Customer Reviews

Lonely Planet Hawaii

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Lonely Planet has always been a trusted resource for traveling, and this HI version did not disappoint. I initially bought the guide hoping that it would give me enough information about the islands as a whole (to help decide which one to visit for my first trip to HI) and yet still contain enough details on each specific island to be an asset once the destination was decided. Once I reached Maui, the book was still thorough enough for that individual island to be a helpful resource on places to eat, visit, and snorkel. While this book fit my needs perfectly as both an overview of all the Hawaiian Islands and a guide to Maui itself, due to the format there isn't a huge amount of depth on some things, like hiking. For future trips I would be tempted to buy an accompanying island-specific guide (we borrowed one and the level of detail was greater).

This book was helpful not only in planning my trip, but an excellent guide once I got there (maps were great). I will definitely use it on my next visit to the islands - Kaui is next on the list!

I bought this for my parents. My mother read it before she went on her trip and ended up becoming an unofficial guide on some of their trips. She also had long informative conversations with the actual guides because of the book.

Now, I'm not advocating the book as a substitute for a real history book, but it isn't bad!

Also, the tips were helpful and helped my parents prioritize and figure out where they wanted to go.

Update 2007/2008: Based on my parents' experience, I bought the newest Lonely Planet Guide for my own trip. It was useful and really worth it. Good for reading before you plan your trip - especially if you're interested in when to see the Whales etc. and also good to read when you are considering places to eat. Loved the guide and also loved Hawaii.

As all my Lonely Planet experiences, this book was write on with all the details for Hawaii. I looked to this book for most of our restaurant reservations and more in depth information on the many different towns and areas. No matter how small the town was, Lonely Planet had information on it and where to eat. The only other book we had on our trip was our Eye Witness Travel Hawaii, which helped us narrow down what we saw.

I purchased this book more so for my husband who is a bit more into exploring the towns and cities. We went to Hawaii on a cruise so our experience was based on days in port. In the words from my husband he said the book was great everything explained was right on the button from decsriptions to cost. We may never do another cruise again so that we can explore even more and not have time restrictions. It was the first time for a Lonely Planet book but not the last.

I bought this for our honeymoon since we were visiting all the islands and this seems to cover everything. It was an entertaining read with good information.

Just enough and done up in Lonely Planets refreshing format. I always like the first section with all the necessary traveling details. Hawaii has so much to see and with Lonely Planet Hawaii I got a good idea of where I wanted to go the first, second and third weeks of my vacation. Nicely done LP!

The collaborative effort of Glenda Bendure, Ned Friary, and Sara Benson, Hawaii: From Oahu To Niihau, All-Island Coverage is an superbly organized and thoroughly "user friendly" guide for travelers visiting the beautiful and memorable islands comprising the state of Hawaii. Packed from cover to cover with a wealth of solid information concerning lodgings, activities, tourist attractions, dining, and much, much more, Hawaii is enhanced with maps, phone numbers, world wide web sites, prices, details, as well as color and black-and-white photography. Hawaii is a magnificent useful, highly portable, and strongly recommended trip planning resource for business travelers and vacationers alike.

nothing special, nothing enticing ... on the lines of frodor's and fromor's, just a bit more inefficient ... DK gives you pictures and more straight-forward facts .. i had purchased my usual DK (love the pics, the format, the lack of bias) and then once i chose my islands wanted a bit of something else .. went to amazon for reviews (don't we all) and found two island specific books which got FAB reviews and sounded perfect (Maui Revealed and Hawaii the big island revealed by doughty and friedman) but i also wanted one of all the islands so i got this ... so, i got disapointed .. the basics, a bit biased, unorganized .. love the Maui and Big Island books mentioned above .. they didn't do lanai which i'm also visiting, but do believe tehy do kaui .... i'd say spend your money on a DK and pick one of the focus books i mention .. if you want a bland book then go for this, fodor's or fromor's (though i would pick the "F" books over this