Planning a vacation to Hawaii and seeking info on packing carts and medicated gummies to take with. Flying west coast to Hawaii. Thank you very much!!!
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Just came back in August.
You can get a visitor’s temp medical marijuana card if you apply 30-days in advance. Otherwise if you are not packing large quantities, you won’t raise any concerns or attention. You should be fine.
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Don’t forget to check out hana road if your going to Maui, many fun things and beautiful secret places!!! Ask around, someone might be kind and lend you a tip 
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An ounce or less, not all baggied into grams 
is no problem from my experience, flying the same route to Honolulu & Kona. These days you could probably bring a bong. They’ve never tripped on my lighters. So weird.
I never got paperwork when visiting or after moving here 
but most people either don’t care or are pro weed. That said, the official rules & some people are very nanny-state, weed-is-evil-1959, and don’t like it. It’s making headway though, there are dispensaries, & medical, but smoking in public is illegal. I found this out at the airport after I blazed a big cone joint upwind of the terminal in Kona & had a cop come & tell me to stop it, it’s gotta be “in your home”. 
since, i recently had to go to honolulu & blazed in 2 different places, 1 in the smoking area by all the cops (that was scary & fun & fast), 1 in the center of the parking turnaround ramp thing that was like 100’ from the terminal. again. But it was easy peasy at 8am mid-week.
basically don’t smoke like it’s fully legal & you’ll be fine. hotel security sometimes frown but same deal; go away from people to blaze up & no problems, even if they can see you.
1/2 the us has legal-ish weed & they get clueless tourists every day so it seems to be a warning first policy unofficially, unless you’re moving weight. 
That 200lb suitcase will not make it to your destination & neither will you. 
@AkHydro907 which island or islands you thinking?
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It all depends on what you want to do. You can go all out and be expensive, or be frugal and thrifty. The wife and I got married in Oahu 3 years ago, hotel room was the most expensive.
We found a few real cool spots to eat that were phenomenal and not real expensive. We did 2 weeks, and food, activities and whatever, we spent less than $1500. We could have gone and done 5 star dining, guided tours, and tourist attraction stuff, but I was stationed at Schofield Barracks and knew my way around the island and where to go and what to see, so it saved us money. We had a rental car for 4 days, and that got us around the Island, to Haleiwa for the shrimp trucks, North shore to see surfing competition at Banzai Pipeline, and a few “secret” spots that most tourists wouldn’t know about. Just search and plan everything, and you can do it on a budget.
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$$$$$
YES. I planned on spending 5-6k for a 5 week stay on Big Island & spent 12k. 
But 1/2 of that was in resorts with less than 2 weeks advance reservation. If you book waaaay in advance the airline prices go down.
A good indicator is that Costco & Walmart are usually one of the first stops for visitors here because takeout food is usually overpriced & low quality IMO. Local businesses really need help though so please consider them.
Each island has it’s own weather & micro-climates so prepare for rain AND sun 
but unless going to the top of the volcano, you won’t see snow. Passing between Mauna Loa & Mauna Kea over the “saddle road” summit at about 5000 ft. elevation it’s COLDer & windy AF. Worst fog I’ve ever driven through up there. That part of Hawaii is kind of a moonscape & the army does training up there.
The islands also have different “vibes” – Kauai & Big Island are rural & have an agricultural vibe… Oahu is the easiest & main destination, Maui is overrun by “haole” (outsider, white person) and the anti-visitor sentiment is more prevalent from all I hear & read.
Lanai is 99% privately owned by Larry Ellison(Oracle). 
As is Niihau aka Robinson Island. Some old ship captain’s widow picked that up for 10 grand back in the 1890s. Best RE purchase in history, IMO 
wtf
Molokai is very insular, has a tiny population & although it’s “open” to visitors they really dislike UN-INVITED guests. However I’ve heard that if one is a guest of an influential local it’s completely different & one will feel like family. 
Kahoolawe, aka the former navy bombing range, is off limits except for scientists & students & probably Native Hawaiian purposes,
If you’re a geology head 
then Hawaii Island aka Big Island is the one for you. Or astronomy-- the night sky is very clear here.
As far as cushy, easy resort stays, I really liked Royal Kona in Kailua Kona, and Hilton Waikoloa about 40 mi north. Hilton Waikoloa is dated but has some interesting museum walk with lots of statues & paintings from Asia. People will place small stones from the landscaping under the ass of the lion dog, horse, elephant statues to imply a shit. 
I loved it but felt sorry for the house-cleaners & staff who had to pick them up & move them every f’n morning. 
That place reminded me of Vegas & Disneyland. Not cheap but after 40 years of Motel 6-ing it I was indulgent.
Serious prospective visitors should definitely give the Wikipedia page on the state of Hawaii a once over. This place is definitely more like a 3rd world country than a US state. 
P.S. AirBnB is prevalent here so please treat those lodgings with the respect you’d want from a neighbor(i.e. noise, parking). Some areas have annoying partying spring-breaker types right next to their kids bedroom & find empty bottles on their lawn. And their parking spot is taken.
Aloha!
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