Aloha, your information on renting a car while in Hawaii, is very helpful. My husband and I traveling to Big Island later this month, we have our Covid tests scheduled, fill out the travel safe forms and will continue with our travel plans (only w/negative result). We would like to rent a car for part of our trip, out of Kailua/Kona, rather from the airport to save on fees. I reserved a car through Hawaiicarrentals.net – The price was less by over $200, which seems suspect. Is this a legitimate agency? (I did receive a confirmation from Dollar), however, it mentions there is a 7th Proclamention restriction… Can I still rent this car? Mahalo, Liz
We have never heard of them, but maybe someone else who has can comment. If you have a confirmation from a major, that would be a good sign. So long as you are not quarantined, you can rent a car.
Best advice is to at least skip Kaui or all the islands They are a socialist society and cannot get their business together. Hawaii used to be a great pre Covid place to travel. Do everything suggested her especially with the car rental places. They are a criminal empire
We traveled months at a time in Hawaii every year The mahalo Aloha spirit is fake
Here you will get to know about the ten ways to save money on Hawaii car rentals. Things to be considered include many options listed in this link. It is very useful article and would suggest others too. I am sure many people will come to read this in future. You have done a great research for I feel, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the info. I’d love to try Turo but afraid of whether or not my USAA insurance or Credit Card insurance would cover me. No one seems to be able to give me a definitive answer so I will have to skip Turo until I know for sure.
aloha
I am wondering if there are cars available for rent on Kauai during covid? I have resort and airline reservations that i am considering cancelling for 12/3/2020 -12/17/20. If I cant rent a car and get to Poipu and there are no ubers or lyfts…….i am hesitant to arrive in Lihue with not transportation.
Mahalo,
Kim H
Majalo for the tip! I’ve always booked cars way in advance and checked all my go to sites for better prices. Costco, AARP, Rentcar, Expedia, etc. Couldn’t get anything less than $400 for our Kauai week in Sept. Used Auto Slash and it redirected to Priceline that beat everything by $100+ for a full sized SUV (not our first choice but the cheapest). For our last trip in 2019 we got a full size Jeep. OMG didcwe have a blast! Never washed a rental car before returning it but there was mud over the hood and windshield!!
Priceline used to make you prepay but no longer. Of course I will continue to recheck.
Aloha, everyone should be advised that by order of the Governor, visitors to Hawaii are not permitted to rent a vehicle, during the first 14 days of a visit. That’s because all people arriving in Hawaii must quar antine in their room for 14 days, not leaving the place of lodging for 14 days. So a rental car is useless during that time.
Sorry Chad, but you are sadly mistaken. Anyone who arrives in Hawaii with a Negative COVID test from a Hawaii-approved testing site are NOT quarantined for 10 days.
Although someone already commented that you’re wrong I had to write to repeat. If you visit the Hawai’i travel rules you’d see that if you have received a negative Covid-19 test from one of the APPROVED test partner’s you do not have to be quarantined. Only those who do not get their test from one of the APPROVED test partner’s, which is updated daily because some test sites cannot provide results within Hawaii’s 72 hour window,will have to be quarantined or return to home airport/mainland. We had a great time, with a great priced car from Discount Hawai’i Car Rental – $234/7days;nothing more. Aloha!
Maui car rental surprise! In researching for a trip next year I was quick to discover that renting a car for 2 weeks could be more than the cost of the airfare! After searching for an hour or so I discovered that Enterprise Rent-A-Car has two facilities, one on the airport and another in Kahului about 2 miles from the terminal. Using the Enterprise website with a hypothetical date I found that an intermediate size car on the airport is $850 total for two weeks in April 2021. Using the same dates and size class (same car), the cost at the off-airport facility is $381 total for two weeks. That is a savings of $469! I phoned the off-airport facility and confirmed that their rates are lower due to the weekly rate of $145/week vs $299/week as well as the airport taxes. Because there is an Enterprise facility at the airport, they are not allowed to provide airport shuttle service so a short taxi ride is called for. I don’t think a taxi would be more the $15-$20.
When I checked the price using Costco Travel the off-airport price was $21 lower. That’s enough to cover the taxi!
Well worth considering renting a car from an off-airport facility!
I have noticed that the car rental rates are very high for July 2020. I usually book and keep checking back and they usually drop. Will we see a drop this year with this going on?
Car rentals would be perfectly affordable if it weren’t for the typically / ever-greedy state and local taxing authorities. “Soak the tourists” has been the Aloha way for many years now. Take from the rich and give to the poor. So, until THAT changes, there will never be “affordable” car rentals on the islands. Eventually that government greed and mismanagement will kill the golden goose.
informative article good job
Aloha, your information on renting a car while in Hawaii, is very helpful. My husband and I traveling to Big Island later this month, we have our Covid tests scheduled, fill out the travel safe forms and will continue with our travel plans (only w/negative result). We would like to rent a car for part of our trip, out of Kailua/Kona, rather from the airport to save on fees. I reserved a car through Hawaiicarrentals.net – The price was less by over $200, which seems suspect. Is this a legitimate agency? (I did receive a confirmation from Dollar), however, it mentions there is a 7th Proclamention restriction… Can I still rent this car? Mahalo, Liz
Hi LM.
