We had a spectacular vacation in Hawaii! I was blown away by the room at The Hilton Waikoloa in the Maki Tower. Our first floor room had a view of the Dolphins and we could watch them playing and the trainers, which was awesome for my kid. The flights were great as well. In Wakkiki, the Hilton Hawaiian Village was also nice (very, very busy tho). My only issue was that upon arrival the Hilton attempted to get us to upgrade to the Rainbow Tower for an additional fee. The fee was not small. When we got to our room in the Diamond Head Tower that was booked via GVV, I was horrified. I wasn't that much upset with GVV as I was with Hilton. I have never stayed at a Hilton that was this run down and truly just gross. I blame that on Hilton, they should be ashamed. I went down to the front desk and complained, and they fixed it by putting us in the Rainbow Tower, which was BEAUTIFUL and the rooms are clean and lovely. Everything else was an absolute dream and at a steal of a deal. We paid $799 pp for 5 nights with Air and Hotel and Air between islands. Waikoloa is amazing too. We rented a car in Kona which was so great because the resort is far from the downtown and the shopping area. We swam with the Dolphins and took a Blue Hawaiian Heli ride (EPIC!!!). We were able to call Hawaiian Airlines and change our flight last moment to leave out of Honolulu instead of having to fly back to Kona and spend 3 hours sweating in the open air airport, so that was wonderful. LOVE LOVE LOVE Hawaii and the Hawaiian people, we will go back. Not sure if it will be with great value as the price for our same trip is now almost 3 times what it was, but we have just booked another trip through great value to London, Paris, and Rome!
