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As Bruce said, no on this routing specifically from Kona but there are one way cruises from Honolulu that stop at various islands and then continues onto the West Coast (usually Vancouver but you can find a few that go to San Diego with a stop at Ensenada, Mexico to satisfy the US shipping laws). They also tend to be on the longer side-- 10-14 days.

I believe the concessions (in season until sometime in Oct) close around 6pm. If you are going later than that there is a chance the concessions may be closed completely. You can obviously linger on the beach as long as you want. The shuttles are dependent on demand and don't run on a schedule-- they leave when they fill up. If there aren't many people there, there won't be many shuttles. Never a problem in the summer but can be in the Fall. You can always hire a private taxi or use an app called Hitch if none are there for some reason. Quite easy and doable.

There's a nice coffee shop called Aficionado about a block from the terminal if you walk up 52nd St and make a left on 11th. About a 5 minute walk from the terminal depending on where you exit. Haven't been here post a cruise but did spend a some time there while a buddy waited for his car be ready at one of the nearby dealerships. Pleasant place to spend an hour or two.

I would do it as you were boarding the shuttle or just after you board it. It wont take very long and they will wait there for a little bit for you.

Was it a single masted one? If so I think it was the yacht M5-- shes actually still there apparently. She's the largest single masted sailing yacht but by no means the largest sailing yacht. https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/sailing-yacht-m5

Generally you can. Keep in mind there might be some in transit passengers that are doing a back to back (which I would guess is rare on the PoA but not impossible). Good recs. Keep in mind with the Iolani Palace you'll want to make plans ahead of time as the ticketing is timed and capacity controlled. Personally I would just take an Uber to Waikiki and walk along the beach and have a snack and some Mai Tais.

I was just about to chime in with what Scott said here-- there are shuttles to LAX-it. Essentially the same process you would have to go through with a shuttle to get to your rental car so either option has no real advantage over the other here. The only alternative, and this will be a bit more expensive, is to use UberBlack for your first ride only. This will allow them to pick you up curbside and not have to use the LAX-it lot.

This is too short of a ride for a car service-- it is slightly less than 10 minutes. No car service is going to do that or if they would they'll charge you a ton for it. Just use Uber or Lyft.

You are already incredibly close to the airport at the Intercontinental-- about 10 minutes in a car. Its right across the harbor. You could go stay physically at the airport at the Hyatt Regency or Hilton but neither of them are as nice of a hotel as the Intercontinental and frankly not much closer from a driving standpoint.

Its not enormous. If he is a fanatic I would say 2-3 hours would give you a very, very in depth experience. You could easily Uber doing all of it. I personally would not rent a car based on what you are describing.

You still might come out ahead cost wise overall. The other thing to consider is that Santa Monica is so walkable (as opposed to other places) so you certainly don't need a car to do anything within Santa Monica.

A lot to unpack here given its several scenarios. Given what you've said, if the only thing you want to do outside of Santa Monica is the Petersen Museum (which is a huge favorite of mine), just don't rent a car at all and Uber to Santa Monica on arrival and then Uber back and forth to the Petersen the day you want to visit. You'll save money that way vs paying for parking nightly at your hotel, paying for parking at the Petersen, gas, and rental costs. No sense renting a car just to do a quick trip to the Petersen and no stress having to drive. I've stopped renting cars on trips to LA that I stay in one area or don't have to move around much. UberX is quick, relatively inexpensive, and can provide a lot less stress not having to find parking. Again, a few options here depending on what you do or if you take my advice above. If you don't rent a car at all I still think you'll come out ahead cost wise even with the longer Uber ride down to San Pedro. If you do rent a car you can usually return the car after hours at most locations with a drop box for the keys-- just confirm. BUT, and you should check this, one way rentals like this can come with significant fees that might not be immediately apparent since you wouldnt be picking up and dropping off at LAX. That also might tip not renting a car at all and just Ubering over in terms of cost savings.

The Intercontinental Boston definitely has bell staff and a doorman on at 5am but I agree that Uber will be helpful at that hour.

Depending on the length of the back to back from Maryland, you might want to look at Amtrak as an option into Newark Penn Station and Uber over to Cape Liberty and just leave the car at home. Two round trip Amtrak Regional tickets and the Ubers would be a lot less than $30 a day for 14 days (assuming its a 14 day B2B).

It depends on the hotel or hotel brand. They're not required to offer day rooms at all so if its a busier season there might be little to no day room availability as they would rather sell the room for a night. As travel has picked up substantially, day room availability in general has plummeted. For an easy way to search a big brand the Marriott day use rate code is ZDY which you can search across all their brands in their app or website.

