The summer should have been the peak season for Hawaii hotels. Now what? Iconic Halekulani may signal an uncertain future in Hawaii travel.
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The summer should have been the peak season for Hawaii hotels. Now what? Iconic Halekulani may signal an uncertain future in Hawaii travel.
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Hopefully the Federal legislation to save the hotel properties extends to owners of short term vacation rentals. So far, we haven’t qualified for the PPP program (we pay 1099 wages and cleaners send us invoices), SBA small business loan program (can’t use it to pay down mortgages), and the Hawaii small business relief program (must have a business address, can’t be your home address) have all disqualified us. In addition, we have to pay hotel property taxes at 4 times the rate of residential real estate while having no business since the end of March. We’ve had to cash out our retirement to pay the mortgage, homeowners association and property taxes.
Halekulani and Royal Hawaiian were favorites. I lived in Honolulu for 12 years and spent many an evening enjoying sunset Hula and dinner across from the ocean. Let’s hope that this and other iconic historical spots like it survive and thrive!
Suzanne and Ron S.