"Whenever I get a new issue of Budget Travel, I always check 40 Best Deals right away to see if there are any trips that I can take advantage of," writes Ronna Linder, of Wheeling, Ill. "I found a deal in your September 2005 magazine that I couldn't refuse. It was a NWA WorldVacations package including air to Honolulu and seven nights at the Castle Island Colony hotel in Waikiki. With all the money I saved, I was able to book trips to the Big Island and Maui." Linder saw Pearl Harbor and the Dole pineapple plantation on Oahu, and volcanoes and wineries on the other islands. "And the rainbows!" she said. "They seemed to be everywhere!"

NWA WorldVacations' seven-night Honolulu packages start at $674 (800/800-1504, nwaworldvacations.com).