There are certain times of the year you can get good rates on flights to get to Hawai'i...but the place is still expensive unless you have a local ID or a state stamp on your ID. That way ya get discounts. For example, I had a military ID with a stamp and instead of paying close to $350 for a surf board, I paid right around $100...and that was in 1992. They have a tourist price for goods and they have an islander price which is hidden. The island price for a Big Mac back then was $1.99, the tourist price was $4.99....the island price for a room at the Waikiki Outrigger was $119 per night, the tourist price was $275....I'd hate to see what a week would cost there now. With all the foreign folks visiting there constantly tho, there was a steady, never ending, always changing stream of babes there tho...