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273 reviews

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Warm welcome

Reviewed by: Jakub

Warm and professional welcome with info about useful tips.

Location & environment: 5

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2025/10/19
Activity Date: 2025/10/17

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Sweet welcome

Reviewed by: Kay

We were greeted near baggage claim by a very friendly professional gentleman. Lovely!

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/08/08
Activity Date: 2025/08/06

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Aloha!

Reviewed by: Jbay

Wonderful service, was greeted as described by baggage claim with a clearly marked sign. So friendly and personable, offered assistance for car rental shuttle and guidance around the island! Will definitely do this again. Mahalo!

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Large Group Greeting Package (8 participants or more)
Attended as: Families
Weather: Cloudy
Posted on: 2025/07/25
Activity Date: 2025/07/23

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Fabulous Greeting

Reviewed by: Family Reunion

They were in plain sight with a fun and warm greeting. Everyone enjoyed the great surprise.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/07/13
Activity Date: 2025/07/11

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Great Greeting

Reviewed by: Las Vegas Family

They were right at baggage claim in plain sight. Happy warm full greeting. Great Leis were beautiful.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 4

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 4

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/07/13
Activity Date: 2025/07/11

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Glad we planned this

Reviewed by: EWJames

The greeter was friendly and on time. I surprised my wife for our anniversary.

Schedule & duration: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

Reply from activity provider

Aloha & mahalo for your positive feedback! We hope you folks had a wonderful anniversary and return to the islands in the future! Aloha

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Couples
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/06/18
Activity Date: 2025/06/08

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Absolutely amazing service!

Reviewed by: Ricky

Incredible customer service!!! Had our flight cancelled and thankfully got a direct flight instead but our arrival changed and was able to change time by email. Had the most kind and understanding help with the change and made our first trip to Hawaii that much more memorable :). Mahalo 💛

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

Tips and suggestions

A must for your first trip

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/06/07
Activity Date: 2025/06/05

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Not like I remembered it.

Reviewed by: Family Vacation

I was excited to share the Lei Greeting with my family, since I recall it was a great way to start off the trip when we did it years ago. However, the Greeter just sort of handed you a Lei and Bracelet and said welcome. There was no big greeting, she was too busy to offer to take a picture, never looked us in the eyes and looked like she was overworked and just trying to hand out meals to 50 small school children as fast as possible. I ended up pulling my family aside and asking a stranger to take our photos and then explained how this is a great way to start off our family vacation.

Local customer service: 2

Location & environment: 2

Schedule & duration: 4

Equipment & facilities: 1

Comfort & well-being: 2

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/05/23
Activity Date: 2025/05/21

Kona Airport Honeymoon Specials Flower Lei Greetings for Couples

Awesome greeting

Reviewed by: Adams018

Sign was up and the leis were perfect , my wife loved them

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

  • Blessing

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Packages: Honeymoon Lei Greeting (For 2 people)
Attended as: Couples
Weather: Cloudy
Posted on: 2025/04/05
Activity Date: 2025/04/03

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Such a wonderful, warm welcome to The Big Island!

Reviewed by: Debbie

Wonderful company to work with. Very professional, beautiful Leis. Everyone was so happy!!

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

Tips and suggestions

Would highly recommend this company.

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/02/16
Activity Date: 2025/01/26

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Family's First Aloha

Reviewed by: Lynn

Booked this service to greet my daughter and family at the Kona Airport--their first visit--before we arrived. They were greeted by such a nice person and were so pleased with their leis!

Thank you!!

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 4

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

Tips and suggestions

Absolutely "do it!"

  • Granddaughters

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/01/11
Activity Date: 2024/12/23

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

The kids loved it!

Reviewed by: Hawaiian girl

We were greeted as soon as we exited the terminal to the baggage claim area with the Lei’s and my kids and I couldn’t have been more pleased with it. Highly recommended especially if it’s your first Hawaii trip.

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2024/09/07
Activity Date: 2024/08/13

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Airport Lei Greeting

Reviewed by: Rich

Booked the day before our arrival which was a mistake as have to pay an extra fee for short notice.

Even then the order is not guaranteed.

But it got confirmed and there was a nice man waiting for us by the baggage belt.

He welcomed us to the Island (Big Island) and wished me a Happy Birthday as this was part of our request and then presented out Leis.

We put the flowers in the fridge when we arrived at put location and on leaving the island, scattered the petals in the sea by the turtles near Waikola.

