J1 Hawaii 2016

Cassie101

Hey! Has anyone been on a J1 in Hawaii? 3 of us are heading there this summer and just wondering what's the best place to go? Any advice and info would be great!

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Hi!
Myself and my best friend have been doing a bit of research over the last few days!! We are going to head out this summer from late may to august we are both first timers too but so far we've found...
1. flights with usit are quoted at €1,300 return and go4less are about €1,500
2. we have jobs sorted in waikiki - it's the main city in Oahu - it's right on waikiki beach Maui (one of the neighbouring islands) is supposed to be gorgeous, but very, very quiet. We are planning on taking a trip there definitely tho. Return inter island flights are like €50!
3. Rate of pay is amazing, but cost of living is higher too so it kinda balances out.
4. way less irish people than the other cities - we want to make american friends!! (we've both been on drinking holidays with college friends and want something different!!)
5. it looks class for a J1. accommodation may be slightly harder... the plan for now is hostel for the first few days till we meet people to live with :P

Hawaii is basically 3 months of heat, beaches, surfing, swimming with turtles, waterfalls, volcanoes, skydiving, scuba-diving and driving around hawaii for us!!

Cassie101

Thanks for all the info! We havent anything really sorted yet. How did ye find jobs? We just emailed a load of resorts but no replies yet! So still cant find jobs and havent even looked at accommodation yet