Hawaii For Dummies by Cheryl Farr Leas (PDF)

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For Dummies Travel guides are the ultimate user-friendly trip planners, combining the broad appeal and time-tested features of the For Dummies series with up-to-the-minute advice and information from the experts at Frommer’s.Our authors make sure that you’ll truly experience the spirit of aloha. With Hawaii for Dummies in hand, you’ll know where to find secluded beaches; the best outfitters to choose for everything from diving to deep-sea fishing; and where to find the top galleries and shops.Inside you’ll also find extensive coverage of the best hotels for every budget; information on where to sip a mai tai or a cup of Kona Joe; and valuable advice on finding the best airfares and package deals. Whether you want to watch the fiery spectacle at the Big Island’s volcano, play a challenging round of golf, snorkel with sea turtles, or simply kick back to watch the sunset, this guide will help you find your island paradise.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap Get in the aloha spirit the easy, breezy wayFrom rainforests to volcano craters, whale watching to scuba diving, marine life to nightlife, Hawaii truly has it all. Whether you sip a mai tai or a cup of Kona Joe, catch some rays or surf the waves, check into a spa or check out a luau, this guide will help you find your island paradise. Open the book and find:Down-to-earth trip-planning adviceWhat you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skipThe best hotels and restaurants for every budgetLots of detailed maps From the Back Cover Get in the aloha spirit the easy, breezy wayFrom rainforests to volcano craters, whale watching to scuba diving, marine life to nightlife, Hawaii truly has it all. Whether you sip a mai tai or a cup of Kona Joe, catch some rays or surf the waves, check into a spa or check out a luau, this guide will help you find your island paradise. Open the book and find:Down-to-earth trip-planning adviceWhat you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skipThe best hotels and restaurants for every budgetLots of detailed maps About the Author Cheryl Farr Leas may live on the mainland, but she’s a Hawaii girl at heart. She fell in love with Diamond Head, aloha wear, and mai tais in 1994 and has had trouble staying away ever since. Whenever she’s not in the islands, she and her husband, Rob, make their home in Phoenix, Arizona, where they love to hike the desert mountains with their German Shepherd, Caleb.Before embarking on a writing career, Cheryl served as senior editor at Macmillan Travel (now Wiley), where she edited the Frommer’s Hawaii travel guides for the better part of the 1990s. John Rosenthal is a Contributing Editor at National Geographic Traveler and has written about destinations around the globe for publications like The New York Times, The Washington Post, Conde Nast Traveler, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He’s also a regular contributor to Bing Travel. He makes his home in Santa Monica, California, but regularly requires a good dose of Hawaii whenever the Los Angeles traffic gets to be too much. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I was planning a hawaii trip and as I’m from Hawaii I knew most of what I would be doing on the island, but I bought this book for kicks and giggles and it actually really came in handy. I read it on the plane ride over and while it explained all the best tourist attractions, it also had a lot of local insider secrets and hidden gems of hawaii. I really loved how it outlined each island in a different section. The whole book is really clear and organized. I passed it onto my brother who’s honeymoon was in hawaii and he also found it really helpful.

⭐”Hawaii For Dummies” is a good general reference, especially for first time visitors to Hawaii. I visit Hawaii on business about four times a month, and have found the information in this guide to be generally quite accurate. In any guidebook there are obviously things that are out of date, and that’s especially true in a guide this compendious. Most of the inaccuracies are prices that have increased, though in my personal experiences none of the increases I have seen has been ridiculously out of line with inflation. I find that the diagrams are good for general planning, but a dedicated map of the island you are visiting is necessary for navigation.The book has several useful features including the Post-It flags to mark pages of interest (a very useful feature) and a “Quick Concierge” section in the Appendix which is a quick reference to important phone numbers and Internet addresses. The book discusses customs, weather, selecting things to see, and choosing an island. I think the author does a quite good job of explaining the pros and cons of different areas. For example, in the chapter on the Big Island, she explains that Kona is dry and has excellent beaches, while Hilo is wet and tropical and the beaches (such as they are) are places generally to avoid (although I personally love the retro feel of the city of Hilo.)I spend more time on Oahu than anywhere else in Hawaii, and the discussion of Honolulu and the rest of the island is a strong point of the book. I found the author to be generally excellent in her observations about specific venues (especially restaurants), and her choices of “Best of the Best” in all categories are generally on the money.I am amused at many of the lower-rated reviews. People should buy this guide to expose them to the basics of a new travel experience, in this case, Hawaii. This book does not have detailed travel maps for route planning, nor is it geared to eco-tourists or others who only want to see obscure and offbeat places, nor is it useful for driving while consulting the text (all criticisms levied against it in one form or another.) What it does do very well is give an average new visitor a lot of useful information that would be of assistance to a person who needed to take a survey of the highlights of Hawaii. In that regard I think it excels, and in my fairly large experience with the Hawaiian Islands, I think the author has done an excellent job of diligently serving her core market.I gave the book four stars largely for illustration issues. There are no color illustrations (except maps on the inside of the covers) and the general map coverage outside of Wakiki should be improved. Despite these issues I recommend this book for people traveling to Hawaii: it is a great resource for planning a trip (especially for those going to Hawaii for the first time); it is likewise an excellent resource to review plans and itineraries in the hotel room at night.Aloha!

