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Originally Posted by Velvet
Yes, Kama’aina rate is for locals, I am familiar with it. They usually can’t afford tourist prices - look at their wages. I guess because I learned plein air art, I stayed for several months at a time and my poor artist friends shared their secrets of cheap living. Like you help harvest at a farm and you get some of the food. Shop at grocery stores where it is cheapest. Etc. Accommodations are the most expensive - you have to look around for that, and near a Bus stop, which used to have a senior pass for the month for $5. Don’t know what it is now. Bus goes everywhere on the island on Oahu.
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When I had a Government job, I traveled a lot. They would give me a flat rate for meals, with no receipts or taxes required. In most places, the meal rate was $42 per day, but in Hawaii, it was $70 per day. This made no sense to me because there are Subways everywhere, so I always came out ahead, even more so in Hawaii. And, you could buy "Spam and eggs" at the Mcdonald's.
Federal employees who lived and worked in Hawaii received a 22 percent cost-of-living salary increase. And, unlike any other place in the world, this increase was tax free.