Sunday, July 08, 2007

Counting down the days until Kauai and cracking the Hotwire code

So it turns out that all of my time and effort has paid off and I should be on the beach in Kauai, Hawaii in a couple of weeks. My superstar travel agent scored us deeply discounted tickets for direct flights on my airline of choice and managed to book us the emergency exit row seats up front. At the same time I found a magical 5 night vacancy at a reasonably priced, small inn that had received glowing reviews everywhere I looked. We found discount codes online to rent a convertible for the week, and when we went to find a hotel for the last 2 nights we hit the jackpot on Hotwire. My friend had advised me that the Hyatt was the only resort worth staying at in Kauai, and when we searched Hotwire for available rooms, a 5 star resort came up in the results. There are several big hotels on the island, so we weren't sure if we should roll the dice (Hotwire doesn't let you know the name of your hotel until you've already paid). Then I noticed the TripAdvisor rating and review count at the bottom of the description page. We loaded up the TripAdvisor page for the property, and sure enough, both numbers matched up. We went back to Hotwire, pulled the trigger, and voila - we scored a completely unaffordable luxury resort room at a price we were happy with. The staff at the first hotel have booked all sorts of outings for us - snorkeling, hiking to waterfalls, ziplines, sea kayaking, cruise, etc so it should be a great mix of relaxation and fun. I'm really looking forward to it - fingers crossed that nothing comes up in the next couple of weeks cause this trip is non refundable!

2 comments:

Lara said...

wow! fun! can you be MY travel agent?
And what is hotwire?? I'm on my way to go investigate.

Some kind of Mom said...

OOooh! Hawaii! That will be awesome! Who are you going with?

 
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