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By Mike H March 30, 2011
We were involved with a recent relocation initiative so I thought I would give PODS a try. It was truly a rewarding experience. From the initial contact to documentation of the agreement to the ability to change the agreement (while talking to a real person) to quality of the service and so on..... It was nice when one focuses on the Quality of the Service vs. Complaints or cost or ability to make contact, etc. The Value of the Experience (including cost) encouraged me to make a personal recommendation about the quality of their Business Model and how well it was executed. If you are looking for a recommendation - look no further. ...read more
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By Larry August 09, 2009
Awesome service...I saved over $100 by using promo code R181 ...read more
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By Gus June 03, 2009
Thanks PODS. I just made money using PODS for my DITY/PP move to the mainland. ...read more
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Best Beaches in Hawaii - the Master List
Hawaii is loaded with incredible beaches, but which are the ten best? It's obviously subjective, so what I've done is compile one master list based on the top 10 choices from 8 sources. Here is the master list with the number of mentions. The 8 individual lists are posted below. Top 10 Beaches in Hawaii - Master List 1. Lanikai Beach, Oahu - 7/8 lists below ( 4 first places) 2. Poipu Beach, Kauai - 7/8 lists 3. Hapuna Beach, Big Island - 5/8 lists 4. Kaanapali Beach, Maui - 5/8 lists 5. Hanalei Bay, Kauai - 3/8 lists (1 first place) 6. Kailua Beach, Oahu - 3/8 lists (1 first place) 7. Kapalua Bay Beach, Maui - 3/8 lists 8. Ke'e Beach Park, Kauai - 3/8 lists 9. Hulopo'e Beach, Lanai - 3/8 lists 10 (tie) Papohaku Beach, Molokai - 3/8 lists 10. (tie) Waikiki Beach, Oahu - 2/8 lists (1 first place) Data taken from the following lists: Hawaiigaga.com Hanalei Bay, Kauai Lanikai Beach, Oahu Kailua Beach, Oahu Hapuna Beach, Big Island Kaanapali Beach, Maui Maniniowali Beach, Big Island Tunnels Beach, Kauai Keawakapu Beach, Maui Waimanalo Beach, Oahu Poipu Beach, Kauai Bestplaceshawaii.com 1. Lanikai Beach, Oahu 2. Hanalei Bay, Kauai 3. Kaanapali Beach, Maui 4. Hanauma Bay, Oahu 5. Ke'e Beach Park, Kauai 6. Kapalua Bay Beach, Maui 7. Hapuna Beach, Big Island 8. Hulopo'e Beach, Lanai 9. Poipu Beach, Kauai 10. Papohaku Beach, Molokai Travel Channel 1. Waikiki Beach, Oahu 2. Hanauma Bay, Oahu 3. Kaanapali Beach, Maui 4. Kauna'oa Beach, Big Island 5. Poipu Beach, Kauai 6. Lahaina Beach, Maui 7. Hookipa Beach, Maui 8. Punalu'u Beach, Big Island 9. The North Shore, Oahu 10. Lanikai Beach, Oahu Foxnews.com 1. Kailua Beach, Oahu 2. Malaekahana Beach, Oahu 3. Hamoa Beach, Maui 4. Hapuna Beach, Big Island 5. Spencer Beach Park, Big Island 6. Hookena Beach, Big Island 7. Hanalei Bay, Kauai 8. Poipu Beach, Kauai 9. Manele Bay, Lanai 10.Papohaku Beach, Molokai Americasbestonline.com 1. Lanikai Beach, Oahu 2. Ke'e Beach Park, Kauai 3. Wailea Beach, Maui 4. Kapalua Bay Beach, Maui 5. Kailua Beach, Oahu 6. Hapuna Beach, Big Island 7. Poipu Beach, Kauai 8. Hulopo'e Beach, Lanai 9. Hamoa Beach, Maui 10.Kaanapali Beach, Maui Hawaii-guide.com 1. Sunset Beach, Oahu 2. Poipu Beach, Kauai 3. Ke'e Beach Park, Kauai 4. Big Beach, Maui 5. Tunnels Beach, Kauai 6. Waikiki Beach, Oahu 7. Kua Bay, Big Island 8. Hapuna Beach, Big Island 9. Lanikai Beach, Oahu 10.Hamoa Beach, Maui Frommers.com 1. Lanikai Beach, Oahu 2. Hapuna Beach, Big Island 3. Kapalua Bay Beach, Maui 4. Papohaku Beach, Molokai 5. Hulopoe Beach, Lanai 6. Haena Beach, Kauai Streetdirectory.com 1. Lanikai Beach, Oahu 2. North Shore, Oahu 3. Punalu'u Beach, Big Island 4. Hookipa Beach, Maui 5. Lahaina Beach, Maui 6. Poipu Beach, Kauai 7. Kauna'oa Beach, Big Island 8. Kaanapali Beach, Maui 9. Honaunau Bay, Big Island 10.Waikiki Beach, Oahu ...read more
