Waikiki Explorer

Good value for money besides breakfast.

When purchasing they say you have to book a single room if you are travelling solo, which almost doubles the price. Still worth it, but it wasn't very clear before booking. Also wasn't clear that you may be the only traveler on the trip during this time (which I was).

Hawaii isnt a "proper" Contiki understood, but I felt that the accommodation that we booked was substandard. Our Pearl Harbour tour was booked for the Tuesday with the provider when we showed up to get our bus, but we had a ticket saying it was booked for the Monday - which meant that we had a wasted day and had to reschedule all our other activities. I'm not sure if the confusion was with Contiki or our bus tour company, but either way it was very inconvenient. Overall it was poor, and not what I have come to love with Contiki at all.

I would recommended Contiki to just get rid of this package for the following reasons. Cost: The package was really high considering the hotel I was placed in. When I did the math it would have been cheaper to plan this trip on my own. Island: The Island is Oahu and is very touristy. It doesn't feel like youre on an island. But if you like feeling like a westerner versus submerging yourself in another culture when you travel then I would say Oahu is for you. Pear harbor Tour: You are suppose to be picked up by a bus thats impossible to find because their are a host of people on that strip offering tours and loading people on buses. I was at the location 30 minutes before it's scheduled departure, and was told by someone that my name would be called. 20 minutes after the bus was suppose to arrive, the man that originally told me to wait did not know where my bus was. When I called the number to find out where my bus was, the people operating it said they had already left. Hotel: Contiki says this is a 3- star hotel, but as someone who has worked in a 3 star hotel before, I am not sure why the hotel has that many stars. It is decent hotel, but I would not say 3-stars.

The three star hotel we stayed in (Queen Kapiolani) was about $98 per night with at about average breakfast ranging from $10-$20. We received two breakfast coupons each. The pearl harbor tour plus transportation was under $70 per person with some other tour companies. I only checked other companies prices after we were left at the bus port by the tour bus company Contiki booked for us. Its safe to say we over paid tremendously for 3 days in a three star hotel, that had rambunctious construction going on the entirety of our stay. I also have footage of the A/C unit inside our room leaking excessively. We wanted to switch rooms since the floor was drenched, but the hotel staff insisted that they have someone come fix the leak and dry the floor while we were out. Overall I am dissatisfied with the Waikiki explorer package for the price and "service".

I have made a complaint to contiki about my experience and I haven't heard back. I will be taking this to social media. If I could give zero stars I would.

Zero stars. After being promised many more activities, vouchers and coupons Contiki said that this package only includes accommodation and a half day tour to Pearl Harbour. No use booking it through here and paying a ridiculous amount of profit to Contiki. It is easy enough to book yourselves, cheaper and you will be guaranteed a decent hotel compared to the below par ones Contiki will provide for 5 star prices.

I am extremely disappointed with this "tour". It is an accomodation package only with a tour that you need to confirm when you get there for the first day. This is NOT a contiki tour. As far as I am concerned it's false advertising and a complete rip off. I have written to contiki via email and Facebook - have not heard ANYTHING. I am extremely disappointed and I could have saved hundreds had I booked the hotel myself. The hotel room was tiny - the only good thing was location close to beach. But I could have spent the same amount and stayed two doors down in a better hotel. There is nothing contiki about this and it is not advertised as an accomodation package until AFTER you pay. I have requested a refund of the difference between contiki pricing to if I had booked it myself due to my extreme dissatisfaction and I am even more angry that I haven't heard from anyone regarding my experience. Will never book or recommend again unless addressed.

This was an easy way to see everything in Honolulu that we wanted to see in one package

Poor trip for the expense.

Been as paid for one tour, I expected the excursion to stand out not be a burden. Accommodations were plenty perfect.