Airfare alone to another island will run you about $150 per person roundtrip
and you will need to rent a car, plus spend hours in the airport for a 25-60
minute flight.

Ahh.... so no bus transportation on the other islands huh? Nothing at
all? Cant even rent a couple of scooters?

Consider a Pleasant Hawaii package as some other poster has suggested

Looked at their web age but they don't have any plans leaving from St
Louis. Closest one they have is from Chicago.

If you want to make your own air arrangements, look into ATA; they're
advertising some pretty good prices here in Hawaii. Pleasant Hawaii uses
ATA. Delta may still have a direct flight fromSt. Louis, and would
eliminate spending a lot of time in transit.

What is ATA? And yes TWA did have direct flights from st louis at one
time. Oh wait a minute.... TWA doesn't exist anymore do they? Are
they now called ATA?

If you like Asian cuisine (Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Thai) you'll have no
problem eating cheaply and well at a lot of whole in the walls. If you're
meat and potatoes, you're kind of stuck with fast foods for cheap eats.

Good idea!