More taxes are confirmed for your Hawaii hotel or vacation rental. Prepare for some sticker shock.
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I am a frequent visitor to Hawaii. I have visited Hawaii Maui Kona and Oahu. I consider these taxes to be impact fees. Meaning they are used to pay for the infrastructure necessary to service a community made up of less than 200,000 which serves over 2 to four million visitors a year. That is a tremendous strain on infrastructure including roads sewer water electricity and other essential infrastructure needed to support both the tourism industry and the local economy as well as the local people. I have visited foreign countries wherein they have entry fees ranging from $15 to $100. On a multiple country trip I have paid in excess of $500 in these entry fees in addition to the local county state and federal taxes of the country.
We were in Hawaii January 7-15, 2022. Received letter stating new tax would be added to our already completely paid for reservations. Is that legal?
Hi Mindy, my understanding FOR Maui is if you made your reservation before Nov 1, 2021….regardless of when you are visiting/staying then you do not have to pay the tax. Again that is for Maui only, each island/county made their own effective date. Hope that helps.