Happy with the service provided, but book early to avoid having the extra fee.

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Packages: Classic Orchid Lei
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2023/12/02
Activity Date: 2023/11/12

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Surprise lei greeting

Reviewed by: Judy

We surprised our friends with a lei greeting at the Kona airport. And surprised they were! We were looking for someone in a special shirt (as per the email) but he was in a plain colored shirt. However, he did have a sign with their names and he did call out their names as people approached the baggage claim. The leis were GORGEOUS! Over the following days, our friends received many compliments about how pretty the flowers were. And they smelled GREAT!
HIGHLY recommend this experience. This is not the first time we've used Veltra for surprise lei greetings and each time the experience is the same....GREAT!

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Packages: Classic Orchid Lei
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2023/03/04
Activity Date: 2023/02/06

Big Island Buggy Car Rental Service (4 and 8 hours)

Fantastic fun!

Reviewed by: Heidi P

We had a blast riding around in a dune buggy last Sunday! It was delivered and picked up at our hotel, great communication with Aaron, great tips on where to go - all of it was easy and a ton of fun!

Reply from activity provider

We are so happy you all enjoyed the buggy! It was really nice meeting you all. Thank you for the wonderful review. We hope to see you back on th Big Island!
Aloha and Mahalo,
Aaron

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Packages: Blue "MAKO" - 4 Seat Buggy with Standard Transmission
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2022/06/21
Activity Date: 2022/06/19

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Lei greeting great welcome to the Big Island

Reviewed by: Chris

We were greeted by sign on the way to the baggage claim. The greeter had beautiful flower leis for us waiting and helped up put them on and also helped with directions to the baggage claim and rental car facility. It was my dad's and son's first time to Hawaii, so we wanted to do something special and it didn't disappoint.

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Packages: Classic Orchid Lei
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2022/06/16
Activity Date: 2022/06/09

Big Island Buggy Car Rental Service (4 and 8 hours)

Our Anniversary was awesome!!!!

Reviewed by: Takashi Labon

We really enjoyed our 21st Anniversary and Big Island Convertible Car Rental was a huge part of it. Aaron and his wife was so accommodating and showed us where to go on the big island. The buggy was nice and comfy for me because I am a plus size beauty. I was able to get in and out with ease and we really enjoyed the ride around the big island.

David and Takashi Labon

Reply from activity provider

You two are the Cutest!! Thank you so much for the 5 Stars!! We really enjoy meeting you both and being part of your experience on the Big Island!! Happy Anniversary!!
Aloha and Mahalo,
Aaron and Debi
Big Island Buggy

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Packages: Green "HONU" - 4 Seat Buggy with Automatic Transmission
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2022/06/06
Activity Date: 2022/06/02

Speedi Shuttle Kona Airport Transportation Service

Good

Reviewed by: Rich

Clean car on time and communicated and updates in plans

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Packages: [Departure] Hotel to Airport - Shared Service
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/07/31
Activity Date: 2021/07/06

Kona Airport Shuttle Transportation (KOA) by Roberts Hawaii [Open Now]

Kona airport transfer

Reviewed by: Gale

Our van took a long time to finally pick us up from the airport. The driver was very personable but dropped us at the Hilton lower lobby. We had no idea where we were. We had to find our way to an elevator and get to the main lobby to check in. I had to drag two suitcases since my husband is in a wheelchair. It was very stressful after long flights and a long wait for the van.

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Packages: [Arrival] Airport to Hotel
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/07/08
Activity Date: 2021/07/06

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Do it!

Reviewed by: Yohana

It was so nice to arrive at the airport and be greeted with a lei. Our greeter was so kind and offered to take a picture of our family with our leis. He seemed genuinely happy for us to have arrived on his island. This was a surprise for my family so it was great to see their faces. The leis lasted all day. Two things to note: my flight info changed at the last minute and I was nervous that I would lose the money I paid and they wouldn’t be there when we arrived. I called multiple times, but the time difference didn’t let me catch them in the office. Someone did call me about my flight change, but I was in the air. I was pleasantly surprised to see the greeter there. But definitely call them if anything like that happens to you. Secondly, (in my own little world) I was expecting to be the only one greeted, but it’s one greeter for all the people who buy this package, so we waited for the family ahead of us who were greeted and took pictures. It almost ruined the surprise for my family, but since they had no idea this was happening, they waited patiently for me to turn their attention toward the greeter. They were still surprised.

