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Car Rental Crisis In Hawaii
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A lot.
No shuttle that I'm aware of. But the traffic to turtle bay from the Airport will be insane.
A lot of people I know working in busy restaurants are working longer hours but walking with $300-700+ per shift. One guy at a busy bar/restaurant pulled over $1k a few times. You can have 0 experience and get one of those jobs right now. If I were in my 20s I'd be working 3 days in a row per week and take 4 off.
gonna get worse
we had a family reunion this saturday with a long lost mainland cousin and her family so I had to venture into the craziness of ala moana center which I hadn't been in 5-8 years. Couldn't believe all the sky rises from kakaako in surrounded on the ground by tents of homeless where ever there's an available nook and cranny and then all the damn tourists/locals walking around like everything is back to normal when it really isn't. Felt like some kind of awful movie.
We had a family dinner for 16 at Macaroni Grill which was the only place we could get to take a large gathering and while waiting for the rest of the family to show up I swear there were 20+ people mostly tourists standing outside of every restaurant there waiting to get in.
During dinner there was a tourist family sitting next to us , a poor young indian/arabic (assumed by dress) mother with three very young children including one baby who screamed at the top of her lungs for about 15 minutes until the young mother could take her into the bathroom after getting the server to watch the other two very young children she left at the table by themselves. Never saw anything like it. Most of those in the restaurant were freaking at the screaming from the baby.
I'm glad I down venture past the prison these days. I'd rather live with the animals in Oahu's armpit.
And yes it's still bad.
Just had two cases of employees who had very close non-vaxxed relatives almost die in a matter of two weeks from catching the delta varient. Both who will survive although will have life changing and costly health effects for the rest of their lives. Makes you both mad and sad that this is still happening while everyone is partying like it's 1990. Consoling employees who've lost relatives where it impacts their job performance is also something people don't take into consideration. We're already short good workers everywhere.
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we had a family reunion this saturday with a long lost mainland cousin and her family so I had to venture into the craziness of ala moana center which I hadn't been in 5-8 years. Couldn't believe all the sky rises from kakaako in surrounded on the ground by tents of homeless where ever there's an available nook and cranny and then all the damn tourists/locals walking around like everything is back to normal when it really isn't. Felt like some kind of awful movie.
We had a family dinner for 16 at Macaroni Grill which was the only place we could get to take a large gathering and while waiting for the rest of the family to show up I swear there were 20+ people mostly tourists standing outside of every restaurant there waiting to get in.
During dinner there was a tourist family sitting next to us , a poor young indian/arabic (assumed by dress) mother with three very young children including one baby who screamed at the top of her lungs for about 15 minutes until the young mother could take her into the bathroom after getting the server to watch the other two very young children she left at the table by themselves. Never saw anything like it. Most of those in the restaurant were freaking at the screaming from the baby.
I'm glad I down venture past the prison these days. I'd rather live with the animals in Oahu's armpit.
And yes it's still bad.
Just had two cases of employees who had very close non-vaxxed relatives almost die in a matter of two weeks from catching the delta varient. Both who will survive although will have life changing and costly health effects for the rest of their lives. Makes you both mad and sad that this is still happening while everyone is partying like it's 1990. Consoling employees who've lost relatives where it impacts their job performance is also something people don't take into consideration. We're already short good workers everywhere.
Diamond Head, like many other attractions, is slammed with tourists. What can the state do?
According to data provided by the state, more than 100,000 people flew to Hawaii over the July 4 holiday weekend.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
Hawaii ups overnight of peer-to-peer car rental sites like Turo
Hawaii Department of Taxation director Isaac Choy said state law requires taxes and a rental car surcharge to be collected on every vehicle.
www.usatoday.com
Oahu family says their vacation nightmare is a lesson for anyone renting a vehicle
A vacation on Maui turned into a rental car nightmare for one Oahu family this past weekend.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
Second day of triple-digit cases, Hawaii reports 102 new COVID infections
Both Saturday and Sunday saw new cases over 100.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
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I could eat food land spam musubi And poke for the rest of my life on Kauai and be contentGeez Peter, that's terrible. I'm sorry to hear that you're going through that right now. Our local restaurants are finally making a comeback but it's still a long slow process. I hear that hiring people is still difficult when they can be making more money off of unemployment. Thankfully more people, including my wife felt that it's more important to restart our economy instead of leaching off of it, and have gone back to work. It will all clear up in time but I doubt it's going to be quick.
