Your next Maui vacation might look the same—but feel completely different. Here’s why travelers should see the full picture.
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Your next Maui vacation might look the same—but feel completely different. Here’s why travelers should see the full picture.
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We are planning a 2 week trip in a few months and are bringing family and friends to share our Love of the Hawaiian peoples, culture and land! While alot of strong feelings and emotions rage, let us not forget the people who made Hawaii the place people want to come see! It’s not the Hyatt, Ritz-Carlton or any other major hotel mogul. It’s the people & culture! Those others took advantage of a people who had no concept of land “ownership” and were taken advantage of years ago. That being said, they should go back to the old ways of supplying affordable housing for workers. Really, who needs a water park at a resort you have the Ocean!!! Take care of your workers that you want to be authentic so you can profit from their culture. Pay It Forward. Again Capitalist here, but there is a line. Although I will say maybe the locals should really vet the politicians they are voting in, cause in the past 25 years I have been watching, Hawaii has voted in some of the worst.
I wonder why the large companies with hotels on the island aren’t constructing affordable housing for their staff. I have no idea how much land costs, but if they can’t get the staff to support the hotel, it seems like they will lose business (aka profit).
We loved coming to Maui- for 25 years.But no more. I feel sorry for the local people who have lost their jobs and have no places to live but that’s because the government too greedy.They have spoiled it for the locals and us too. Garfield.
The harsh reality is that I as a visitor am not to blame for the fire or the lack of rebuilding and housing. Decades of lousy governance and policies do not now become my responsibility to fund and fix. If I am going to volunteer, it will be in my home town. My hard earned vacation time is mine to spend and laying a guilt trip on visitors shoulders is unfair and only creates resentment. Maui is by no means unique in struggling with high housing costs, but its sense of entitlement is astounding.
myself and wife are planning an extended stay in maui sometime from jan 26- apr/26. she hates the cold, we want to enjoy maui again when she is healthy enough (please read between the lines), and want to help the islanders (not the money grabbers). please let me know how to rent a home from a local.
This is horrendous and sad. Just an idea for visitors: when grocery shopping, fill a bag with food to donate to the food bank.
I am sorry that this is happening to our fellow HI residents on Maui, but I am glad to see someone writing about the reality of what people face here. It might open some people eyes and change some of the entitled behaviors.
Maui isn’t the only place in the US that has been affected by fires. Finding ways for tourists to flip the bill isn’t right. East LA and the fires that burned around Malibu left thousands homeless and no homes have been started to be rebuilt. Insurance companies refusing to write or initiate new policies where locations are high risk. What insurance is going to cover these new homes in Hawaii anyway? If they ever do and when the rates would be totally unaffordable. I guess my point is not all American’s are focused on Maui because other places like Malibu California has suffered with way more homes and way more people. Hawaii just needs to fix the problem and move on and quit playing a guilt trip on tourists.