Let's Go Hawaii 3rd Edition

By Let's Go Inc.

Completely revised and updated, Let's Go: Hawaii is your comprehensive guide to this island paradise. Our forty-five years of travel savvy deliver must-have tips, insider information, cultural insights, and the freshest scoops on restaurants, nightlife, beaches, hikes, and sights. This edition features expanded coverage of Hawaii's most popular destinations and offbeat outdoor adventures. A brand-new Great Outdoors chapter tells you everything you need to know about camping and staying safe, while uncovering the best places to do everything from kiteboard to watch the sun set. Whether you'd rather see the world's most prestigious hula competition or mountain-bike through isolated Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area, Let's Go has the facts you need to get there, get around, and get busy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312335504
• ISBN13: 9780312335502
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Let's Go Publications
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.7" x 0.9" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

I can't go without Let's Go!

In college I did a lot of backpack traveling and always took Let's Go. Although my budget isn't as tight these days I still wanted to have it for our Hawaii trip. It has a lot of useful information and is definately worth the cost of the book. There are things I would have surely missed without it. On the flip side, Let's Go is designed for the youthful, free spirited traveler on a budget, so keep this in mind when endeavoring out on a hike marked by the book as "challenging." Make sure you are in good shape. Also, if you have a little extra money to spend, just hit a brochure stand for bundles of extra attractions and you might want a mapbook. The maps in Let's Go are good for some locales, but you might want an atlas or GPS for others.

A necessity

In the past we have used the Let's Go series of books for a trip to Europe. All of the places we stayed at were recommended by the book and were economical, clean, and friendly. The Let's Go books also provide sample travel itineraries, unbiased and realistic descriptions of restaurants, nightclubs, and accomodations. It's a great way to help you plan a vacations that is tailored specifically to your own tastes. I would recommend any book from this series to anyone, no matter what your reason for travelling may be.

great budget guide for a beautiful vacation

helped us find the best (and no so expensive) sites on oahu and kauaii. generally very good restaurant/food recommendations, though sometimes a little off on the beaches. i would recommend this to anyone travelling to hawaii on a budget.

the maps are the only weak spot in this excellent guide

I've always kind of split back and forth between Let's Go and Lonely Planet. The one thing that attracted me to Hawaii 2003 was the fact that it was Let's Go's first Hawaii book, and that the Lonely Planet one was a year or so old already.I hesitate to consider this a comprehensive review of the LG book, given that I only travelled on Oahu and the Big Island, but my experience with those two islands has been wonderful with LG in my hand. All the information I came across was accurate presented, easily accessed and logically organized. The little sidebars provided interesting pieces of information, and I'd have to say that without the guide, I would have likely missed a lot of what Hawaii had to offer.That said, the one complaint I've always had about LG is the quality of their maps, which is to say they [are no good]. A month in South East Asia with LG left me frustrated, and this was no different. Of course, a perfect map probably shouldn't be the sole reason for buying a guide, so it's not too big a deal. Besides, there're plenty of very good maps to be had all over the islands, for little more than the effort it takes to pick one up. (On this note, I did flip through the LG USA 2003 book and it seemed as if the maps in there were a little more comprehensive and useful, at least for the major cities: less obvious destinations may very well leave something to be desiered there, as well.)One thing I'd have liked to see in LG are nice color map inserts like they do in some of the bigger guides, possibly even to include a basic layout of Oahu's TheBus system.Overall, I've got to recommend LG Hawaii 2003; the new look is fantastic. The books are smaller, and yet contain the same amount of information was previous years. They're down to Lonely Planet size now, in fact, and perhaps even a little more manageable than that: I easily fit my LG book, all folded up and bent back, in any pocket of any bag, so it was always at hand, but never prominent. And let's not forget the famous "Thumbs Up!" recommendations: if you're going to Oahu, read up on Waimanalo (pg 145) and be sure you eat as many meals as you can at Keneke's. The spot looks like a dive, and I would have undoubtedly missed it had LG not raved about it. Just that meal alone made up for the cost of the book. Now get out there and see what Hawaii's all about!