We went in August earlier this year. Aulani is one of my home resorts so I have the 11m window.
I don’t have any issue booking it at the 11m mark.
No. We usually stay on the 4th of July week the last 3 years and it's practically the same each year. The only difference would be in Late August, Hawaii kids return to school so it wouldn't be too packed with locals but tourists should still be there! That's the only difference tbh. The weather is nice both windows so that's the main thing! =)
That’s good insight about the locals being back in school. Thank you!
Early June is a high season at Aulani and can be difficult to book at 7 months if that is what you're trying to do. Even OV 1BRs often have date holes y the 7 month booking date for early June.
We own, so 11 month booking for us. Was aware it was the high season, I was just curious if anyone had experience with the crowds the first two weeks of June.
It does book up, so fairly crowded. It's high season.
My pleasure! Usually during the summer, you don't see as much locals. During this past Fall Break (October), there were at least 50% locals, the most that I have ever seen in all of our stays! Other than that, whichever fits your schedule best would be awesome!
Agree! Summer months are booked...but luckily we jump on the Standard View 2BR usually at the 11 mos. window.
Would you say early June is better than later June or doesn’t matter? Ours get out of school late May or first school day of June so we’d likely leave the next day. Typically (like this year) we go in Jan/Feb and while crowded it’s not horribly crowded. But it’s getting harder to yank them all out of school for a week as they get older.June is the only month we’ve gone to Aulani due to high school schedules, and it’s very busy! The only year it wasn’t as bad was June 2021 for obvious reasons… I would vote to stick with late August if you’re desiring lower crowds. As we head towards an empty nest very quickly, one of the things keeping me from heartbreak is thinking about booking some couples trips for September/other off season months.
, but the days leading up/after weren’t quite as bad as what we’ve seen mid-late June. We end up doing a lot of casabella/cabana days when we aren’t leaving the resort for hikes and other activities, to help combat the insanity of June! And yes, once my kids were older elementary and on, they understandably have not wanted to miss any school. It makes traveling rough now that we have high school and college schedules to coordinate. 