Do double check where in New York you are docking. If it is a B2B (vs a port stop) there is the possibility you are docking in Brooklyn which would change things quite a bit in that it will take you time on each end to get to and from Manhattan. If you are docking at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal then a lot of the above advice works.

We've done the afternoon tea at both the Hamilton Princess as well as the Rosewood. The Hamilton Princess is the more traditional of the two with the tiered sandwiches and pastries etc. The Rosewood is a little more of a modern rendition. Both are good but if you are looking for something traditional I would do the Hamilton Princess. Afternoon tea and high tea are two completely different things. Afternoon tea is what you are describing. High tea is a traditionally working class supper with meats, fish, etc that was usually eaten standing up after a day of labor.

It is a real beach but only exists because of the manmade breakwaters that are just off shore. Frigate Bay is fine but calling it magnificent is a bit of a stretch. We've also had times there that the seaweed was so bad that you couldn't get in the water so worth keeping in mind. Of course thats why having access to the resort's pools comes in handy. I'm not disputing that it is nice, it is, but lets not oversell it with magnificent. If you want a magnificent beach take the ferry over to Nevis and visit Pinney's or head to Cockelshell Beach a bit further on St Kitts where the Park Hyatt is at.

I'm with Charles on this one-- get out of the Dockyard area and go see the actual island. Once you get back from the tour, if you leave first thing, you'll have enough time to wander around the Dockyard area.

Cambridge is fine and quite nice-- its the area where Harvard University is. It's just a bit further out from the normal tourist areas of Boston proper.

The three main resort areas where there are courses are Kapalua, Kaanapali, and Wailea. Out of all of them The Plantation Course at Kapalua is most likely the most well known and is pretty spectacular. It is quite expensive to play though at $395 a round. You also have the Bay Course there which is slightly less spectacular and commensurately priced. The Royal Course at Kaanapali is ok. Its older, fairly flat, and the clubhouse facilities are just ok. But its well located. The greens are fast. I have not played the Kai Course-- the other one-- in a while so cant really comment but would suspect its well maintained as the Royal Course is. Wailea's Gold course would be the way to go there. The King Kamehameha Golf Club is really quite spectacular (the amazing clubhouse was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright). If your home course has a reciprocal agreement with them by all means do it. But otherwise it is the only fully private one I'm listing here. It does have a nicer atmosphere overall being a private club vs the more resorty feel you get in Kapalua or Wailea. The course, while not quite as challenging as Plantation, is a little bit better maintained I think simply because it has less traffic on it. If I was going to Maui to play and had the ability to pick one I would just do the Plantation Course. Go big or go home.

They don't though. Just looking at Avis-- most close between 2pm and 3pm daily. One is only open on Sunday from 8am-noon. SeaTac is 24/7. The franchised downtown locations of the major rental car companies can be a craps shoot and on international one ways can cost significantly more when using them vs a corporate owned location. Also rental companies will show "sold out" to these franchised locations on an international rental but show availability to their corporate owned location at SeaTac. I used to do this all the time. This I agree with.

There are zero-- no Manhattan hotel offers an airport shuttle to any of the 3 main airports. At JFK you can take a taxi for a flat fare, but at the others Uber/Lyft will be the way to go. Yes-- all will be available. Sometimes Uber/Lyft are allowed to pick up at the MCT and sometimes not. Sometimes you'll need to cross the street to the other side of 12th Ave to get a taxi/Uber. For $400 you can get something decent (as long as its not a holiday or a special event is going on). INK48 is often mentioned here and is very close to the pier. I am not at all a fan of Times Square (and don't recommend you be either) but if one had to stay near Times Square (and therefore close to the MCT as well) The Algonquin, City Club Hotel, and Casablanca Hotels are quite nice and MAY be close to that $400 a night. Also take a look at hotels near Bryant Park which are on the other side of Times Square and the area is much less hectic. The Library Hotel there is a gem. A little further north another nice option that could be in your budget would be the Intercontinental The Barclay. I'm sure others will have other recs-- aside from INK48 these are all places I have personal experience with over the years and can vouch for. They might not all be in your budget on a particular night but there is a chance that one of them will be.

There are literally hundreds of hotels close to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal ranging from budget costing a couple hundred a night to 5 star options costing several thousand a night. We need more here-- budget, preferences, etc to even start to provide decent advice.

If I were doing what you are looking to do I would be looking in Beacon Hill/West End, Back Bay, South Boston, and maybe the Financial District/Waterfront area. All of those would put you within walking distance of most things (South Boston would be a little bit more of a walk than the others). In the West End (which is adjacent to Beacon Hill and near North Station/Garden) is a complex called Longfellow Place. They might have short term rentals-- we recently put someone there for work for a few weeks and they had a good experience. The city is very walkable from it.