We went with my girlfriend 1 week in Guam during July 2014. I was a bit afraid because the wet season started but at the end it only rained a few times and rest of time was blue sky and sun.
We used United airlines which proposed direct flight from Hong Kong (about 5 hours duration).
UNITED AIRLINES - UA 0180
FRI, 11 9:55PM - JUL HONG KONG, HONG KONG S A R
SAT, 12 4:55AM - JUL GUAM, US PACIFIC IS
UNITED AIRLINES - UA 0179
SAT, 19 6:55PM - GUAM, US PACIFIC IS
SAT, 19 9:55PM - HONG KONG, HONG KONG S A R
The itinerary...
There is no specific itinerary in this trip as we stayed the whole week in the same area (between Tumon and Agana Bay) and drove to different places every day. The island is very small and this was very convenient staying there.
Our first hotel was the "Santa Fe" and the location was great. We could take our breakfast on the beach with an amazing view. The room was just ok with a bad smell of bleach.
Our second hotel was the "Aqua Suite". The room was nice and clean but the location didn't offer anything that the first hotel did (It was 5min drive from Ypao beach).
The Story...
... July 11th
This is the day we took off, the flight schedule was convenient as we leave to the airport straight after work. We were suppose to leave at 9h55 but there was 30min delay.
... July 12th
We landed at 5:15am local time. The immigration was really fast. For HK passport holders they just need a VISA that is valid for 10 years. For my French passport I applied for ESTA online (cost 14$) few days before departure.
At the airport, we could only withdraw money from coast 360 ATM (2$ charge per transaction), for some reason our master / visa cards didn't work with others.
With the package we bought, we had a 2 hours tour to start the day to baby sit us until the city wakes up. It started at 6:00am from the airport and a guy called Billy (a Chinese guy living there) picked us up with another HK couple.
The weather was terrible the whole morning as a typhoon recently passed by so we didn't enjoy that much the tour as we couldn't go out of the car.
The first stop was K-mart for 30min as everything is closed before 7:00am. We bought some snacks for our breakfast. Then we went to two lover's point, statue of Liberty, Espana de Plaza and Aguena Fort where we couldn't see much because of the rain.
Then Billy dropped us at 8:00am in our hotel where we could do an early check-in. He told us he could help for many things (book car, portable wifi, water game activities, buffet etc.). I was a bit skeptical that this cost us more money, but after using few of his services I think this was about same price, or a bit cheaper.
The first thing we did once on our own is to have a nap until 12. After waking up, we contacted again Billy to help get portable wifi (50$ for the week) and a car. This would have been cheaper to buy a SIM Card with unlimited internet (about 30-35$ if I recall) but with the portable wifi we were able to connect our 3 devices at same time (2 phones + tablet). The battery life was only 4 hours but fortunately my girlfriend took an external battery loader for her phone which we could use with the portable wifi (otherwise we should have a buy a USB cable for the car to reload when we drive).
For the car a guy picked us up at the hotel to bring us in his shop (Andy car). Guess what ? The owners are a Chinese couple originally from Shanghai :) We had in mind to book the cheapest car (Toyota Yaris) but when I saw we could rent a Mustang (my dream car) I changed my mind. I bargain a little and get a price of 600$ for the week (saturday to saturday) including insurance (1000$ excess). I thought that's about the same price as big rental company as I actually checked online before asking Billy for the car.
We had a very detailed car checking, they were noting on the report every tiny spot that the car had (funny thing is that at the end they spent like 5 sec to check the car when we returned it).
At this time the weather was awesome, it changes so fast. So we decided to go back to most places of the tour and actually enjoy them.
... July 13th
... July 14th
... July 15th
... July 16th
... July 17th
... July 18th
... July 19th