We have never heard of them, but maybe someone else who has can comment. If you have a confirmation from a major, that would be a good sign. So long as you are not quarantined, you can rent a car.
Aloha.
Best advice is to at least skip Kaui or all the islands They are a socialist society and cannot get their business together. Hawaii used to be a great pre Covid place to travel. Do everything suggested her especially with the car rental places. They are a criminal empire
We traveled months at a time in Hawaii every year The mahalo Aloha spirit is fake
Here you will get to know about the ten ways to save money on Hawaii car rentals. Things to be considered include many options listed in this link. It is very useful article and would suggest others too. I am sure many people will come to read this in future. You have done a great research for I feel, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the info. I’d love to try Turo but afraid of whether or not my USAA insurance or Credit Card insurance would cover me. No one seems to be able to give me a definitive answer so I will have to skip Turo until I know for sure.
aloha
I am wondering if there are cars available for rent on Kauai during covid? I have resort and airline reservations that i am considering cancelling for 12/3/2020 -12/17/20. If I cant rent a car and get to Poipu and there are no ubers or lyfts…….i am hesitant to arrive in Lihue with not transportation.
Mahalo,
Kim H
Hi Kim.
You will not be able to rent a car during the 14-day quarantine.
Aloha.
Majalo for the tip! I’ve always booked cars way in advance and checked all my go to sites for better prices. Costco, AARP, Rentcar, Expedia, etc. Couldn’t get anything less than $400 for our Kauai week in Sept. Used Auto Slash and it redirected to Priceline that beat everything by $100+ for a full sized SUV (not our first choice but the cheapest). For our last trip in 2019 we got a full size Jeep. OMG didcwe have a blast! Never washed a rental car before returning it but there was mud over the hood and windshield!!
Priceline used to make you prepay but no longer. Of course I will continue to recheck.
Hi Gary.
Thanks.
Aloha
Just give Autoslash your car reservation details and they will track your reservation for you and email you if they find a cheaper rate going forward.
Aloha, everyone should be advised that by order of the Governor, visitors to Hawaii are not permitted to rent a vehicle, during the first 14 days of a visit. That’s because all people arriving in Hawaii must quar antine in their room for 14 days, not leaving the place of lodging for 14 days. So a rental car is useless during that time.
Sorry Chad, but you are sadly mistaken. Anyone who arrives in Hawaii with a Negative COVID test from a Hawaii-approved testing site are NOT quarantined for 10 days.
Although someone already commented that you’re wrong I had to write to repeat. If you visit the Hawai’i travel rules you’d see that if you have received a negative Covid-19 test from one of the APPROVED test partner’s you do not have to be quarantined. Only those who do not get their test from one of the APPROVED test partner’s, which is updated daily because some test sites cannot provide results within Hawaii’s 72 hour window,will have to be quarantined or return to home airport/mainland. We had a great time, with a great priced car from Discount Hawai’i Car Rental – $234/7days;nothing more. Aloha!
Maui car rental surprise! In researching for a trip next year I was quick to discover that renting a car for 2 weeks could be more than the cost of the airfare! After searching for an hour or so I discovered that Enterprise Rent-A-Car has two facilities, one on the airport and another in Kahului about 2 miles from the terminal. Using the Enterprise website with a hypothetical date I found that an intermediate size car on the airport is $850 total for two weeks in April 2021. Using the same dates and size class (same car), the cost at the off-airport facility is $381 total for two weeks. That is a savings of $469! I phoned the off-airport facility and confirmed that their rates are lower due to the weekly rate of $145/week vs $299/week as well as the airport taxes. Because there is an Enterprise facility at the airport, they are not allowed to provide airport shuttle service so a short taxi ride is called for. I don’t think a taxi would be more the $15-$20.
When I checked the price using Costco Travel the off-airport price was $21 lower. That’s enough to cover the taxi!
Well worth considering renting a car from an off-airport facility!
Minor edit… Costco Travel was $802 for on-airport, $360 for off-airport. ($442 lower)
I have noticed that the car rental rates are very high for July 2020. I usually book and keep checking back and they usually drop. Will we see a drop this year with this going on?
Sherry, If you are going to Maui see my comment above your post. Dave
Car rentals would be perfectly affordable if it weren’t for the typically / ever-greedy state and local taxing authorities. “Soak the tourists” has been the Aloha way for many years now. Take from the rich and give to the poor. So, until THAT changes, there will never be “affordable” car rentals on the islands. Eventually that government greed and mismanagement will kill the golden goose.