Hawaii J1

Funkstard

Hello there, trying to organise a few of us for Hawaii next summer. Has anyone been here on a J1 before? Anyone know of the story with availability of jobs/accommodation?

I've heard varying reports from it being perfect, to hard to find jobs, to being expensive, bit too quiet, perfect (!)...can anyone shed some light?

There'd be 4/5 of us going max.

Cheers.

kifi

I went to Maui on J1 a while back.
Cons;
Expensive Accommodation
Expensive Food
Very Difficult to get jobs
Very quiet nightlife

Pros;
Perfect Weather
Amazing Beaches & Scenery
Very quiet & relaxed

You'll love it but most people will struggle to break even.

Chardee MacDennis

kifi wrote: »

I went to Maui on J1 a while back.
Cons;
Expensive Accommodation
Expensive Food
Very Difficult to get jobs
Very quiet nightlife

Pros;
Perfect Weather
Amazing Beaches & Scenery
Very quiet & relaxed

You'll love it but most people will struggle to break even.

i was in Maui 2 summers ago, absolutely loved it! very expensive though. i would agree with what kifi says. although there are jobs there if you want it, i just didnt want to work in a cold stone or somewhere like that. ended up working in hard rock.

came back about 7k in debt but it was my last whole summer off so i was a bit extravagant and I only earned about 1k coz i didn't want t work much! you could probably do it for half what i spent and earn more a lot money if you want. iirc some of the girls with us saved a few grand by the end of the summer.

Blut

How quiet is the nightlife? Is it possible to go out clubbing / to decent sized house parties pretty much every night of the week or is it too quiet for that? The relative quietness of Hawaii is the only thing putting me off pushing for it for our J1 this year, it may be too sober in comparison to some of the other locations..

Chardee MacDennis

HA! too sober!! in Lahaina in Maui there really is only a 2/3 places to go out, clubs arent great (i think there is only 1) it was mainly house parties and beach parties every night. also there was a few GREAT camping trips and a good weekend in Oahu (only 50 euro return) also you can get a boat over to the other islands and have a session over there.
i think we were boozing 65 nights in a row or something!!

in Maui you WILL need someone with a full licence and be willing to rent a car. we probably spent 6/7 grand on cars over the summer between the 12 of us. you can rent a jeep wrangler for a $5 a day somewhere (we couldn't find where) over the 3 months but that is your best bet.

Oh and I got one hangover in the whole summer, it's too hot. used to go to be about 3/4am and be pi$$ed. I would then wake at 8 feeling fresh as a daisy!

Finally for the first 2 weeks, until we acclimatised, we were having 2/3 showers a day its so hot!

it was the much better than my J1 to San Fran where i stayed in a Frat House....

Galway1987

I am also going to Maui with a few of my UL buddys & also need to know about jobs & accomadation!!:D

lolabelle111

yea and does anyone the deal about flights. arnt they very expensive? and what about stopovers? to the people that have been, which stop overs did u choose?

and i cant believe theres no clubs!

thnks!

Blut

Are the beach parties decent sized? I spent last summer in San Diego and they were usually good craic there, up to about 100 people at firepit sessions on good nights. The cops were a bit of a problem tho, used to chase a lot of people off the beach every so often.

kazkiely

Like every other typical J1 destination, I've heard really good and really bad things about Hawaii. One was that it's a hassle not being on the mainland because you could make a weekend trip to somewhere cool like Vegas or something but it wouldn't be possible being in Hawaii. Considering traveling for the last few weeks anyway but...is there enough in Hawaii to keep you interested for almost three months? And what's the situation with the amount of Irish there (don't really want to go all the way to the other side of the world and only socialize with Irish...yawn).

dancedreamer

anyone who went last summer have any tips for me and my friends for summer 2009?

In general yay or nay?!

Galway1987

replying to my own comment haha. Ya i went to maui for the summer 2008, great summer... if u want to relax with some mountains beaches etc pick maui but if u want to party pick san diego or honolulu

owensutton1986

Hey lads, some great info there...
well my story at the mo is wer flying into Honolulu, have a hostel booked there and plan to work our way from there..

we are leaning towards staying in waikiki but if it doesnt suit wel go maui...

Looking to get a good job that pays a good tip?? easy to get a job?:pac: (is this possible? any advice?)
What kinda job did you get BeanB?

Also everyone seems to have acommodation sorted in Maui? Where are yee finding all this info? craigslist?
What kinda price are we talking for accomodation??? Pay deposit up front?

Also when do the majority fly in to Hawaii? Wer leaving 25th may, have 4 nights in San Fran and then on to Hawaii...


Thanks for all the info lads...:eek::P:confused::rolleyes: