I went to Hawaii for the first time. My trip would've been better if I'd known these 5 things before I left.
NEWS | 30 December 2025
Before leaving for Oahu, I'd heard from friends and read on social-media groups that getting around could be difficult. My fears of sitting in traffic for the whole week set in before I even stepped foot off the plane. In reality, my family and I never got stuck in gridlocked traffic over our six days on the island. A hotel worker we met said that, no matter which part of the island you are on, the big secret to avoiding traffic is to head out after 9 a.m. and try to make your way back either before 3 p.m. or after 6 p.m. My family and I followed this rule every day of our trip and never had much traffic to deal with while we traveled from Ko Olina to Pearl Harbor and from Ko Olina to the North Shore. We also found the drivers to be much more courteous than we're used to back in Florida. No one weaved in and out of the cars around us.
Author: Megan Dubois.
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