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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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.