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Hawaii All-inclusive Resorts??
Vacationers won't find full-scale all-inclusive resorts in Hawaii, but here are a few hints.

Hawaii Beach Vacations
Ten great beaches, and eight Hawaii resorts. (With photos.)

HAWAII RESORTS - OAHU: Waikiki Beach
Waikiki Beach is still a lovely place despite so much nearby concrete development, and it's lots of fun for families. Click here for several properties that have special features for families. Generally, kids 18 and under stay free.

Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa
The most resort-like of the hotels on Waikiki Beach, with 22 acres, pools, kids' club, fish ponds, flamingos, hula classes, spa, restaurants, shopping village...

Ohana Hotels and Outrigger Resorts
OHANA is a brand of Outrigger Resorts and Hotels that offers non-beachfront properties at a good price point. Both OHANA and Outrigger have family-friendly properties on several islands; most OHANA locations are near Waikiki, and the flagship Outrigger Reef is right on Waikiki Beach.

Hawaii Resorts: JW Marriott Ihilani
The JW Marriott Resort & Spa-- on Oahu at Ko Olina, a short drive from the Honolulu airport-- has kids program, teen program, Marine Life Program, and a bunch of Ocean Adventures. No charge for two kids 17 and under, in parents' room.

Hawaii resorts - KAUAI
Kauai is the "Garden Isle": expect verdant natural beauty, and slower pace; and - like everywhere in Hawaii-- "ohana" means family, and pretty much every resort, from high-end to value-priced, welcomes families.

Turtle Bay Resort
Turtle Bay is a unique Hawaii resort: a lone property on the beautiful north coast of Oahu, with 880 acres, file miles of beach, five different bays, pool with waterfall and slide, on-site snorkeling, horseriding, surf lessons...

HAWAII RESORTS, MAUI: Grand Wailea Resort and Spa
Fun at this luxury Maui property includes kids camp and the Canyon Activity Pools, nine pools connected by a river that floats swimmers along.

Ka'anapali Beach Hotel
Value alert: this place aims to be "a moderately-priced first-class hotel", and also "Maui's most Hawaiian hotel." The free kids' "Aloha Passport" program of activities features local arts and crafts.

HAWAII RESORTS, BIG ISLAND: Kohala Coast
If you feel like lapping up a little luxury, here's a group of eight upscale Hawaii resorts --on the west side of the Big Island-- that Conde Nast readers voted among the “Top Fifty Tropical Resorts Worldwide."

Hilton Waikoloa Village
On the Kohala Coast, with 65 acres with pools galore, waterfalls, grottos, slides; salt-water lagoon with water-toys and snorkeling (-sea turtles swim in); and -- a novelty kids love-- a monorail and canal-boats to get around the large grounds.

Kona Village
A luxury getaway on the Kohala Coast, with no phones or tv in your room. Stay in individual "hale" cottages spread over 82 acres; complimentary outrigger canoe and glass-bottom boat rides, kids program and teens program; snorkeling in the bay full of colorful fish. Kona Village has a rare feature, for a Hawaii resort: nearly-all-inclusive pricing.

Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa - Big Island
On the south Kona coast of the Big Island, this Hawaii resort has a multi-level pool complex with connecting river, waterfall, children's pool, lava tube waterslide.

MOLOKAI: Molokai Ranch and Lodge
-- this property is closing mid-2008-- [p]Guests stay in comfy "upscale tents": canvas bungalows on platforms, solar-powered lights; private bathroom, hot-water showers; lanai. A lodge is also available. 54,000 acres of land, white-sand beach, sea kayaking, mountain biking, horseback rides.