Hawaii in June 2010: (5)Arranging our itinerary & Making reservations

[1] Itinerary
Almost completed!


[2] Reservation

• Car rental at Hertz (reserved, for Dole plantation visit!)
• Surfboard for me
• No advance reservations is necessary; I will visit Waikiki Beach Activities' beach stand located oceanside next to the Hau Tree Bar. (June 1, 2010)
• A one day rental of a surfboard is $57.59 including tax.
  
• Mandara spa for my wife
• Booked.

Hawaii in June 2010: (4)Checking with Hotel

(1) Transportation service from Honolulu International Airport to the hotel. (Also, the hotel to airport when we leave your hotel.) Would that be available?

(2) We may extend our stay, in that case, should I contact the hotel by this e-mail address or should I make ANOTHER reservation at hotel's website?

(3) A crib availability for our 5-month old (in June) baby girl

(4) Check in earlier if possible

I have already asked hotel and am waiting for their reply..
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March 20, 2010
First inquiry to info@hiltonhawaiianvillage.com.

March 29, 2010
Dunning e-mail to info@hiltonhawaiianvillage.com.
Also sent to hrccjapan@hilton.com.

April 3, 2010
Dunning e-mail to hrccjapan@hilton.com.
Also sent to reservations@hrwtokyo.hilton.co.jp.

April 5, 2010
Finally got a reply from hrccjapan@hilton.com...


(1) Transportation service from Honolulu International Airport to the hotel. (Also, the hotel to airport when we leave your hotel.) Would that be available?
-->No transportation service by Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa. 20 min by taxi.

(2) We may extend our stay, in that case, should I contact the hotel by this e-mail address or should I make ANOTHER reservation at hotel's website?
-->Cancel the original reservation and then rebook.

(3) A crib availability for our 5-month old (in June) baby girl
-->Already described in the original booking, so tell a staff member when checking-in.

(4) Check in earlier if possible
-->We need to reserve previous day's room if we want to make sure of the early check-in. So I just visit the hotel earlier and check with the front desk.

Hawaii in June 2010: (3)Hotel Reservation

Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa
Official website:
English - http://www.hiltonhawaiianvillage.com/
Japanese - http://www.hiltonhawaiianvillage.jp/


Since I got an e-mail from Hilton before which introduced discount rate for this hotel, I made a reservation today at Hilton's official website (http://www.hilton.com/) and take advantage of "ADVANCE PURCHASE FULL PAYMENT IN ADVANCE. NON REFUNDABLE". On top of that, I am a member of Hilton's HHONORS and would like to have points for the program.

Offered rate for one night, 2 double beds ocean view room at Alli Tower, most luxurious tower out of the seven towers, is as follows:
ADVANCE PURCHASE FULL PAYMENT IN ADVANCE. NON REFUNDABLE.
22,059.20 JPY* ALII TOWER 2 DOUBLE BEDS OCEANVIEW
244.00 USD* ALII TOWER 2 DOUBLE BEDS OCEANVIEW

If you don't choose "ADVANCE PURCHASE FULL PAYMENT IN ADVANCE. NON REFUNDABLE", the second best rate would be:
BEST AVAILABLE RATE BEST UNRESTRICTED RATE (more)
27,935.62 JPY ALII TOWER 2 DOUBLE BEDS OCEANVIEW
309.00 USD ALII TOWER 2 DOUBLE BEDS OCEANVIEW