⭐Great book that does exactly what it says. We used it as a starting point for further Internet research. There is so much information online that it was overwhelming so we appreciated the guidance provided here.

⭐We are planning a June 2010 Hawaii trip and didn’t want to go into it blind. Saw the positive reviews for this book and purchased it. It lives up to the reviews. The author provides an indepth description of each island, complete with maps, etc. Each island has its own chapter so it is easy to find the info you are looking for. She provides resort and lodging information (she then provides a map showing all the locations of the lodgings she’s provided) for each island along with a dining guide and activities to do. She also provides info on how to get there, pros and cons, tourist traps; you name it and it is in there! An excellent resource and very easy to read and understand. We did a lot of highlighting in our book and will definitely bring it with us when we head to Hawaii.

⭐Not an easy read… seems like they try to appease every hotel and activity. I put it aside and am reading the “revealed” series instead and finding a lot more meat. Might pick it up again at some point. But first impression is meh.

⭐Then this is the book for you, as it was for me! I have always wanted to visit, even though all I knew about Hawaii was that it was made up of a bunch of islands, and that it was really far away. This book gave me a really great overview. It starts by giving some history (for those interested in history), and a brief description of Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, and, of course, the Big Island. It has some great suggestions for planning a trip in general, including getting there, getting around, places to stay, managing money. Then, after all of that, the remaining 2/3 of the book is devoted to in-depth descriptions of Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island. Complete with all sorts of detailed maps. The authors have obviously traveled extensively in Hawaii, and know all of the ins and outs!

⭐Even though it is several years old – if updated material I would feel more confident. Much better than the up to date ones we obtained.

⭐This came 8n very handy when planing our trip to Hawaii. We brought it with us and it was helpful to refer to when driving around Maui and Kauai.

⭐very useful! definitely recommended.

⭐Very good book, but was looking for more information about visiting Hawaii away from the normal tourist places and hotels/accomodation, but still helped.

⭐Perfect

⭐I had good luck years ago with a Dummies for Las Vegas and thought this would be a good choice for our trip to Hawaii, however, the book is out of date. The hotel we are staying at is not being shown in the book. I guess I should have looked at the date it was printed.

⭐Perhaps we were spoiled with last year’s Rick Steves’ Italy book. Trust me … this is no Rick Steves!The first disappointment was taxi fares … they must be from five years ago, because they were not accurate. It would have also helped immensely if the author had said to bring cash, as the cab from Maui Airport to hotel would not allow us to pay with a credit card.Road to Hanna TIPS and places to pull over for a photo. Please, these are NO SECRET … they are printed on every map we had!Na Pali coast cruises. You describe only two options. A 50-passenger, boring, look at the coast from a distance catamaran, or a hang on to the sides with a rope, smash into the person sitting behind you dingy. We found, through the Internet, an over-the-top adventure with Na Pali Experience. In and out of sea caves, so close to the waterfalls you actually went under them, and so close to the dolphins you could lay on the boat bow and touch them.Very little was mentioned about the superior hiking opportunities at Kalalau Trail.You could Google ten top things to do in Maui, or Kuaui, and get better information.

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