A visitor surcharge for parking on Kauai is set to be implemented.
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A visitor surcharge for parking on Kauai is set to be implemented.
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Too many taxes and fees plus crazy expensive accommodations, not to mention the hoops you have to jump through just to get to Hawaii now have stopped us from planning any more vacations there. There are other options (Mexico, Caribbean beaches) that are much easier and less expensive. I’m sad to not visit there anymore. They were some of our best vacations, but there comes a point where. You have to just say no to being nickeled and dined (or $20 and $25 or more) with everything you do.
Exactly Jen, it’s just like Vegas, slowly adding/increasing all these fees/taxes etc, as they say at some point the juice is not worth the squeeze. We all “budget” XX amount of $$ for a trip and if we keep to that budget at some point we move on to something/somewhere else. The locals on here who don’t seem to care about us tourists obv aren’t in the hospitality business, but at some point it will effect them all.
Aloha, Guys I think this is a big mistake to charge a per parking beach fee. Tourists will simply find other parking or other less used and free beaches, resulting in more wear and tear at some of our more pristine beaches and neighborhoods. Besides, I’ve seen this new system at work in Waimea Canyon and it doesn’t.
Been there several times. We will never go back. Their trying to make up money on the backs of tourists for the way their government handled the pandemic.
I love Kauai and have visited the island numerous times. I will probably not go back. I believe visitors are not responsible for all the problems. I do not feel welcome.
In addition to the statewide 4.712% GET tax and 10.25% TAT tax on accommodations, Kauai recently instituted an additional 3% Kauai tax! Not sure what is being done with this new tax, but I don’t think it is a deterrant. I love going to Hanalei, sometimes just to watch a sunset…I would not be happy at all about paying $10 to park there!
Maybe time to let those running Hawaii figure things out! For 40 years they wanted more Flights, more Hotel Rooms, more Rental Cars, now Premiums for Parking, Beach Fee’s, Masks, Tests 48 Hours before dropping $350 at Michel’s, John Dominus, Alan Wongs no longer choices! Figure it out, need more Hospital Beds, maybe they should have not built the Prince Hotel!
Never mind the discussion of charging tourists (identified by driving a rental car) money to visit the public beaches, it is a terrible idea logistically! At Poipu there are some little streets off of Hoone Rd. that will be severely negatively impacted. Hoone Rd. itself is not wide enough to accommodate bumper to bumper parking plus pedestrians carrying beach bags, surfboards, coolers, strollers etc. plus moving cars. This will be an accident or two or three or more waiting to happen.
One more straw on the camel’s back. Make an expensive place to visit even more expensive. No sense of fairness. Why are residents so special? Visitors pay more per day and contribute more to the economy than residents do. Don’t they impact the beaches and add to crowding just like visitors? Does the Council really think this will result in less crowded beaches? They’ll simply park wherever else they can.
I am from Michigan, and all visitors and state residents pay to park at our state parks. They can buy a season pass or pay by the day. I am more than willing to pay it or buy a season pass when visiting Hawaii. However, I feel residents should pay it also. Residents have more opportunity to use the beaches than most visitors do. Paying to park allows the state to maintain areas and also to control them. Visitors are already getting hit with higher hotel taxes now. Fair should be fair. Aloha!
Actually that’s not necessarily true most of us residents have to work most days in fact most of us don’t go to the beach much anymore. There are times where I don’t go for months actually. So don’t imply that we get to use it more than you do
Our main goal here in the islands is stop attracting visitors who pay cheap tickets to come here and don’t contribute to our economy as much as we need it. We aim for people with money who spend more coming here. $10 is not that terrible in my opinion because it upkeeps the parks and such so should be a small price to pay if you say you love it as much as you do. If you don’t want to spend $10 measly dollars coming here then don’t come. We are reaching our limits with over tourism anyhow
Obviously, airfares, whether cheap or not do not contribute to the economy of the islands.
You make it sound like $10 is a small amount to pay however people who come to Hawaii for a week want to go to the beach at least once a day, if not more. If it’s for a family of three or four people that could end up costing a lot for the length of the vacation stay. Lodging is already expensive, most of the islands. You should look at getting more of the accommodation taxation from the owners.
ERIKA,if the tourists stop coming, what will your economy be? Isn’t it Tourism?
We just returned from the Big Island. We had to pay $10 parking fee plus $5 per person admission fee for Hapuna Beach State Park. We had the same issue at Akaka Falls in Hilo. We had to pay the same fees. It cost us $25 to go look at the Waterfall. I understand the parking fee but admission per person as well?? They had people in parking lot uniforms (some guy’s parking company) standing guard at the pay stations to make sure everyone paid. It seems a bit excessive and expensive for big families