Fodor's Hawaii 2009 (Full-Color Gold Guides) (Paperback)

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Product Description
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.

Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend on Hawaii!

• Your vacation never looked better. This Fodor’s full-color guide paints an unforgettable picture of Hawaii with vibrant maps, vividly illustrated features, and stunning color photos.

• Updated annually, Fodor’s Hawaii, 2009, provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.

• Fodor’s Hawaii, 2009 features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

• If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places on Hawaii.

Experience Hawaii like a local! Fodor’s Hawaii, 2009 includes unique photo-features that impart the state’s culture, covering Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Napali Coast, The Road to Hana, Pearl Harbor, and much more!

Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; Revised edition (August 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400019435
• ISBN-13: 978-1400019434
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,377 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Travel Book, October 23, 2008

By	Somer (LA, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I got this book as a gift so I could remember my times in Hawaii. I lived there for a couple of years and recently got back from a long vacation there. I looked through the book, and I have to say I was surprised at how accurate it was. I wish when I was planning my vacation I had the brains to go out and get a book like this! It doesn't have EVERYTHING in it, but I think thats why you get the book, because its only supposed to have the good stuff so you don't waste your time! I had to find out the hard way. I have to say it had all the best restaurants in it - I've eaten at most of them, great reviews of the night spots and beaches and activities.
One complaint is that they said "The Wave Waikiki" was still open, but I'm pretty sure they tore that down - a few years ago actually. I might be mistaken cause I don't live there, but I think thats where Trump is building now. So it might not be perfect, but the maps are great. And I get lost A LOT.
Definitely worth your time. I have only been to a couple of the islands, and can't wait to use it for when I go to the others.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Useless compared to others out there., March 20, 2009

By	R. Rice "Robbie" (Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book and one other (Hawaii The Big Island Revealed). Before leaving for our trip, my husband and I read from both books. Very quickly, we were fighting over the "other" book. Fodor's was boring and the type was small and compact; just not an easy read. Vacations are a fun thing and Fodor's Hawaii made it so matter-of-fact, cut and dry, ho hum...

We brought the book along with us on our 10 day Hawaiian vacation, just in case we needed a reference. The book ended up on the floor of our rental Jeep, stomped and dirty by the end of the trip, unopened. The "other" book was our Hawaii Bible.

I suppose if you are visiting a bunch of islands in a short amount of time, this book is all you need. It would hit the high points of each island and work as a general guide.