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Hi! I would recs for staying 6 nights on Waikiki beach in June. Somewhere accessible to public transport so I can take the bus to the Hilton Hawaiian Village to attend a conference. My budget is about US$50-70 per couple. I'm going with my partner. <BR><BR>Anyone got comments for the Waikiki Sands Villa? It's about US$60 per night right?<BR><BR>Thanks!

call the condo office at Ilikai next door to Hilton Hawaiian village a city view room may even be cheaper than you budget states, 4 star hotel. You can get the condo desk by calling Ilikai front desk and asking for number. All rooms have lanai, kitchen. Request condo in the main building not annex.<BR><BR>

If I am wrong about how affordable ilikai is and going over numbers it might be a bit higer then I would call a Hawaii based travel agent and ask for reccomendations. Annex might work for you also with these budget retrictions. Just want to be careful about a place that is so inexpensive in Waikiki can attract on the edge type patrons.

I would recommend bidding on priceline. Two years ago I got the Sheraton Princess Kiaulani for $50 per night. People are still getting it for this - look at this bulletin board for help in bidding:<BR>http://www.biddingfortravel.com/

I checked out the Sand Villa last January when I was in Waikiki. I looked at a standard room and it was clean and not shabby. The staff were friendly and happy to show me around. There's a grocery store and bus stop on Kuhio just a short block up from the hotel. The hotel is on the canal which is nice - you can't see the ocean, but the mountains are beautiful.