In restaurants waiters expect around 10 to 20 percent, as do taxi drivers and hairdressers, while porters and bellboys anticipate around one or two US dollars per piece of luggage. You are not expected to tip in fast-food restaurants or cinemas. The dress code in the Hawaiian Islands is very casual with shorts being acceptable just about everywhere. Some of the more expensive restaurants require men to wear a shirt and trousers but never a tie. For business travellers' shorts are acceptable with a suit shirt, smart shoes and socks.
Women can wear similar attire or else cool dresses.
Local Customs Traditional Hawaiian culture has recently enjoyed a revival and is celebrated as an integral part of every visit to the romantic islands. There has been a subsequent dramatic rise in the number of Hula schools on the islands where the art of Hula is taught to the island peoples. The greatest Hula competition in the world, the Merrie Monarch Festival is held each April. Many cultures merge here and the guaranteed sunshine gives cause for innumerable festivities. The annual festival of music, flowers and canoe races known as Aloha Week happens in September whilst a massive surf event, the Quicksilver Eddie Aikau Memorial Big Wave Classic is held in December each year.