Another vacation news roundup this week? And on a Saturday? Yep, here are some interesting tidbits from Hawaii and from around the blogosphere.

• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park reopened yesterday after being closed for about two days due to elevated sulfur dioxide levels.
• Erica offers some insight about Hotwire.com, a discount travel website. I especially found the description of Hotwire’s TripStarter intriguing. TripStarter looks like it can be a pretty useful tool to help you find the best time of year to visit your destination. After you enter your origin airport and destination airport, it displays the data trend on flight and hotel costs as well a weather and events. (Also see my advice on the best time to go to Hawaii.)
• By way of Top Site of the Day, I discovered Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush which is a website that helps you create your vacation packing list and checklist of things you need to do before you go. (Also see my advice on what to pack for your Hawaii vacation.)

Okay, that’s it for today. Now, back to my regularly scheduled time of playing with two Dachshund puppies! Oh, what fun! Have a great weekend!