http://kona1.com Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:29:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Airfares are up, and some are worried the Hawaii tourism industry may suffer as a result. Of course travel wasn’t exactly cheap a few months ago when the industry saw a big increase in winter visitors over the previous year. Whether or not Hawaii travel will be ... http://kona1.com/affordable-hawaii/ April 10, 2008. On Tuesday a reversal of the normal tradewind pattern brought a cloud of volcanic gas ("vog" = volcanic smog) into portions of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park normally open to visitors. The Park was quickly shut down, and some two thousand visitors were quickly ushered out ... http://kona1.com/killer-vog-closes-volcano-park/   March 30, 2008. All Hawaii travelers take note: Aloha Airlines just announced they’re going out of the passenger travel business as of…tomorrow. Purchased Aloha Airlines tickets after March 31, 2008, will not be honored. Any of our Kanaloa at Kona condo guests affected by this, please get ... http://kona1.com/aloha-airlines-shutdown/ March 20, 2008 Kilauea volcano is showing some very interesting activity this week! Apparently a gas build-up caused some significant explosions, resulting in rocks and gravel raining down on a portion of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park normally open to visitors. As of now some trails in the park ... http://kona1.com/kilauea-explosions/ UPDATE: The rental condo at Kanaloa still has April-May dates open at discounted rates. Our Kanaloa condo guests often ask about the best deals on car rentals in the Kailua-Kona area. Unfortunately it is hard to see what the Big Island has to offer without a car. ... http://kona1.com/kona-car-rentals/ Our Kanaloa condo rental site has new discounts posted for open dates in April—not a bad time to be in Kona! Still trying to decide on the best configuration for the blog, rental site, and other features I want to add. Look for an expanded list of ... http://kona1.com/kona-condos-everywhere/ Longtime visitors to Kona1 Vacation Rentals will find some big changes here, including this, an occasional blog about…well, what is this blog about? Whatever I say now in this first post is likely to change over time, but for now here goes. Obviously the site’s primary purpose continues ... http://kona1.com/condo-rental-and-beyond-the-first-post/