This trip is to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. No kids or other family members invited. If the restaurants are overloaded, I'd be content sitting on the beach with some Poke and shave ice.
oh and congrats on the anniversary!
It seems like there are good opportunities for people who want to work in that industry. Make some decent money for awhile.
I got off of unemployment because I knew, I could make more money which I am with a big increase of hourly pay. My skills, set my wage and I was just asked by a very popular restaurant owner if I liked where I'm working. "Absolutely" I replied. He just smiled and nodded his head. "Good for them. Thanks Pete."
@ mr.? If you were 20?? I'll run yer azz over at 75. Try and keep up!
I'm going from 3 to 6 days to bank my road trip to either the desert ( New Mexico, AZ, Utah, etc) or up the West coast starting in San Diego to Vancouver Island. $$$$ hungry driven. Shipping my Sequoia over and living out of it. Banking the $$$ until October.
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Hawaii doesn't want anymore tourists.
Best to just stay away.
BTW it's not just Hawaii that's expensive.
I tried to rent all over Montana, the Dakotas, Idaho.
4-5K for 3 weeks.
Turo was no better.
Ended up having to cut the dates shorter and fly into Spokane just so I could rent there. OTD price wasn't nearly as girthy but still got buttfvcked
Best to just stay away.
BTW it's not just Hawaii that's expensive.
I tried to rent all over Montana, the Dakotas, Idaho.
4-5K for 3 weeks.
Turo was no better.
Ended up having to cut the dates shorter and fly into Spokane just so I could rent there. OTD price wasn't nearly as girthy but still got buttfvcked
let us know how we can make your visit a more pleasant one!I got off of unemployment because I knew, I could make more money which I am with a big increase of hourly pay. My skills, set my wage and I was just asked by a very popular restaurant owner if I liked where I'm working. "Absolutely" I replied. He just smiled and nodded his head. "Good for them. Thanks Pete."
@ mr.? If you were 20?? I'll run yer azz over at 75. Try and keep up!
I'm going from 3 to 6 days to bank my road trip to either the desert ( New Mexico, AZ, Utah, etc) or up the West coast starting in San Diego to Vancouver Island. $$$$ hungry driven. Shipping my Sequoia over and living out of it. Banking the $$$ until October.
The entire hospitality industry everywhere is swamped. Pent-up demand. Once people blow their wads on their first post-pandemic vacation things will settle down, probably this fall.
these guys are tripping me out. I book cars same time I book air/lodging so I get the early price and the desired model.
that way when I arrive and they don't have the sedan, I get UPGRADED and don't have to adjust down to the econobox
that way when I arrive and they don't have the sedan, I get UPGRADED and don't have to adjust down to the econobox
I welcome the tourists.
Part of living in Hawaii and lot of our jobs depend on it.
Telling them not to come is stupid. And its almost always the new transplants that try to stop people from showing up.
Part of living in Hawaii and lot of our jobs depend on it.
Telling them not to come is stupid. And its almost always the new transplants that try to stop people from showing up.
My wife had us booked for 2 weeks for a Volvo in Ireland about 12 years ago for like $2,100 USD about 3 months out. She endlessly patrols pricing and 3 weeks out she sees a special on the same car with the same company for $895 but there's no cars available. She was like Hmmmn.... I wonder if I... She took the risk, cancelled our car and then quickly booked the now available car at the lower price. She's a champ!
Don't know about a shuttle but check the new rates at Turtle Bay - brand new 4 seasons style remodel and rooms are going for a thousand bucks a night.
I agree but for an industry that is so vital to our state's economy, the powers that be do precious little to manage it effectively. It doesn't have to be this way.