Team Housing Opt-Out – Transpacific 2027
For Coaches & Team Managers — $500 Per Team
Is $500 per team or per athlete?
Per team. One flat fee regardless of roster size.
Unlocks Experience Package & Luau Bookings For Your Whole Roster
TransPacific 2027 is a stay-to-play event: traveling teams are required to book inside the approved tournament hotel blocks. If your team is local, or already has lodging arranged, you can opt out for a flat $500 per team. Once your opt-out is on file, every family on your roster can book the TransPac Experience Package, luau tickets, or both — and your team competes with exactly the same standing as every other team in the field.
Oʻahu-based teams are exempt. If your club is local, you don’t need this and you don’t pay the fee.
One transaction. One time. Handled by the coach or team manager, not by individual families.
Do We Need This?
| Your situation | What you need |
| Team is booking rooms in an approved tournament hotel block | Nothing. Families book the Complete Package individually. Meals, shuttles, transfers, and the luau are all included – and your team stays eligible for the Journey Pass travel stipend. |
| Team is based on Oʻahu | Nothing. Local teams are exempt from the hotel requirement and the opt-out fee. Your families can book the Experience Package or luau tickets directly. |
| Team already has lodging — family housing, condo, points, a long-standing arrangement | This opt-out. $500, paid once by the coach or manager. |
| Some families in the hotel, some not | This opt-out. It’s a team-level clearance. Families in the block can still book the Complete Package. |
What The $500 Does
Clears Your Team To Compete
The housing requirement is satisfied. Your team competes with the same standing as every hotel-block team — same schedule, same brackets, same awards. The one exception: travel stipend eligibility, which requires the Complete Package.
Opens Bookings For Everyone With Your Team
As soon as your opt-out is on file, anyone associated with your team — athletes, coaches, staff, families, supporters — can buy the TransPac Experience Package or standalone luau tickets under your team name.
Keeps Your Group Together
Your families book under your team name, which means we can keep them on the same shuttle runs, at the same luau table, and in the same communications.
Opt-Out Details
- Highlights
- How It Works
- Included
- What To Tell Your Families
- What To Expect
- The 7Gen Journey Pass
- Price & Availability
- Cancellations
Highlights
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One Flat $500 Fee Per Team — Not Per Athlete, Not Per Family
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Paid Once By The Coach Or Team Manager
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Unlocks Experience Package & Luau Bookings For Your Entire Roster
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No Change To Competition Standing, Schedule Or Brackets
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Forfeits Journey Pass Travel Stipend Eligibility — Stipends Require The Complete Package
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Oʻahu-Based Teams Are Exempt — No Opt-Out, No Fee
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No Separate Form — This Payment Is The Opt-Out
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Confirmation Emailed To You And Filed With The Tournament Office
How It Works
- You pay the $500 team opt-out fee on this page. There’s no separate form — this transaction is the opt-out. Your team details are captured at checkout.
- We file your opt-out with the tournament office and email you a confirmation.
- Your families book what they need. The TransPac Experience Package and luau tickets become available to anyone booking under your team name.
- We keep your group together on shuttle runs and at the luau.
Every booking is tied to a team. Guests select their team affiliation at checkout on all products, which is how we match bookings back to your opt-out, group your shuttle runs, and seat you together at the luau.
Timing matters. Do this before your families start booking. Bookings under a team with no opt-out on file get reconciled afterward — we’ll reach out to you to sort it. That’s a phone call nobody needs three weeks before a tournament.
Included
What the $500 covers:
- Your team’s release from the stay-to-play hotel block requirement
- Booking access to the TransPac Experience Package and standalone luau tickets for everyone associated with your team — athletes, coaches, staff, families, and supporters
- Your team’s opt-out record filed with the tournament office
What it does not cover:
- Journey Pass travel stipend eligibility. Stipends are only available to teams booked in the Complete Package. Opting out forfeits your team’s shot at the division-champion award for the next event.
- Lodging. You arrange and pay for all of it.
- Any individual package. Families still purchase meals, transportation, and luau separately.
- Spectator admission. Collected on site, priced by venue, and charged per day — see the Venue Guide.
- Tournament registration or entry fees.
