Starting in late 2008, you can cruise the Islands aboard a yacht
Advertiser Staff
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American Safari Cruises will launch seven-night adventure cruises here in December 2008. The company, which operates similar excursions in Alaska, will feature flexible itineraries to aid in tracking wildlife or dodging iffy weather.
Tim Jacox says the 150-foot-long, 39-passenger luxury yacht Safari Explorer features stabilizers that should diminish the effect of Hawai'i's sometimes rough waters, and the ship will cruise off the more protected leeward shores of Maui, Moloka'i and Lana'i. The itineraries are one-way between Kailua, Kona, on the Big Island, and Kahului on Maui, requiring only one major crossing between islands. The company is the first to attempt small- ship cruises n Hawai'i in more than two decades. Prices start at $3,995 per person, double occupancy.
— Advertiser staff
CALIFORNIA, HAWAI'I
GRAD WEEK TRIPS GIVE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO SEE SIGHTS ON THE ROAD
A local company has joined Mainland travel agencies offering Grad Week adventures, launching its first trips in 2008. Chez Maae, owner of Hawaii Ticket and Tour, said the company is offering two trips:
Information: 808-330-9990; 808-330-6864; www.hawaiiticketandtour.com.
— Advertiser staff
FLYING
AIRLINES CAN'T BE RELIED ON TO TELL YOU WHEN A FLIGHT'S TIME CHANGES
Here's a travel reality check: Your airline may not contact you if your flight time changes or the flight is canceled. Most airlines have a policy that clients be alerted to such changes. But, in practice, it may not happen, as was the case with a Sept. 23 flight that Arthur Freeman of Potomac, Md., booked. When printing out boarding passes from home, he discovered his flight had been rescheduled one hour earlier.
United's policy is to alert clients if the flight is to depart more than five minutes earlier or 20 minutes later than originally scheduled, according to spokeswoman Robin Urbanski. But that didn't happen. So always confirm flights — via computer or telephone — within 24 hours of departure. And be sure to leave time to catch connecting flights.
— Washington Post
