covered when to go whale watching, take a Hawaii cruise, and much more.
Each of the four major Hawaiian Islands is covered in our Hawaii Travel Guides, including Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island of Hawaii.
A general introduction to each island is also provided, along with our recommendations for each island. If you haven't decided on which island(s) to visit yet, these sections should help you narrow down your choices to a favorite or two.
Learn more about each of the regions of Hawaii's major islands in our detailed region section for each respective major Hawaiian Island.
This section covers the basic geography of each island, the top attractions within each region, along with tips on the best nearby attractions to visit.
Our travel guides wouldn't be complete without detailed high-resolution Hawaii Road Maps for each island. For Maui, we've added a bonus road map for the Road to Hana (Hana Highway), the premier drive on the island.
We've additionally included Beach Maps for each island, so you can quickly and easily determine which beaches are best to visit during your trip; not to mention which are closest to your hotel.
For each of the major four islands, we've covered their top attractions in detail, including how to visit and where each attraction is located on the island.
Photos and details are provided for each top attraction, so you can quickly decide which sights, beaches, and/or hiking trails are right for you during your visit.
Sun, sand, and surf are not all Hawaii is known for. Sure, we travel to islands for a relaxing time that will incorporate all these things, but you gotta eat too, right? Hawaii certainly doesn’t let us down on that issue. Hawaii offers some of the best culinary experiences in the world.
In this section, we cover some of our favorite places for authentic Hawaii food on each island, the best 'ono grindz (delicious food) that can be found in Hawaii.
Highlights & Essential Visitor Guide for Each Island
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