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While airfares fluctuate, seemingly by the hour (often true), with planning, you can find cheap flights for your Hawaii vacation. It’s always easier to find more flights when flying into major airports. You may want to visit Kauai, depart from your home no sooner than 10am, make no connections and arrive in time to check in and visit the beach. It’s not likely to happen that way, however, consider what you are willing to do and your flexibility will be rewarding to your time and budget.

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Consider what you are willing to do—make no more than one connection, depart before 9am (later in the day, flight delays tend to be more common and late flights begin to pile up so you’ll by vying with more passengers to get out) and drive to a larger airport for a cheaper flight. If you have a regional airport near your home, you may just save money by driving (and paying to park) to a larger airport farther away. Know your air carriers and their hubs—Delta’s major city is Atlanta and for American Airlines, flights tend to be cheaper and more frequent from Miami than Fort Lauderdale.

Travelers dreaming of a Hawaiian vacation naturally want to visit at an optimal time and weather is generally a consideration for any trip, even an island one. While it’s a simple answer to say that any time of year on the island is idyllic, it’s important to note what you plan to do and which islands you are visiting.

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Hawaii offers two seasons, summer, called Kau, from May to October and winter, called Hooilo, from November to April. Beaches, rainforests, mountains and volcanoes comprise the landscapes. Avid surfers tend to prefer winter for bolder waves. Mauna Kea on Big Island offers a dramatic departure from typical Hawaii climates and can dip as low as 25 degrees and Haleakala Crater has also known temperatures of 32 degrees. Mauna Kea is a skiing and snowboarding location. Another island with elevations that yield lower temperatures is Kauai’s Kokee State Park, with an average of 45 degrees. Know that micro systems exist throughout the islands, with rainier areas and varying winds—leeward is western and southern and tend to be warmer and drier. The windward side of an island, northern and eastern, tends to be cooler and wet. You will find that when it does rain, it’s not a long-term downpour that will last for days; rather, it is at times fleeting and generally won’t impact your plans for the day.