Jet Vacation
The slogan, “Helping you create those magical memories,” explains the philosophy of Jet Vacation travel agency. Owner Linda Nagai says she followed her father’s dream of having a customer-service-based travel agency located on family property in Kona. Linda, who was born and raised in Kona, was co-owner of a travel agency on O‘ahu when she [...]
The slogan, “Helping you create those magical memories,” explains the philosophy of Jet Vacation travel agency. Owner Linda Nagai says she followed her father’s dream of having a customer-service-based travel agency located on family property in Kona. Linda, who was born and raised in Kona, was co-owner of a travel agency on O‘ahu when she took the opportunity to come home to Kona.
“The travel industry was not doing well because the airlines cut paying commissions to agencies, and Kona was saturated with travel agencies, so to keep my father’s dream alive I ran the travel agency out of my home, creating Japan tours and booking reservations for friends and family. As travel agencies started closing and people were having to pay high prices for travel, I felt that the time was right to open a travel agency storefront on our Ali‘i Drive property.
Linda’s daughter Shawn had joined her in the travel business in Honolulu and accumulated over 20 years of travel industry experience herself. She is now manager of Jet Vacation, and the mother-daughter team is working together “to be there for the people of Hawai‘i. Knowing that the economy has also affected them, we decided to dedicate ourselves to work at finding the best prices to make it possible for more people to experience a memorable vacation or just visiting friends and family,” Linda says. The agency assists with some business travel, but its main focus is leisure travel.
“Our hope is to assist the ‘locals’—whether for work or pleasure, we want them to enjoy their time away from home. For the visitors we want to help them to know that it’s reasonable to fly to Hawai‘i and offer guidance with places to visit and activities to enjoy that will give them a taste of Hawai‘i’s aloha spirit.
“For our customers, we take the stress out of hours of researching flights and other vacation needs. Our experienced staff will work on an itinerary to fit your travel needs, whether it be just a visit to the Disney properties, Las Vegas, international travel or even creating a special tour. Being a family-owned and operated business, we treat all of our customers as family and their travel plans as if we were the ones traveling. We can beat most Internet rates and charge no service fees on most tickets,” says Linda.
Location: 75-6000 Ali‘i Drive, Kailua-Kona, in front of
Sea Village Condominium
Phone: 808-329-5452 or 808-938-9164 (after hours)
Email: shawn@jetvacationdestinations.com
Website: www.jetvacationdestinations.com
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