Did you check prices on Google Flights? You have to check all dates, as the difference from one day to the next can be huge. Alaska Airlines just had a sale from mco to various Hawaiian airports for as low as 389.00 round trip. Hawaiian is beautiful and if you don't want to stay directly on the beach there are lots of older family owned hotels that don't charge an arm and a leg. If you fly to Honolulu you don't need a rental car, their bus system is cheap and will take you all over the island, to all the most popular beaches, tourist sites and snorkeling beaches. You can also do an around the perimiter of the island ride on one bus route for just the cost of the regular bus fare getting on and off to your hearts content. Hawaii is amazing. If you picnic your meals, that not only is fun, but inexpensive. Take another look and forget the expensive tours, rental car and restaurant meals, and it might just start to look very doable for you. Just a thought. We've done this many times ourselves over the years. If we can do it, you can do it.
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