Not including flights, where would my dollar go farther? St Maarten, Dominican Republic, or Hawaii?

Dr

Not Hawaii. Food is expensive

Dominican Republic hands down.

Dominican republic - Hawaii uses American dollars so it is not cheap. Not sure what st Maarten uses but I heard it isn't cheap.

DR without a doubt

DR

Are there any other Caribbean-type places you'd recommend? (Not Cuba)

Puerto rico , its not as cheap as DR but its beautiful and affordable than the other 2 options you were asking about. You could do Belize or Costa Rica those are beautiful places as well. On the Caribbean side of Costa Rica there is a place called Puerto viejo its small but beautiful and affordable with lots of Beaches

I absolutely LOVE Puerto Viejo but can't have that flight. Can't fly to Belize either. Has to be a Westjet destination that's not too busy.

If you like island life, fly to cancun and take the ferry over to Isla Mujeres. Very nice, affordable, island folk are super

Jamaica isn't hideously expensive but I would choose to visit the DR over Jamaica.

DR has outstanding beaches, we were on Punta Cana side with white soft sand.

Probably DR, I don't think the other places offer all inclusive which really reduces costs.

Almost every island in the caribbean offers all-inclusive & generally are the most cost effective places to go. Hawaii doesn't have all-inclusives however compared to the caribbean islands it isn't that bad if you rent a condo or house & do the cooking yourself...restaurants can be expensive, but in comparison to the Vancouver they are not really that expensive. If you have a car rental in Hawaii...which I highly recommend, you can eat at really amazing restaurants that are not tourist traps & the prices are reasonable.

Westjet flies to Curaçao. Beautiful Dutch owned island near Bermuda & Aruba.

I paid $1.13 for one US Dollar yesterday so I'd avoid Hawaii.

everybody wants US dollars...even in the Caribbean....that's just a fact of life!

Your dollar would probably go further in the Dominican Republic.

Thanks to everyone who commented. We're leaning towards St Maarten because the Dominican seems to be better as a packaged holiday and the flights to St Maarten would be prohibitive to pay for ourselves any other time. I'm a little concerned about getting bored but who can complain when they're on a Caribbean island?

My $8 splendid blended mojito in St Maarten. Yup, it's expensive here, but it's good.

Tobago is beautiful (although westjet only flies to Trinidad certain times a year) and orford able.

Affordable