People get hurt on vacation...People get killed at beaches without lifeguards...Responsible guidebooks will keep anything from their readers that might get them hurt...Don't tell them where the good stuff is...Don't expose them to anything that might get them hurt...Safety is all that matters…If even one single person gets hurt because of what you write, then you are to blame...People can't be responsible f ...

So, I was reading an article in The New York Times about online reviews. The title was “The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy.” It was about how reviews on Amazon.com and others are often faked reviews that authors and publishers actually pay for. Whole companies exist to seed reviews. It's not Amazon's fault or any of the other sellers. They have policies against such sleazy tactics. But it's hard to police ...

What kind of yard pests do you put up with? Frisky cats screeching in the night? Neighbor's dog leaving droppings on your lawn? C'mon, spare me. Here in Hawaii our yard pests are a bit more destructive. At left is a photo of some of what we hauled out of our yard yesterday. A total of TEN little and not-so-little piggies. This is not from some remote ranch or out in the country. This is a residential neighb ...

So, I am looking at my Facebook page... my personal one, not the business, and I see this photo pop up of Kaua‘i that looks incredibly familiar. Immediately, I knew who took it, how and where. Heck, I even helped NAME it. So when you see these images floating around the web, Twitter, Facebook, Google, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc., you will know who took them and how. These incredible photos of Mount Wai‘ale‘ale ...

We're real excited about our new 4th edition of Oahu Revealed: The Ultimate Guide to Honolulu, Waikiki & Beyond. In addition to the gobs of new restaurants (still trying to work off the last of those cheesecake reviews), we have lots of new activities (that jetpack using water jets is pretty cool), a great waterfall hike, and we had a blast night snorkeling all over the island to find two good spots tha ...

Cool wind in our hair, Warm smell of the Rotax Rising up through the air... Wizard's author, Andrew Doughty, and photographer, Leona Boyd on a recent expedition in the Bahamas testing out their aerial photography skills with a new plane. Can't wait to see what they'll be up to next! ...

We've been working on a new website here at Wizard, which you can now use and try out. Our previous website was the coolest imaginable...in 2001. But it was looking pretty dated. What we found in our upgrade process is that creating a modern site is about as much fun as rubbing ground glass in your eyes. And about as painful. What worked back in the day is woefully inadequate now. Now that it's live and bor ...

Your selection of where to stay is one of the more important decisions you’ll make in planning your Hawai‘i vacation. To some, it’s just a place to sleep and rather meaningless. To others, it’s the difference between a great vacation and a bad one. ...