Vendor Travel Fees For Locations Outside Honolulu/Waikiki

Honolulu/Waikiki is "home base" for all professional vendors and transportation companies who do weddings island wide. Travel to locations outside of Honolulu/Waikiki can take anywhere from 40 minutes and up to 2 hours of travel time in one direction, depending upon the time of day, not including getting there early to be ready you. That's the equivalent of a couple of jobs for most vendors and can be the better part of the day. Quite naturally, people have to get paid extra for the time to travel to distant locations.

As you can see on our map (below), Windward beaches are the most reasonable for travel for you and your guests and they also happen to be the most scenic of the locations we use. The North Shore is on the opposite side of the island from Waikiki and the West Shore is almost as long a drive because of traffic.

We suggest that you look at our Windward or Honolulu locations for the lowest cost and convenience. The majority of our clients use our spot on Waimanalo Beach (and even drive or take our limo from the North Shore) simply because it's one of the best beaches of all the islands (our top photographer has photographed weddings on every island so we know what we are talking about) for all the parameters we consider.

If you're staying at the North Shore or West Oahu locations, then OK, but, we're still going to suggest that you apply the cost of travel to something that will enhance your ceremony or add to your memories and instead, come to us either to Honolulu or Waimanalo. Up to you. Travel to North and West shores makes a simple wedding into a 4-5 hour job and at a half tank of gas.... we have the highest cost in the nation.... hahaha.... not funny though. FYI: We do not charge nearly the equivalent rate for the actual time and expense being spent by individual vendor travel i.e. we think we're giving you a pretty good deal for our travel fees.

These are approximate travel times and parking on an average day for locations outside of Honolulu/Waikiki which you can also use for your own travel estimates and for your guests. If you have the opportunity, we suggest you do a "dry-run" at the same time, before the wedding day. FYI: Using our limo service alleviates the aggravation of driving and the uncertainty of arriving on-time on wedding day.

• Portlock Beach: Allow 40 minutes for travel depending upon time of day.

• Waimanalo Beach and Makapuu Beach: Allow 45-60 minutes for travel depending upon time of day.
  

• Lanikai Beach: Allow 45-60 minutes for travel depending upon time of day.
  

• Kualoa: Allow 60-90 minutes for travel depending upon time of day.
  

• Ko Olina: Allow 60-90 minutes for travel depending upon time of day.
  

• North Shore beaches: Allow 90-120 minutes for travel depending upon time of day.
  
  

FYI: if you will be using these times to gauge your own travel, use the higher time as an approximation for your travel time to account for traffic mostly, parking, and the fact that you may not know exactly where to go (even though we give you precise instructions. Better to be early than late :)

FYI: Travel times are usually not reflected correctly in map websites and GPS units as they calculate based upon distance and average speed. They do not account for traffic and we have the worst traffic in the United States (Los Angeles is 2nd) consequently, please do not use the travel times these websites suggest.