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Over the years my husband and I have visited Oahu many times but this time we had our kids so our approach had to change. Traveling as a family is more expensive and you can't just do what you want, the super active kids with no attention span need to be considered. Cheap Airfares Our kids are 11 and 14 so that meant 4 adult tickets. We had a wedding to go to so waiting until the 11th hour for a deal was no option. But if you can wait Jetstar (sign up) will send you notifications each time a deal comes up. If we had the time we could have paid as little as AU$2,400 in airfares for the whole family! Getting there We flew Hawaiian and they were great BUT not a cheap option for the budget traveler. Jetstar is a good option, leaves you extra money to spend when you get there. My advice is take the overnight flight there and back as 10 hours flying time for kids during the day is testing to the say the least. Airport to hotel  Don't bother with a shuttle as taxi's are c...

My husband comes from a tight Italian American family from Upstate New York. The extended clan often come together for a week or two every second year or so. It's both fun and suffocating for someone like me. See I come from a family that never took holidays ANYWHERE, in fact we never once went out to eat at a restaurant. My parents came to Australia in the 1950's escaping a beautiful Lebanon battered by poverty. We never followed rules (social ones I mean), I don't recall sitting at the dinner table because we usually ate in front of the telly (television) or out in the back yard. Don't get me wrong we had fun playing out on the road, jumping off the garage roof, swimming ALL DAY at Ryde pool on those sweltering hot summer days, hiding in the cornfields dad planted in our backyard!! Endless fun that cost not a penny. As a grown up I have traveled extensively, eaten at numerous restaurants, and enjoyed the spoils of good living BUT it never feels the same as that simp...