I'd suggest that you budget about 50% more for the actual on-island portion of your vacation. Of course you don't have to buy park tickets. On the other hand, you need to consider the fee for popular excursions on the island.I know there is a “how much is your next Disney World trip going to cost” thread on the Budget Board. But I would like to see some budgets for your next Aulani trip?
Holy ****! Was that for economy parking or for something closer/fancier? At our podunk airport in Spokane, economy parking for our last 9-day WDW trip was something like $45.JFK parking $430ish
Sadly Logan Airport in Boston is up there as well even with the economy parking. Luckily there are off-site parking and shuttles to cut the price.Holy ****! Was that for economy parking or for something closer/fancier? At our podunk airport in Spokane, economy parking for our last 9-day WDW trip was something like $45.
I love Aulani merchandise, especially Duffy and Friends. I ended up spending more in the Aulanis gift shop than the entire WDW or DL trips.Souvenirs? No idea but will try to limit the amount of Duffy and Friends much I buy….
I tend buy a Disney gift card anytime I can get around 10% back (usually use a Chase offer or something) Ive been stocking them away for around a year so have around $1800 right now. Hoping to bump that up a little bit before we go.
Holy ****! Was that for economy parking or for something closer/fancier? At our podunk airport in Spokane, economy parking for our last 9-day WDW trip was something like $45.
I love Aulani merchandise, especially Duffy and Friends. I ended up spending more in the Aulanis gift shop than the entire WDW or DL trips.
We are going later this year and also staying in a 1-bedroom, so I'm really hoping we can utilize that full-size fridge and buy some take-out at local places, then heat up for dinner or next day lunch!Haven‘t calculated our food budget yet but know it will be high. We went in April 2022 and spent so much on food since everything was so expensive. I’d probably guess 200 a day for the family since we don’t have anything too expensive in mind. Will rotate between cheaper options and more expensive sit down but nothing fancy. Hoping to try small local places this trip. Will cook a few meals in the room to save money. $1600-2000 on food?
You'd have to go to Laguardia - but Southwest with the newer 737MAX has more leg room than the old 737. You'd want to pay the upgrade to Early Boarding to make sure you're in good seats together. And I doubt they have anything without thirty two stops to Honolulu - but might work for Orlando.So jealous of everyone getting flights for those amounts. I'm 6'5 and we fly direct from ewr...no chance I can make it on a flight that long in anything less than premium economy. Flights alone for our family of 3 run 7k+
Before you ask, we can't do exit row as we have 4 yr old. And can't count on getting 3 bulkhead seats together
interesting.. We are booked to arrive the Wednesday after Thanksgiving ( staying also at Outrigger Reef for two nights, then Aulani till the 5th! We are also doing the Kualoa Ranch ATV on Sunday but I have not pulled the trigger on booking as it is non-refundable on Viator. I already booked and paid for the Huak'i Nui Big Adventure for that Saturday. We will probably just miss each other!I’ll give it a shot. We are dvc members so our Aulani portion is on points. Not sure how you want to count that.
We are traveling the Friday after Thanksgiving and staying Oahu 8 nights. 3 nights at Outrigger Beach Resort in an oceanview room and 5 nights in a one bedroom ocean view at Aulani. This trip is just 4 of us. Dh and myself with our 2 youngest.
4 -JFK-HNL tickets $3400
JFK parking $430ish
Rental car (4 Door keep booked with Costco, rebooked every time the price dropped. Started close to $900) $569
Aulani our dvc points (cash price with the current 25% discount is $4200)(island view all I could price out)
Outrigger Beach Resort $1341 (cash price, we used Chase points)
Kualoa ranch $400 mostly likely going to do the Jurassic tour
Aulani massage $200ish
Aulani character breakfast $200ish
Haven‘t calculated our food budget yet but know it will be high. We went in April 2022 and spent so much on food since everything was so expensive. I’d probably guess 200 a day for the family since we don’t have anything too expensive in mind. Will rotate between cheaper options and more expensive sit down but nothing fancy. Hoping to try small local places this trip. Will cook a few meals in the room to save money. $1600-2000 on food?
Misc. Waikiki parking/resort fees $300
Activites? Not doing anything paid this trip that I can think of besides Kualoa . Did a lot of the more expensive stuff on our last “first and only Aulani trip” Might try to see the USS Missouri
Souvenirs? No idea but will try to limit the amount of Duffy and Friends much I buy….
I tend buy a Disney gift card anytime I can get around 10% back (usually use a Chase offer or something) Ive been stocking them away for around a year so have around $1800 right now. Hoping to bump that up a little bit before we go.
I‘m not going to add it up since some people might be paying cash, using points,etc. Just giving a general idea. I will say this trip is very inexpensive compared to our last trip during Easter/April break. Everything was so expensive since it was peak time.