Hawaii Honeymoons

Hawaii is rated the best honeymoon destination by newlywed couples. Why consider a honeymoon or destination wedding on the Hawaiian Islands? First, no passport is needed for US residents. There is great tropical weather year round. This includes cool trade breezes and sunny skies. While spring and fall might be ideal due to its generally better weather, lower costs and fewer tourists, anytime is great for a romantic honeymoon in Hawaii. Luxury and affordable resorts abound between the 6 islands. You can dine at some of the best restaurants in the world. The fabulous cuisine including local Hawaiian traditional, fresh fish, succulent fruit and locally grown coffee. Lastly, Hawaii has the comforts of the U.S. but is very unique from other U.S. destinations.

climate

The climate of Hawaii is typical for a tropical area, although temperatures and humidity tend to be a bit less extreme than other tropical locales due to the constant trade winds blowing from the east. Summer highs are usually in the upper 80s °F, (around 31°C) during the day

A sunset in Waikiki

Transportation

Two airports serve Hawaii Island:

* Hilo International Airport
* Kona International Airport

Geography

An archipelago situated some 3,200 km(1,988 mi) southwest of the North American mainland,

Hawaii is the southernmost state of the United States and the second westernmost state after Alaska. Only Hawaii and Alaska are outside the contiguous United States and do not share a border with any other U.S. state.

Hawaii is the only state of the United States that

• is not geographically located in North America
• grows coffee
• is completely surrounded by water
• has a royal palace
• does not have a straight line in its state boundary
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Niihau (70 sq. mi.)	Kauai (552.3 sq. mi.)	Oahu (598 sq. mi.)	Maui (727.3 sq. mi.)
Molokai (260 sq. mi.)	Lanai (140.5 sq. mi.)	Kahoolawe (44.6 sq. mi.)	Hawaii (4,028.2 sq. mi.)

Demographics

As of 2005, Hawaii has an estimated population of 1,275,194, which is an increase of 13,070, or 1.0%, from the prior year and an increase of 63,657, or 5.3%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 48,111 people (that is 96,028 births minus 47,917 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 16,956 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 30,068 people, and migration within the country produced a net loss of 13,112 people.

Religion as distributed among the Hawaiian population are as follows:

Christian/351,000 (28.9%)
Buddhist/110,000 (9%)
Jewish/10,000 (0.8%)
Other*/750,000 (61.1%)