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Is this effective immediately?
Thanks for the information, Canceling our family reunion. Floridians are cheering.
What determines the “designated area” around the Turtle Bay Resort. We live in the community of Kawela Bay and it is right next door. Would that make our vacation rental legal for 30 day rentals?
We are also wondering how far Turtle Bay’s ‘resort area’ extends. This is really going to affect everyone who comes for the Triple Crown and the surf season as well as the businesses in Haleiwa.
We go to a Hawaiian island almost every winter. We use a timeshare. I don’t think this will affect us.
This is a tough decision for Hawaii. Restricting short term rentals will impact tourism to some degree, which will also impact tourism dollars flowing into the state. Hawaii is so dependent on tourism for its economy that this is a slippery slope. Laws of supply and demand will then raise prices during peak periods for those rentals (VRBO and hotels) in the impacted resort areas where short term rentals are still legal, impacting tourism again. HOWEVER, this should help a little bit to moderate the cost of housing outside of resort areas as owners can’t use short term rentals legally as income. So yes, tourism will be impacted, but perhaps moderated by dampening the insane increases of housing outside of resort areas. That said, I think this “all or nothing” approach is flawed as the article hints at, and a smarter approach is out there. Mahalo for the article! LOVE Beat of Hawaii updates and articles to keep me informed!
Hi Buddy.
Thank you!
Aloha.
Thank you for the latest info. How do we see if our Airbnb has a TVR? I have already paid for a rental for next year during peak season.
Hi Lori.
We’d suggest you contact the rental provider directly to inquire. Let us know how it goes.
Aloha.
As a tourist visiting from the UK I am concerned this may see an increase in accommodation prices due to less competition but, it does seem like the right thing to do for genuine Hawaii residents imho. After all, if you get people buying property simplybto rent out then doesn’t that inflate property prices in genuine neighbourhoods and make it more difficult for people living and born on the islands to get on the property ladder?
If that is true, then I’ll happily pay extra to visit this amazing part of the world and experience their fantastic hospitality again. Just might take a little longer to save for the experience.
Sad to see that Hawaii politicians are corrupt and only support big business. I finally made it back to Oahu after not visiting for 30 years and enjoyed staying in an AirBnB in Hawaii Kai. It made me feel like I was actually living on the island and not just visiting. I enjoyed hanging out with the locals and eating at all the restaurants not near the tourist areas. We have great respect for the islands, our neighbors, and would love to do this every year. I will not come back to visit if I have to stay in a hotel in a tourist area as it is not my idea of a vacation being next to noisy drunk hotel neighbors.
This makes me very sad. We have been travelling from Canada to Oahu’s west coast (Makaha) for 15 years and have never missed a year. We stay there to feel a part of the community, in fact we wanted to start to give back to the community by helping the homeless and the community by staying longer but this isn’t going to be the case any more. We will be taking our money and traveling elsewhere now. We will greatly miss this beautiful Island.
Can you please clarify if possible, does the law ban all rentals outside of resort areas even for 30 days or more? Do rentals of 30 days or more also have to have have a license? Thanks.
Hi Julianna.
From our read, rentals of 30 days or more are not a part of this change and thus would not be restricted.
Aloha.