I need help! We are finally able to go on an unplanned vacation for 5 days Sept. 9-14, which doesn't give me time to research. We want to go to Kaui and stay in a fabulous place, but we only have a $3000 budget, which needs to include airfare out of Sacramento!!!! Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks soo much!

Uh, your post is dated Sept 18. You want us to give you suggestions for a trip you returned from 4 days ago?

Try Expedia.com for a package. Or try Hawaiian Airlines for a package.

Define "fabulous" place.

Airfare will only take about $1000 of your budget (assuming you meant Oct 9-14 and not Sept 9-14). You should be able to use the other $2000 for everything else (lodging, food, etc.)...but depending on your definition of "fabulous," that could be tough.

So money saving tips: packages (which may be better for you given that you're going in less than a month), condos, not eating out all the time, etc.

if you can't spell it correctly, maybe you should go somewhere else. can you spell m-a-u-i ?