Going to Oahu should be a relaxing time without money worries. Take a look at the budget below to get a sense of what you'll be paying beforehand. Item Price Notes Flights $500 depends on your departure city Hotels $700 $200/night split with a partner Car Rental $265 4 days Food $280 $40/day Bus Pass $20 3-day pass, pick up at any ABC Store Diamond Head $5 Reserve a week or so in advance Dole Plantation $21 Train and Maze package Toa Luau $120 Lunch showing, Silver package Ku

The primary goal of this budget was to determine if the Chicago GoCity or CityPass programs were worthwhile. In the end, we determined that they weren't. You would need to spend most of your time just doing the activities from the passes. I had some other things in mind, so we passed on the pass. Another consideration was that we booked our stay at the Hyatt Regency using credit card points, so overall dollar costs are low. I would warn, though, that when you go on the site t

Our two-week trip to Italy will be funded partially by credit card rewards. Comment if you want me to discuss exactly how I'm leveraging my points! I've written cost per person, but keep in mind that some of these costs are low because they are split with my partner. Item Cost Booking opens Notes Flights $200 Booked with credit card points. The monetary cost is due to taxes and fees. Eurail Pass $250 Hotels $1,500 $100/night for 15 nights. Food $850 Milan public transit pass