- Transportation to shuttle pickup points. Families outside the Waikīkī area get themselves to a main partner hotel.
What To Tell Your Families
Our team has completed the TransPacific 2027 housing opt-out, which means we’re arranging our own lodging. You can now book the TransPac Experience Package or standalone luau tickets at hawaiitours.com — book under our team name so we all stay together.
A few things to know:
- Book under our team name so we’re on the same shuttles and seated together at the luau. Team affiliation is required at checkout.
- The TransPac Experience Package covers all meals from Friday dinner through Monday breakfast, shuttles to the gyms, roundtrip airport transfers, a lei greeting on arrival, and the Friday night luau.
- The luau-only ticket is Friday, January 15, 5:00–8:30 PM at Ala Moana Center. Transportation isn’t included, but there’s a $20 per person roundtrip shuttle you can add at checkout.
- Shuttles run from the main partner hotels. If you’re staying elsewhere, plan to get yourself to one of those hotels each morning.
- Spectator admission is separate and collected at the venue, charged per day — the price varies by location, so bring cash. Your day ticket is valid at every location that day.
- Check the Venue Guide for parking fees and gym rules — several venues are cash only.
What To Expect
- This is a team-level election. Individual families can’t opt out on their own, and they can’t book meals, transportation, or luau tickets until this is done.
- You’re responsible for your team’s lodging. We don’t hold rooms, negotiate rates, or troubleshoot check-in for opted-out teams.
- Shuttles run from the main partner hotels, not from wherever your families are staying. Families outside Waikīkī will need their own transportation to a pickup point.
- Spectator admission is separate for every attendee, every day, including for opted-out teams. It’s collected on site, priced by venue, and charged per day.
- Competition standing is unaffected. Same brackets, same schedule, same awards.
- Travel stipend eligibility is forfeited. Journey Pass stipends require the Complete Package. Opting out means your team can’t claim the division-champion award for the next event, even if you win. This is the real cost of opting out — read the policy PDF.
- Confirm before your families book. Bookings under a team with no opt-out on file will trigger a follow-up call to you.
- Roster changes don’t change the fee. $500 is $500 whether you bring nine athletes or eighteen.
The 7Gen Journey Pass
TransPacific 2027 is a 7Gen Journey Pass Event — a designation awarded to tournaments meeting 7Gen’s highest standards for competition, organization, and participant experience. Journey Pass Events guarantee:
- 🏐 Premier competition with professional operations and certified officials
- 🏨 Curated hotel partnerships — traveling teams book through the official event housing provider or within the approved tournament hotel blocks
- ✈️ Travel stipends for division champions, redeemable toward approved AAU events during the same season
Stipend awards scale with division size and are issued as reimbursements after the qualifying event.
- ⚠️ Stipends require the Complete Package. Eligibility is tied to the housing requirement, which means a team that opts out is not eligible for the division-champion travel stipend. If your club has a realistic shot at winning its division, run the numbers before you opt out — the stipend can be worth more than the $500 you’d save.
Price & Availability
Transpacific 2027 – Lodging Opt-Out
| TeamPrice for per team | $500.00 |
- Not per athlete. Not per family. Not per night.
- Deadline: Wednesday, December 16, 2026 — 30 days before the event. Complete your opt-out well before this, since your families can’t book until it’s on file.
Cancellations
If your team registers and then can’t attend, the $500 opt-out fee is fully refundable up to 30 days before the event starts.
- Cancel 30 or more days before the tournament start date — full refund, no questions.
- Inside 30 days, the fee is non-refundable.
- The same window applies if your team decides to book into an approved hotel block after all. Contact us and we’ll refund the opt-out and help you into a block — subject to availability, and Waikīkī sells out in January, so don’t leave it late.
- If your team withdraws from the tournament, all bookings tied to your team are cancelled. Refunds work like this:
- The $500 opt-out and any Complete Package bookings follow the 30-day team withdrawal window — full refund if you tell us 30 or more days before the event, non-refundable inside that.
- Experience Packages, luau tickets, and other activities follow their standard cancellation windows, unchanged by the withdrawal.
- Tell us as early as you can. The earlier the notice, the more your families get back.
- Cancellations are only valid by email or by phone with a live agent. Voicemail, text, and social media messages are not accepted.
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