Kauai resists the tourism industry in ways that most islands do not. There are no traffic lights. Large-scale commercial development has been restricted by law and by the quiet stubbornness of a community that has watched other Hawaiian islands trade their character for room nights and decided, collectively, that the trade was not worth making….
Oahu does not have all-inclusive resorts. As Hawaii’s most visited and most commercially developed island, Oahu has more hotels, more restaurants, more bars, and more independent dining options per square mile than any other island in the chain — which is precisely why the all-inclusive model has found no foothold here. The case for eating…
The search for all-inclusive resorts in Hawaii ends the same way every time: with the discovery that they do not exist, followed by the question of what to do next. This guide answers that question properly rather than filling the gap with properties that call themselves all-inclusive when they mean breakfast-included, or with vague reassurances…