.THE BEACH. at Waikiki is as
inviting as ever, the sun is shin-
ing, the palm trees are gently
swaying, and we were telling
- the other couple about our $7
‘breakfast for two.

By David Wishart’
Contributing Writer

At their hotel a glass of orange

_ juice was $5. They had paid $7.50
for a mai-tai at one beach bar. Less
than 100. yards away at Duke’s

:- Canoe Club, where the ocean view.

was just as good, we paid $5 for the
same thing...

gage only.

The beauty of compact: Waikiki -

is that you don’t need a rental car. If
you want to play golf, for example,
the Hawaii Prince has free shuttles
to its 27-hole course at Ewa.

Before you leave get a copy of .

Sandra Gustafson’s new book
Cheap Eats in Hawaii (Raincoast,
$14.95) with which you wiil soon
recover the purchase price and
much more. Also check This Week
and Oahu Gold for coupons.

: As I was saying, breakfast (at the
Outrigger Village) was a bargain at
$7, while Cheap Eats suggests that

See Winter page 27

In Hawaii today, where paradise
comes with a..40%°.premium,
Canadians ‘can stay longer if they
‘shop around. Here’s what we found.

When booking flights it pays to
“be flexible. The only scheduled car-

. ter is Canadian and its seat sales go
fast. 7

Check the papers for charter spe-
-cials such as Skybridge: Holidays’
$299 ‘fare which was what some.
ducky | passengers on our flight had -

paid..The flight, incidentally, was
“by Air Club Boeing nll and flaw-"
‘Jess.

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Skybridge Holidays, among others,
have discounted rates for hotels in ©
Waikiki and the islands that come

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