Elvis Presley on Holiday, Hawaii : May and October 1969

On May 4, 1969 Elvis, Priscilla, Lisa Marie with the Espositos, Charlie hodge, the Gambills and the Fikes, flew to Hawaii by commercial airline, the Presleys were booked under the name, the Carpenters, Elvis often used this name, from his charator from his 1969 movie, Change Of Habit. The group returned to Los Angeles on the 18th.

Elvis Presley in Hawaii, October 1969

On October 5, 1969, Elvis flies to Los Angeles, then continues on to Hawaii accompanied by Priscilla, Vernon and Dee, the Espositos, the Gambills, and the Schillings, in a trip paid for almost entirely by the International Hotel. On the 12th the group returns to Los Angeles with plans formulated in Hawaii to continue their vacation in Europe. The idea is almost immediately dropped when Colonel Parker argues that Elvis' European fans would be insulted if he were to travel there as a tourist before performing in England or on the continent. So the plans are switched to the Bahamas were the Colonel has contacts and he says they will enjoy the gambling.

The Bahamas

On the 22nd Elvis and Priscilla, Jerry and Sandy Schilling, Joe and Joanie Esposito and Patsy and Gee Gee Gambill fly to Miami and then on to Nassau, The Bahamas, where they stay at the Paradise Hotel.

Their stay is marred by rain and hurricane winds, and the return home earlier than planned, one week later.