7:00 AM — grab breakfast to go from the lobby buffet (opens 7:00 on Sundays)
7:30 AM — drop the car at Avis LAX (5251 W 98th St) · shuttle to terminal · check-in by 8:00 AM
Boarding passes on phones · bags weighed under 50 lbs
Duke’s Kauai ✅ 4:15 PM — casual oceanfront, no dress-up needed straight from the airport
Day Warnings
💵 No ATMs on Kauai — carry the mainland cash you pulled yesterday
🎟️ Costco run today: all 10 Holo Holo gift cards + motion sickness meds + reef-safe sunscreen + the full shopping list
Empty water bottles before security — refill at the gate
Day-specific item
Standard / always-pack item
✈️Flight Essentials — AS 963 · 9:30 AM
IDs + boarding passes essential
All three travelers · LAX → LIH · arrives 1:39 PM.
Medications in carry-on essential
Prescriptions and anything needed mid-flight — never in checked bags.
Phone chargers + power bank in carry-on
Long travel day ending with two grocery runs and a late check-in.
Headphones / downloaded entertainment
~5.5 hours in the air.
Empty reusable water bottles
Through security empty, filled at the gate.
Light layer for the plane
Cabin runs cold; doubles as an evening layer at the resort.
Snacks for the flight
Breakfast is grab-and-go and lunch is just shave ice — don’t land hungry.
🛬Arrival — Lihue
Avis Lihue confirmation 42920443US6 essential
Counter pickup at 2:30 PM · (808) 378-3885 · lines can be long on arrival day.
Sunglasses + reef-safe sunscreen accessible
First stop is Uncle’s Shave Ice at 2:45, then errands — you’ll be in and out of the sun.
Room preference notes for Waiohai
1st: Room 8109 (honeymoon room) · 2nd: low floor Hale 1 · 3rd: low floor Hale 8 — requested via the 7/12 call; re-confirm at 8:00 PM check-in.
🛒Costco Lihue — 5:45 PM
Holo Holo Charters gift cards × 10 essential
Covers $1,000 of the $1,016.16 Aug 4 tour balance — THE critical Costco item.
Costco membership card essential
No card, no gift cards.
Cooler bag / insulated totes essential
Cold and frozen groceries sit in the car from 5:45 PM through the Safeway stop until villa check-in at 8:00 PM — over two hours. Same reason you packed one for the Maui run on Aug 9.