75 thoughts on “Maui Vacations In Peril; Fodor’s Says Don’t Visit Now”
Tony d
I think they should limit the size of the people that are let on to the islands. If your big you can take up twice as much space and require more food and water than small people. We only allowed small people on each island we could have more of everything
The crisis in housing is not limited to Maui. Long term rentals are almost impossible to find on Kauai as well, and the price of a mere room to rent in someone’s house is so high as to be well beyond the means of most long term residents. Native Hawaiians whose families have lived on the island for more than a thousand years are being forced to move to Honolulu to find affordable housing. In years past, I used to own a vacation rental. I would never do so again. Citizens need a place to live.
A huge problem is the illegal vacation rentals. They should be long term rentals for local people, and Maui is losing a fortune in TA GE and MCTAT taxes. Thanks
Priority one is we need more affordable housing on Maui. We need to remove exception clauses that allow developers to change projects from affordable to standard because they run over budget. This bs has been going on for decades. Businesses need employees on Maui and they need places to live. Rents are insane and people are leaving because they can’t find a place to live. We need to invest in infrastructure. We also need to limit rental cars for tourists. These should be the priorities.
We were there in Dec.(Maui) What we noticed was a great many more younger people there. From what I understand, more younger people are traveling because they are staying home because they can’t afford to buy property. That staying home thing, gives them the money to travel with and they certainly are traveling. There was an article in the Honolulu paper on this issue.
Aloha
There in April too many Ill mannered tourist. Out of control Drinking smoking on beach in front of Kannapoli Resort.Rude people everywhere. Ruined it for tourist that come with respect for island and people. Kimos ate there 6 times. Felt like was at Speedway. Loud smoking fast driving and no police. We are not coming this year hopefully things will improve.
Hey Maui. You folks need to start using water reduction measures like we have done in Santa Barbara since early 1990s. Our Maui adventure in 2021 we were appalled there areNo water reducing fixtures on faucets, toilets and outside irrigation. You folks are over 30 years behind us on mainland. You can have a lot of visitors just turn down the water hose and fixtures.
James
I visited every year and every year I feel more guilty about coming to Maui. I talk to the locals a lot and hear about how bad the housing situation is – the cost as opposed to income. It’s a catch 22…I feel like visiting helps the economy but I’m not sure whose. Certainly not workers. I’m going again this year but it will probably be my last. I’m on a vacation that I’ve definitely earned I don’t think the guilt feeling is worth it.
I think they should limit the size of the people that are let on to the islands. If your big you can take up twice as much space and require more food and water than small people. We only allowed small people on each island we could have more of everything
If there are too many tourists, why not restrict the number of flights?
Department of Transportation could do this easily enough.
Can’t do that, we tried. The federal government is in charge of airports and they refuse to help us.
The crisis in housing is not limited to Maui. Long term rentals are almost impossible to find on Kauai as well, and the price of a mere room to rent in someone’s house is so high as to be well beyond the means of most long term residents. Native Hawaiians whose families have lived on the island for more than a thousand years are being forced to move to Honolulu to find affordable housing. In years past, I used to own a vacation rental. I would never do so again. Citizens need a place to live.
A huge problem is the illegal vacation rentals. They should be long term rentals for local people, and Maui is losing a fortune in TA GE and MCTAT taxes. Thanks
Priority one is we need more affordable housing on Maui. We need to remove exception clauses that allow developers to change projects from affordable to standard because they run over budget. This bs has been going on for decades. Businesses need employees on Maui and they need places to live. Rents are insane and people are leaving because they can’t find a place to live. We need to invest in infrastructure. We also need to limit rental cars for tourists. These should be the priorities.
We were there in Dec.(Maui) What we noticed was a great many more younger people there. From what I understand, more younger people are traveling because they are staying home because they can’t afford to buy property. That staying home thing, gives them the money to travel with and they certainly are traveling. There was an article in the Honolulu paper on this issue.
Aloha
“Research from California and Australia on beach ‘nourishment’ indicates a negative impact on the invertebrates populations of such areas.”
OMG.
There in April too many Ill mannered tourist. Out of control Drinking smoking on beach in front of Kannapoli Resort.Rude people everywhere. Ruined it for tourist that come with respect for island and people. Kimos ate there 6 times. Felt like was at Speedway. Loud smoking fast driving and no police. We are not coming this year hopefully things will improve.
Good for you. Don’t come at all
Hey Maui. You folks need to start using water reduction measures like we have done in Santa Barbara since early 1990s. Our Maui adventure in 2021 we were appalled there areNo water reducing fixtures on faucets, toilets and outside irrigation. You folks are over 30 years behind us on mainland. You can have a lot of visitors just turn down the water hose and fixtures.
James
The fake state of Hawaii, make the residents restrict water usage not the mainland owned resorts.
I visited every year and every year I feel more guilty about coming to Maui. I talk to the locals a lot and hear about how bad the housing situation is – the cost as opposed to income. It’s a catch 22…I feel like visiting helps the economy but I’m not sure whose. Certainly not workers. I’m going again this year but it will probably be my last. I’m on a vacation that I’ve definitely earned I don’t think the guilt feeling is worth it.