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Suggest keeping one sweater
I remember my first winter on Maui. When a multi-day rain storm hit the island, with cool temperatures in the 60's, I couldn't believe how many people in Kahului were wearing winter jackets.
By my second winter, I understood.
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I will be bringing one warm coat. I went up to the summit on Mauna Kea a few years ago
and wore a winter coat and played in the snow. So will plan on some cold weather gear and hiking stuff.
Any advise on Banks? Bank of Hawaii? Credit Union in Keauu? (free checking etc. benefits?) Mahalo
Lika
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I'd also suggest keeping at least one set of winter weight garments. Odds are you'll be traveling back to the mainland to visit at some point, and it helps to have appropriate clothes to wear. Rather than keeping my "real" winter coat, I kept a warm Spring-appropriate jacket and several sweaters I could layer. I wish I'd kept winter gloves, scarves and a hat - I keep buying replacements when I go back to "America" and I keep losing them/forget to pack them on subsequent trips.
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Bank of Hawaii will let you open an account online, before you move. That way when you arrive, you already have it established. They also offer bill pay options.
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After ten years here on the island, I still keep my mainland Wells Fargo bank for all the transactions and only keep a small balance on checking account at Bank of Hawaii for local business that prefers local check.
You can open a checking account and maintain a balance of $100 minimum at Bank of Hawaii with no monthly service charge. That was a few years ago. I don't know what the current minimum balance requirement is now.
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I keep my alaska checking account open and add a few dollars here and there. Doesn't hurt to have a back door.
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We never opened an account here. If you have a credit union and they are part of the shared CU network there is a credit union in Hilo that you can use. We have used them to get cashiers checks etc from our Alaska CU account:
https://co-opcreditunions.org/locator/?ref=co-opsharedbranch.org&sc=1 (you will have to ask your CU if they participate).
Otherwise we use USAA. Most of these banks allow you to deposit checks using your phone nowadays and you can get free "ATM withdrawals" by paying for your groceries with a debit card and getting cash back.
I've never had a use for a "local bank". The mortuary in Hilo will notarize documents for free. Call ahead, the notary/embalmer might be busy, especially on Mondays.
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Welcome back to the sh*t show..grass is always greener. Since u left the only thing that has changed is... meth is everywhere and property crimes have increased exponentially... and apparently all the jobs have gone to illegals and government union workers...and puna web has been taken over by 10 whiny conservatives who finger fu*k each other... oh and traffic sucks too.
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Only 18 posts....not wasting any time in making pointed statements, are you?
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Right cuz ur 227 posts makes you a fuc*king ole timer...
