A visitor surcharge for parking on Kauai is set to be implemented.
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not fair!!! parking is too much to add!!
Let’s get real! My first thoughts were to figure out what side streets we know about at Poipu where we could park for $0. Then thoughts went to Lydgate – yes, parking there can be a nightmare but how are they going to tell resident cars from visitor cars. Etc Etc Etc. There is so much resentment about the charge to park at Waimea Canyon – let’s just cut off another hand that feeds the economy!
Once Californians took over Maui, Kauai and the Big Island and god knows what else change was coming and I as said to my wife, after visiting the Islands for 40 years and being in the 25th Inf, good things are going to happen. Aloha and Hawaiian Airlines became Hawaiian. Competition, what is that? Make that buck and ruin paradise. To go from Maui to the Big island which use to be 15 minutes is now 1/2 day and of course any inter-island flight goes thru that truly Hawaiian City, Honolulu. Hawaii may have to be known as what it is, Western California. Now parking fees and entrance fees for open beaches? Californians will be charging Hawaiians for everything. GOB bless their greedy little hearts!
Just another way for Kauai government to recoup their losses from tourism. The resort fees are enough already. This will drive people even further away from Hawaii. Such bureaucratic crap.
I hope the money spent on this study concludes with charging NO parking fees at all or charge a minimal fee for both visitors AND residents. I would prefer no parking fees at all since the beaches are small and parking is already limited at all the beaches. Plus many of us visit more than one beach in a day. Paying additional parking fees will only increase expenses for an already expensive island.
The non refundable parking fee for the north shore is expensive and has created an anti-visitor spirit in the north. The north shore residents act as if it’s their own private HOA up there which is discerning to me as this is the first time in over 30 years of feeling this way toward this beautiful garden area island.
Thanks again BOH for your important and impactful reporting!
Hi Lee.
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Kauai government officials clearly have an economic calamity game plan for their citizens. They should be openly courting the exact people that view & comment on this website…those of us who love Hawaii (especially Kauai), have been there multiple times and are eagerly awaiting the time we can safely return (which is likely much sooner than later with widespread vaccinations ahead). It pains me to see the lack of commonsense and perhaps outright disdain for respectful visitors who share the Aloha spirit. I sincerely hope things change before it is too late to salvage the Kauai we all love. Thanks BOH for being a place one can get objective Hawaii information. Happy New (& Better) Year to All!
Hi Phillip.
Thanks for your input on this and all your other comments too. The state, counties, and other Hawaii travel stakeholders are well aware of BOH and thousands of comments each month. Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
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Yikes. I think it’s good to think about how all the foot traffic and vehicles are affecting the environment and limited space but I really think they should work on providing better parking before implementing fees. Hanalei looks great (though I can’t believe how long it took to complete the project). I’d prefer they gradually work on upgrading a few of the busy parking lots and wait at least a few years before talking about beach parking fees.
Even as a resident, it would feel so uninviting going to enjoy the beach and have it be all regulated and waiting in lines to park and all that. Not to mention it’s such a negative vibe for the visitors.
We already have fees at a handful of places throughout the island. There shouldn’t be fees at all the beaches.
Please…
We love Kauai and before the pandemic we would come 2 – 3 times a year. If there are fees imposed for parking and going to the beaches, we will no longer be coming. We are Canadians but we will find an other destination.
This sounds like NJ where you pay for parking and a fee to go on the beach for the day and this is done to locals and tourists.
One thing I loved about Hawaii the beach’s were free.
Paying for parking may definitely be the straw that breaks the camels back! For the normal, not wealthy, visitors that like to come to Hawaii, we already paying for plane tickets, car rental, accommodations, eating at reasturants and food carts, entertainment, sovineirs for ourselves and family, and now covid testing. That is a lot out of pocket for us and income for the people of Hawaii. Add additional fees and we may not be able to come. We really love Hawaii. My Dad was stationed there with the Navy. I have wonderful memories. Please don’t make it too expensive for us to visit your wonderful islands. I love to sit with a group of Hawaiians and play my Ukulele with them!!
If you want to know where the islands are heading just look to Jackson wy. Keep complaining about tourist and keep increasing costs so the only visitors will be the ultra rich you’ll will be living else were or in government housing. I use to live on Oahu in the 70s and it is already happening. Each and everyone one of you need to wake up I hear word aloha and find it not that welcoming you better find away to open up to everyone or find out that the rich don’t care who you are or that you don’t like tourist. We will always welcome you on the mainland….aloha