243 thoughts on “Nickle-And-Dimed To Death | Hawaii Visitors Reeling”
John L
Nickle and diming your visitors will slowly eliminate a major financial class. What you might be left with will be high-income folks. They can afford to pay the house prices which will further eliminate locals from the housing market. You need to focus on the bigger picture here.
Very happy that I was able to visit the islands as often as I did when visitors were welcomed and not being milked just to go to the beach.
Hope this approach works out for all the residents who depend on visitors for
their livelihood.
aloha To Hawaii.
Paying $10 per vehicle, then an additional $5 per person to visit a state park for a couple of hours is gouging. Accommodation and car taxes have gone through the roof, and along with the already more expensive costs, this is sending a clear message: Hawaii would rather do without my tourist dollars. Guess this is the last visit for us: we save for our rare vacations, and this just leaves a bad taste.
I think HI is saying there are too many of us coming; and only the wealthiest are wanted. I bet housekeepers, bell hops, restaurant owners are not in favor of this. Tourism keeps them employed!
No taxation without representation. Can locals please stop blaming people for things and stand up against the govt who is raising taxes on everything?!?!? People don’t want a pay raise here bc they want to live on the govt. Where do you think that money from the govt is coming from? Soon everyone including locals will be paying a fee. First just the locals then when they stop visiting, going be you paying!!!!! It is not a solution.
I was stationed at Hickam way back in the day. We’ve been scrimping and saving to go back now that the kids are grown and out. We made plans for October, booked airline Tix and a place to stay in Waikiki.
Finally though, I’ve had enough. I’m not forcing a trip for outrageous fees to a place I’m not wanted. I just cancelled everything. I’ll get my Hawaii watching reruns of Hawaii Five-0.
If Hawaii wants to change the attitude of the visitor they need to stop creating a us vs them with visitors vs kamaaina. When people have to pay for something it gives them a feeling of entitlement…maybe one of the reasons visitors are rude.
Nickle and diming your visitors will slowly eliminate a major financial class. What you might be left with will be high-income folks. They can afford to pay the house prices which will further eliminate locals from the housing market. You need to focus on the bigger picture here.
70 year resident. This will ruin the the industry.
Yes, the tourism model in Hawaii now seems to be: “Keep Hawaii green, bring money”! A sad state of affairs for the Aloha State.
Very happy that I was able to visit the islands as often as I did when visitors were welcomed and not being milked just to go to the beach.
Hope this approach works out for all the residents who depend on visitors for
their livelihood.
aloha To Hawaii.
Individuals are complaining like this is an exclusive Hawaiian issue.
News flash it’s not.
Governments and resorts all over the world have turned tourism into a nickel and dimed cash cow. Why solve a problem when you can cash in on it.
Currently it doesn’t seem to be slowing down tourism to the islands.
Paying $10 per vehicle, then an additional $5 per person to visit a state park for a couple of hours is gouging. Accommodation and car taxes have gone through the roof, and along with the already more expensive costs, this is sending a clear message: Hawaii would rather do without my tourist dollars. Guess this is the last visit for us: we save for our rare vacations, and this just leaves a bad taste.
I think HI is saying there are too many of us coming; and only the wealthiest are wanted. I bet housekeepers, bell hops, restaurant owners are not in favor of this. Tourism keeps them employed!
What beach is shown in the article’s main photo here? As much as I hate how expensive Hawaii has become, I would still like to visit in the future.
No taxation without representation. Can locals please stop blaming people for things and stand up against the govt who is raising taxes on everything?!?!? People don’t want a pay raise here bc they want to live on the govt. Where do you think that money from the govt is coming from? Soon everyone including locals will be paying a fee. First just the locals then when they stop visiting, going be you paying!!!!! It is not a solution.
I was stationed at Hickam way back in the day. We’ve been scrimping and saving to go back now that the kids are grown and out. We made plans for October, booked airline Tix and a place to stay in Waikiki.
Finally though, I’ve had enough. I’m not forcing a trip for outrageous fees to a place I’m not wanted. I just cancelled everything. I’ll get my Hawaii watching reruns of Hawaii Five-0.
If Hawaii wants to change the attitude of the visitor they need to stop creating a us vs them with visitors vs kamaaina. When people have to pay for something it gives them a feeling of entitlement…maybe one of the reasons visitors are rude.