With the cost of car rentals so high and limited availability this summer, a new ridesharing app may be your ticket to ride.
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With the cost of car rentals so high and limited availability this summer, a new ridesharing app may be your ticket to ride.
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Aloha BOH!
I second RJS’ comment regarding rental car companies. One would think by now, the mainland Big Boys would have sent a fleet over to accomodate the surge in visitors. Do you know why this isn’t happening? By the time they get more vehicles back on the islands, the initial surge will have passed! Maybe I’m wrong…
Mahalo for your wonderful updates!
Hi Sue.
Thanks. The vehicles are coming and by later this summer things should even out based on what we are seeing. The new normal pricing will be above what it was in the past, however.
Aloha.
We will arrive on August 7th and will be there until August 28th. We will be staying at the Marriott Waiohai on Poipu Beach.
Thank you for the Holoholo information,I downloaded the app.As a Hawaii resident I support less dependance on a personal car for transportation,good to have more options !
It’s nearly impossible at times to get Uber or Lyft on the Big Island. Easier if you’re in town but forget it if you’re not.
Good evening
I will be traveling to Hawaii in July and have had a car reservation sing September 2020. Have you heard about any tourists with reservations that are being denied a rental car..
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much
Craig
Hi Craig.
It may have happened, and we’ve seen just a few comments to that effect. Perhaps others can comment about their experiences.
Aloha.
I commented above about our confirmed car reservation that we booked in October through Costco Travel. We have been here in Kauai for a week and they still have not called us with a car. Good luck. There were over 50 people in line with the same problem as us. All confirmed car reservations & no cars to give us!
Uuuuhhhh, I think this is called Uber/Lyft. Why are they creating another app?
Exactly… it will be the same drivers lol
Is anything being done to increase capacity on the part of the car rental companies? You would think that they’d be ramping up to meet the demand and make some $$$…
You would think, but the Govanor is a “Follower”, not a Leader, using Newsom, Cuomo, Whitmer, Pritsker and Murphy as his model. Waiting to get ready, on Memorial Day Weekend, there is a shortage of Cars, but the Rental Companies are big buyers, they just need the logistics to get the Cars in place. Wait’ll the Vac-Pass hits……..
What good news!
Great timing if it comes soon!
Please keep us updated!
Thank you!
Thank you for the heads-up about the Holoholo rideshare.
How does this differ from Uber or Lyft?
Hi Tim.
Since it hasn’t fully launched yet, that is hard to say. One difference Holoholo indicated, is that there will be no surge pricing, which has definitely been a problem with Uber.
Aloha.
And it has been widely reported that the drivers themselves get none of the so-called surge pricing surcharge…so maybe holoholo will put the screws on Uber’s outrageous practice.
I drove for Uber and Lyft in the Napa Valley in between jobs tonight for sure got surge pricing incentives. Not only do the drivers make more money Uber made more money. Surge pricing is based on demand and supply. So if some people are willing to wait for pricing to go down it helps with the supply issue,or pay more for surge pricing. As someone who drove for both rideshare companies at the same time the majority of drivers for the new Rideshare company will also be the same ones currently driving for Uber or Lyft if it’s prevelant. Mahalo
It would be wonderful to have scooter rentals like they have in Polynesia! I am just dreaming of course, along with wishing for bicycle lanes.
Hi Nadege.
Always good to hear from you and we both hope all is well there. Scooter rentals are as dangerous as all get out here in Hawaii. It is totally different than say Moorea in terms of traffic, speeds, etc.
Aloha.
But if we had bicycle lanes ,for scooters too,and adapted Complete Streets programs,so that bikes,scooters,pedestrians had equal access to the roads ;than scooters wouldn’t be dangerous -paradigm shift,cars are not solely entitled to the roads.