By PODS Moving and Storage July 21, 2012
Things You Should Know Before Moving to Hawaii
This is a good list by Tony K. Every year thousands of people move to Hawaii, buy a home, and begin to live their dream. Starry-eyed people come here with high hopes of living in paradise, in a beautiful house on the beach, surfing everyday, and sipping margaritas out of coconut shells. Here's some things to know before buying a home on Oahu. 1)Hawaii is an island state. That means it's harder to get some of the things you like. Things are more expensive to ship and slower to arrive by Fedex. Fedex overnight means 2 days here. Even if there are a few stores on Oahu that carry what you want, that doesn't mean that they'll have it in stock on a given day. 2)Oahu is paradise on earth, but it's not heaven. There is still traffic and crime, and there are still some rude people in Hawaii like anywhere else. People tend to live for about a year in the honeymoon stage, still euphoric about living in Hawaii. Then reality sets in. People in Hawaii still get sick. Life still throws you a curve ball in paradise, and your stuff begins to rust, no matter where you live on the island. 3) If you're not local, you're haole. If you didn't grow up here and have parents of somewhat Hawaiian/Asian decent, you're a haole. It's not racial, not usually. However, most haoles fit right in, make lots of friends that are locals, and even get elected governor. 4)Housing is expensive. $800,000 will buy you a small house in Manoa or a large condo in Waikiki. It might be single wall construction, meaning there are no studs in the walls. Your yard might be smaller than you're used to, especially in Honolulu, and the dirt will be bright red. However, if you go out a bit to the west side you can get a great home for about $500k in Ewa, Kapolei, Royal Kunia, and Makakilo. 5)The ocean in Hawaii is wonderful, but you won't be in it as much as you think. People ask me if I surf everyday. They think I sit on Waikiki beach and type my blog or handle my escrows, etc. Nope, I sit at a desk in my office, just like you. We do go to the beach often, maybe 3-5 times a month. We prefer Kailua Beach to Waikiki, and sometimes we go to Portlock's small beach. There are still plenty of empty beaches in Oahu, and if you buy a house here, I'll show you some of them! 6)It rains a lot, suddenly, for about 10 minutes at a time. If you live in Manoa, Maunawili, the North Shore, or Kailua, it rains more than in town, the Leeward side, or Hawaii Kai. Usually within a few minutes the sun will come out and dry everything off. So stop walking around with an umbrella, you look like a tourist. 7)Everything rusts, especially on the windward side of Oahu, which means Kailua and Kaneohe. Things rust quite a bit in Manoa, where it rains most of the year. Everything has to be replaced more often because of the salty, humid air. My bike took 1 year to turn rust. Your car will be dirty most of the time. You might repaint every few years. Mold will grow in 2 days if you leave anything wet anywhere. 8)All your friends will visityou the first year, and you'll have to cart them to the North Shore, to Waikiki, to the Dole plantation, and Kailua Beach. You'll have less visitors in the second year, until finally you get 1 or 2 visitors a year—forever. It helps if you visit them once a year, and have them visit you once a year. 9)Everything takes longer in Hawaii. Things that take 5 minutes will take 10 here. Things you might get instantly in L.A. could take days in Hawaii. You need a contractor to come give you an estimate? How about 2 weeks from now? You need a dentist appointment? How about next month? Life in Hawaii is in sometimes in slow motion, and we like it that way. Even in our real estate transactions, we work slow. Our average escrow is 45-60 days. Learn to drive slow, walk slow, and live slow. We enjoy the drive along the coast at 35mph, just enjoying the beautiful Hawaiian views. 