Looking for a Ship To Hawaii alternative that publishes its rates?
GlideOver is a mainland freight forwarder built for Hawaii residents who are tired of the calculator wall, the membership tier, and the 'ships at least twice a week' SLA. Published per-lb rates. Same-day scan, photo, and dashboard. Package Protection included. No membership.
Why people switch.
Ship To Hawaii is the 20-year incumbent in the Hawaii package forwarding market. It works. But customers searching for alternatives consistently cite three complaints: they can't see rates until after they've paid the membership, intake is opaque and boxes move without a photo or dashboard heads-up, and a growing number of orders get mis-matched or delayed. This page covers what a GlideOver customer gets instead, on each of those three axes.
GlideOver versus Ship To Hawaii, point by point.
Pricing transparency, membership structure, intake visibility, transit time, lane structure, and dashboard quality. Here's how the two services stack up across the six dimensions that drive the Hawaii forwarding experience.
| Ship To Hawaii | GlideOver | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates | Calculator-wall. Must sign up to see prices. | Published per-lb table on the pricing page. |
| Membership | Three tiers: $0, $20/yr, $75/yr. | None. Pay per shipment. |
| Intake visibility | Opaque. No photo, no dashboard timeline, no heads-up before they move your box. | Same day. Scanned, photographed, and live in your dashboard within hours of arriving. |
| Transit to Honolulu | 3–5 days via air. | 2–3 business days via air. |
| Lane structure | Rotates between partners. | Single dedicated 2-day air lane to Hawaii. |
| Bundling / consolidation | Consolidation program (combine boxes). | Combine boxes into one outbound — pay the Hawaii leg once. |
| Rate for a 70 lb box | ??? (not publishable) | ~$200 published. |
The honest take — what Ship To Hawaii does better than we do.
Ship To Hawaii has been running since 2004. They have two decades of warehouse relationships, retail pickup options in Honolulu, and in-person island customer service. If you value brand-name incumbency or want to pick your boxes up in person on Oahu, Ship To Hawaii is a defensible choice. We're building GlideOver for the customer who wants published rates, same-day intake visibility, and 2-day air delivery to their door more than they want the incumbent.
Switching takes about 2 minutes.
Sign up at GlideOver.
We assign you a real mainland warehouse address. No card required to sign up.
Update your retailer accounts.
Change the default shipping address on any retailer where you shop regularly. Amazon, Summit Racing, B&H — your GlideOver address replaces your old forwarding address. Your unique GlideOver code goes on line 2.
Add the tracking number to your dashboard.
Same flow you're used to. Paste the incoming carrier tracking number into GlideOver. We match it when it arrives at the warehouse.
Your box is photographed and posted to your dashboard the same day.
You see the real weight, the real dimensions, the photos, and the real GlideOver rate in your dashboard within hours of arrival. Review, authorize the outbound, and we hand it off on the next cutoff — your box lands at your Hawaii door in 2–3 business days.
Questions we hear a lot.
Can I run both Ship To Hawaii and GlideOver at the same time?
Yes. Nothing prevents it. Many customers do exactly that while they compare. Use GlideOver for anything time-sensitive or anything where you want to see the price up front; use Ship To Hawaii for whatever workflow you're used to. After 2–3 shipments, most customers pick one and stay.
Does GlideOver have consolidation like Ship To Hawaii does?
Yes. Hold your incoming boxes at the warehouse and combine them into one outbound shipment, so you pay the Hawaii air leg once instead of per box. For several orders landing the same week, bundling is usually the cheapest way to get them all home in 2–3 days.
Are GlideOver's rates actually cheaper than Ship To Hawaii's?
We can't say for certain — Ship To Hawaii doesn't publish rates. What we can say: GlideOver publishes our rates, and a 70 lb box to Honolulu runs about $200 through us versus several hundred dollars at retail carrier rates. That's the comparison we can make honestly.
How fast is 'same day'?
Same day means your box is scanned, photographed, weighed, and live in your GlideOver dashboard within hours of arriving at our warehouse dock. A box that arrives at 9 AM is usually in your dashboard before lunch. A box that arrives at 8 PM is in your dashboard the next morning. Once you review and authorize the outbound, we hand it off on the next cutoff and it lands at your Hawaii door in 2–3 business days.
What if my box is damaged in transit?
Every GlideOver shipment includes $100 of carrier-backed coverage, free. Declare up to $2,000 at checkout for a small fee. File a claim from your GlideOver dashboard — we handle the carrier paperwork.