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Paid + Surge Parking | Ala Moana Shopping Center | End Of An Era

Are you ready to pay to park at Ala Moana Shopping Center? A sign of the times here in Hawaii.

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44 thoughts on “Paid + Surge Parking | Ala Moana Shopping Center | End Of An Era”

  1. Most shopping centers in CA offer free parking for the first 3 hours, and then a premium rate thereafter. This isn’t new news. How is one to reserve a parking stall at Ala Moana? Is there an App for that???

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  2. My gut says they will validate parking. Do the same here in kaanapali. I really can’t blame the mall. It’s their property and it was built for the convenience of their customers. Not for beach goers and such.

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  3. So Hawaii, what’s next? You charge now to visit certain parks and tourist locations. Tourist’s pay the highest hotel taxes in the United States. Now, we have to start paying to park at a shopping mall where we as tourist’s along with local people spend money to shop and keep people working. Are you now going to start charging for the air we breathe? I’m sure that is probably next.

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    1. Last I looked The Ala Mona is owned and operated by Brookfield properties headquartered in NY,NY. So let’s give credit where credit is due. And FYI most major malls located in major cities started charging for parking years ago. “Hawaii” is just catching up.

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      1. I live in Phoenix and None of our malls charge for parking. If you’re going to charge for parking at least validate for people who buy something, as opposed to those who just wander around for hours.

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  4. I see no problem with the parking fee as long as all stores will validate the parking. I suppose there has to be some sort of time limit. Locals often complain about the tourists and how we are harming Hawaii, but this seems as if it will hit the locals hardest. Really unfair.

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  5. This reminds me of hotels that now have a “resort fee.” Before getting into the parking issue, hotels that don’t have a golf course, a swimming pool, and a significant gym are not resorts. People should avoid them and tell them why.

    “For parking we just checked, 1-4 hours was priced at: $2.88 per hour, pus tax and service fee. Total cost is $4.30/hour.”

    Why is there a “service fee?” Isn’t that what having the spaces to park is -service? The difference between 2.88 and 4.30 is $1.42. Say the tax is $0.25. That means the fee to park there is not 2.88, it’s about $4.05 /hour. That’s nearly half of the current minimum hourly wage in Hawaii.

    I’m disgusted.

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  6. What a shame. Guess I won’t be doing much shopping at Foodland anymore unless I happen to be also going to the mall. Hopefully the Don Quijote/Walmart/Sam’s club don’t get the same idea.

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  7. So, what’s Pearlridge and Windward look like these days? I mourned when I learned that the free military parking lots at Ft. Derussy had been closed. If I were still up at Schofield, this would just give me more incentive to be a barracks rat instead of getting out into the community (and the economy).

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  8. I honestly would rather not pay for parking and drive to another shopping center. Though I live a short distance from Ala Moana Shopping Center, I usually take my car so as to grocery shop and have the storage space needed for shopping. If they charge for parking, they are going to lose those of us who cannot get validated at the very least! Thank you for making us aware of the issue! Love “Beat of Hawaii” and Mahalo Nui Loa! Keep up the great work!

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