No Worries Hawaii: A Vacation Planning Guide for Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island
No Worries Hawaii: A Vacation Planning…
by: Jerry Sprout
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Get To The Heart of Your Destination
Half of Hawaii’s 8 million yearly tourists are first-timers, often unsure of which island to visit, where to stay, and what to choose to do.
NO WORRIES HAWAII, a companion book to the Sprout’s adventure guides for each of the islands, comes to the rescue. The book is also useful for repeat visitors or locals looking for new adventures.
Readers first take an armchair voyage, in which they nail down their vacation style (a scouting expedition, a romantic getaway, a solo or group adventure, invigorating, relaxing, healing). These likings are matched with what Hawaii has to offer. A clever but simple self-test allows readers to sort through Hawaii’s assets: beaches, nightlife, trails, gardens, attractions, cultural sites, surfing, snorkeling, 36 categories in all, to determine which are important and which island is best.
In the second part of NO WORRIES HAWAII, readers take their decisions from part one and receive all the practical and money-saving advice needed to book a vacation that makes the armchair voyage become a real one. Included also is a complete list of what to pack.
The third part of the book is full of tips on what to do and what not to do after arriving in the islands. Readers will deplane as kama’aina (locals), having the benefit of the Sprout’s 20 years of exploration.
Sections include how to plan days to maximize fun and avoid hassle, finding free entertainment, car rental and accommodation money-savers. Readers are advised on how to, and whether to, book tours (snorkeling, sailing, helicopter, horseback, etc.). The book’s safety tips are a literal lifesaver, and the everyday advice on driving, hiking, and beach-going are essential forgetting the most fun out of every day.
The meat of NO WORRIES HAWAII is its Best Of section, a listing of Hawaii’s top attractions: museums, rainforest dayhikes, snorkeling coves, walk-around beach towns, surfing spots, places to watch surfers, mountain bike trails, people-watching beaches, botanical gardens, short strolls to views, cultural sites, luxury resorts, volcano hikes, bird-watching forests, waterfalls, churches, remote beaches, family beach parks, golf courses, and more.
Taken together, the 50 categories neatly sum up the best of Hawaii. Readers can use these listings as a reference when they get to their chosen island.
NO WORRIES HAWAII is beautifully designed, complimented by more than 100 color photographs, and also contains a “wikiwiki phonebook” with all the contact numbers needed to put a vacation together.
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Comments
Great Hawaii guide
We liked the No Worries Hawaii guide for its good sense approach. It’s written by folks who have hiked all the islands and know their way around.
Five star guide for Hawaii
I only wish we had read this before our first trip to Hawaii three years ago. We just got back from two weeks in Hawaii, one week on Maui and one week on Kauai…
Happy travelers
We are free spirited travelers, however since we were going the distance this time, invested in the No Worries Hawaii to make sure our island was right for us.
We chose Kauai
This was an incredibly fun way to explore each island and make an intelligent choice. The No Worries was recommended by a friend who said there is no better planning guide and…
Very Useful for 1st timer
I am planning a family vacation and was looking for the perfect spot for us to spend as a family and a couple.
Exceptional
We studied the internet but the sites are so peppered with ads and links to tour companies we couldn’t make heads or tails what was valid. This was our first visit.
Hawaiian Gift Basket
This is the second in their series that we own and covet. The pages cover the big picture of what the Hawaiian Islands are all about and delivers what it promises: no worries…
No hassle Hawaii
No Worries Hawaii is just what we were looking for. The authors have condensed and organized so much information which made our vacation decisions simple.
Way to go
Just in time for our trip the No Worries arrived. Best thing we had along, great value. We really appreciate the section they had devoted to safety and avoiding hassles.