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Packages: Classic Orchid Lei
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2021/07/06
Activity Date: 2021/06/28

Speedi Shuttle Kona Airport Transportation Service

Awful Service!!

Reviewed by: Julio R

They never showed up!!! Called Speedi Shuttle to see where the shuttle was after waiting for another hour and was told to contact a taxi to get picked up. I will never use this service again as it is a scam!!!

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Packages: [Arrival] Airport to Hotel - Shared Service
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2021/06/13
Activity Date: 2021/06/11

Speedi Shuttle Kona Airport Transportation Service

Smooth ride, but no Lei at arrival

Reviewed by: Melissa P

We paid for the ride and a Lei greeting well in advance of our trip. Plenty of time for someone to figure out they don't do Lei greetings at the airport in which we arrived.
We didn't get it, so I called to find out what happened. That's when I was informed there was not ever going to be a Lei Greeting. I've been trying to contact the company for a couple of days for my $30 refund and can't seem to stir up a human for help.
The shuttle was waiting for us and the driver was friendly. He pointed out some restaurants we should try near our Airbnb.
Aside from the lack of communication and needing a refund, I'm happy with the transportation we received.

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Packages: [Arrival] Airport to Hotel - Shared Service
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/05/18
Activity Date: 2021/05/16

Speedi Shuttle Kona Airport Transportation Service

Great transport from airport to hotel

Reviewed by: Traveling Mom

Great value. My driver was right on time, super nice, excellent driving , and got me to the airport with time to spare! Would definitely use this company again. Mahalo!

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Packages: [Departure] Hotel to Airport - Shared Service
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2021/05/12
Activity Date: 2021/05/10

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Everything as promised!

Reviewed by: RRS

Beautiful leis and a very kind lady who presented the leis and gave us guidance on where we'd find our luggage and car rental.

Mahalo

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Packages: Deluxe Orchid Lei
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2021/04/22
Activity Date: 2021/04/20

Speedi Shuttle Kona Airport Transportation Service

Speedi Shuttle Did The Job

Reviewed by: Island Hopper

Used Speedi Shuttle for 4 total transfers during my multi island trip. They were always on time, very responsive and communicative regarding my trips. Though I booked for the 'shared' option, 3 out of the 4 transfers I was the only rider, so it was a great value. Would definitely use again when I'm not renting a car in HI.

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Packages: [Departure] Hotel to Airport - Shared Service
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2021/04/05
Activity Date: 2021/03/21

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Lei Experience

Reviewed by: Mark Dyre

The representative was waiting for us and called to confirm we were there. Everything went according to expectations.

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Packages: Classic Orchid Lei
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2021/01/07
Activity Date: 2020/12/23

Speedi Shuttle Kona Airport Transportation Service

Great early pick-up service to get to the airport.

Reviewed by: KC

The early morning ride to the Kona airport with Kona Airport Transportation (Speedi Shuttle) went very well.
The driver called in advance to let me know he would be arriving soon & he was quite polite & helpful as I was dragging my luggage down to the pick-up point.
Definitely worth using again.

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Packages: [Departure] Hotel to Airport - Shared Service
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2020/03/09
Activity Date: 2019/05/14

Kona Airport Shuttle Transportation (KOA) by Roberts Hawaii [Open Now]

Dependable service, as always

Reviewed by: Vickie

I booked Roberts Hawaii airport shuttle through Hawaii Activities, and, as always, their service was excellent. The wonderful driver provided answers to many of my questions about the area.

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Packages: [Arrival] Airport to Hotel
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2020/02/08
Activity Date: 2020/01/27

Speedi Shuttle Kona Airport Transportation Service

The Best!

Reviewed by: Vickie

After having to make a last-minute shuttle reservation from my hotel to the Kona airport, HawaiianActivities went out of their way to book me with Speedi Shuttle who went out of their way to provide me with shuttle service. The driver was prompt, efficient and was a pleasure to chat with about the area. I will definitely book with them in the future.

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Packages: [Departure] Hotel to Airport - Shared Service
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2020/02/08
Activity Date: 2020/02/05

Speedi Shuttle Kona Airport Transportation Service

excellent

Reviewed by: Sherry

Punctual, friendly door to door service. Would't hesitate to use them again!

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Packages: [Departure] Hotel to Airport - Shared Service
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2020/02/02
Activity Date: 2020/01/30
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