10)Some people end up leaving Hawaii after a few years, and then regret it for the rest of their lives. Whatever the reason, many people who move here end up leaving after only a few years. And one person every week tells me how much they regret ever leaving Hawaii. Most people who sold their Hawaii real estate would have made hundreds of thousands of dollars if they would have held onto it. So don't come thinking, "I'm going to try out Hawaii." Instead, make up your mind and say, "I will make it work no matter what, I will buy a house in Hawaii, I will make it my home." People give up their dream of living in Hawaii everyday, they quit and leave paradise. For those of us who make it, it becomes more like paradise than we thought at first. ...read more
By PODS Moving and Storage June 22, 2012
Katy Perry & Russell Brand Divorce - Details Emerge
(Jocelyn Vena) Russell Brand has filed for divorcefrom his pop-star wife, Katy Perry, after only a year of marriage. With the new year on the horizon, more details about what led to their split are emerging. Sources toldUs Weeklythat the couple always fought, but in the time leading up to the divorce filing, the arguments had gotten more heated, leading to one “massive fight.” “She was like, ‘F— you. I’m going to do my own thing.’ Russell replied, ‘Fine, f— you too,’ ” the source explained. Meanwhile, other sources close to the couple toldE! Newsthat the twosome had spent “a lot of time apart” as of late and that they have been having a number of “problems.”TMZfurther reports that those separate vacations were planned so that neither party would be in L.A. when the papers were filed. The couple had been having problems for some time, and after trying to make it work, TMZ sources add that “it just wasn’t there” anymore. Brand eventually filed for divorce first due to Perry’s strong religious beliefs and background. Other reports suggest that Brand and Perry may have had differing views about how they wanted to live their lives.The Daily Mailreports that recovering drug addict Brand didn’t approve of Perry’s friends (like fellow pop star Rihanna). He had reportedly asked her to “tone it down.” The split may be surprising for some given that in the past few weeks, the former couple had gushed about one another in various interviews. WhenBrand stopped by “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,”he steadfastly denied that he and Perry had plans to divorce. “There are always rumors, aren’t there? In the end, you have to just not engage with Internet technology, which is difficult, because a lot of the nude-women websites I quite enjoy,” he joked. “I’ve treated the whole Internet now like it’s a wicked little liar,” he added. “Yeah. I am really happily married. I’m married to Katy. Perpetually, until death do us part was the pledge.” In fact, when MTV News spoke toPerry at rehearsals for her “Saturday Night Live” hosting gigearlier this month, she noted that she was getting lots of advice from her soon-to-be ex-husband. “My husband, of course, every day I call him and I’m like, ‘This happened,’ and he’s like, ‘I know what that means, and here’s the next play-by-play for tomorrow,’ so he’s gotten me really prepared for this week, thankfully.” Whatever happens next for these two in 2012, the comedian noted in a statement that he hoped to remain friends with Perry. “Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I will always adore her and I know we’ll remain friends.” Perry has remained mum since the news broke. The couple kicked off their love affair at the 2009 VMAs whenBrand was hosting and Perrywas on hand as one of the night’s performers. They later got engaged in India during a New Year’s vacation months later. The pair married in a lavish affair in India in 2010. News of their split comes days after they sparked split rumors when they were seen separately over the Christmas holidaysans wedding rings. ...read more
By PODS Moving and Storage January 21, 2012