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post 1637110343 04-26-2021, 04:11 AM
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Going to Hawaii? Want to rent a car? $700/day.

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Is that in yen?
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Originally Posted By Redfish225⏩
Is that in yen?
Pesos.
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I'll be in Maui for 10 days starting this friday, got my rental for 300 bucks for the whole 10 days. Got it months ago when I planned the trip. Hawaii sent back fleets of rentals during Covid, causing the issue you have today.
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Originally Posted By LethalGunz34⏩
Pesos.
Sweet, I have about 50k in o.g. Pesos

Might rent the Bentley and pick up some HTC wahini‘s
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Originally Posted By Steveyblack⏩
I'll be in Maui for 10 days starting this friday, got my rental for 300 bucks for the whole 10 days. Got it months ago when I planned the trip. Hawaii sent back fleets of rentals during Covid, causing the issue you have today.
What did they give you? A Tonka truck?
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Can’t wait to go to Hawaii one day

Have fun OP.

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Edit: wait you’re not going to Hawaii are you lolz

Repped anyway . Fook it
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Originally Posted By LethalGunz34⏩
What did they give you? A Tonka truck?
Idk but it drives and has 4 wheels. Got it from a local rental place rather than a big rental firm. Not too worried since most of our time wont be in the car.
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I have a buddy who rents out his car to tourists for $200 a day. On top of that, he's still collecting unemployment with the extra $300 Biden bucks included per week.
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Originally Posted By taskmob⏩
I have a buddy who rents out his car to tourists for $200 a day. On top of that, he's still collecting unemployment with the extra $300 Biden bucks included per week.
Can’t knock the hustle.
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I paid 45/day for a full-size car in Oahu in February. They even wanted to upgrade me to a Jeep, but I said no thanks.

Have fun though. I thought Oahu was pretty overrated by the time I left.

There's also other ways to rent cars there than through your typical rental agency.
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I actually am next month.

What’s wrong with the island buses? I’ll be hoping on buses and catching Uber’s. Already mapped out bus routes and schedules back and forth. Easy and coats a few bucks. Public transport is so foreign to so many Americans lol
Originally Posted By _zman⏩
I paid 45/day for a full-size car in Oahu in February. They even wanted to upgrade me to a Jeep, but I said no thanks.

Have fun though. I thought Oahu was pretty overrated by the time I left.

There's also other ways to rent cars there than through your typical rental agency.
Where did you rent from? How’s it overrated?
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Oh chit the article says there's a shortage nationwide. I was going to go to Miami for a few days and I usually get a rental car to avoid putting almost 1k miles on my car. I had noticed the dates I wanted nothing was available which was unusual to begin with. Then I saw that the price of the rental was more than the hotel which was really unusual. Thanks for posting this OP because I really had no idea what was going on.
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Well Hertz went under, so no surprise.
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Originally Posted By Briisk⏩
I actually am next month.

What’s wrong with the island buses? I’ll be hoping on buses and catching Uber’s. Already mapped out bus routes and schedules back and forth. Easy and coats a few bucks. Public transport is so foreign to so many Americans lol


Where did you rent from? How’s it overrated?
I rented from Hertz and Budget too, I think. There's quite a few agencies operating in the basement of this building. 2330 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815

I just heard the food was great, didn't find anything that impressed me much other than some wings at Maui Brewing. Granted, there's probably good places to eat, just didn't happen to find one I loved. And a lot of restaurants were closed at the time.

I'm not a huge beach person compared to my partner, but we did find some decent beaches. I'd spend more time away from Waikiki, but couldn't convince my partner to move hotels to other areas on the island. I thought the hiking was pretty underwhelming. There was only one hike I really enjoyed.

Honestly, the island life just isn't for me. I went to Moab in October, and there's just so much more to explore/see/drive to. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty to see in Oahu, but out of all the places I've been it's probably one I would never return to.

There were also a lot of covid restrictions when I went, which kind of brought down the vibe, honestly. Good luck finding a public restroom.

Some of the pros were no bugs and the weather was pretty good considering we went in the rainy season. Only saw one good sunset though.

Either way, I hope you enjoy it.
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Originally Posted By Steveyblack⏩
Idk but it drives and has 4 wheels. Got it from a local rental place rather than a big rental firm. Not too worried since most of our time wont be in the car.
Don't be surprisedifthey cancel your reservation and only have higher-priced options. Seems to be a crapshoot, even w/the local rental companies. That's been happening non-stop for about a month. I had a June trip planned but canceled it because I refuse to put up with this bull**** on top of the numerous COVID tests just to get there. Best of luck to you though, I'm not up for the risk of turning a vacation into stress.
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Originally Posted By _zman⏩
Have fun though. I thought Oahu was pretty overrated by the time I left.
Hawaii in general is overrated. The only Island (for me personally) that lived up to the hype was Kauai....and it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Its as close are you are going to get to heaven on earth.

Would do Kauai again in a heartbeat, the rest of the islands not so much.
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Popular islands are 100% tourist traps and very expensive.
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Turo still has reasonable prices for cars.

EDIT Nevermind, just Honolulu. Maui and Kauai are FUKT. Great if you're already on Turo though.
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Originally Posted By _zman⏩
I rented from Hertz and Budget too, I think. There's quite a few agencies operating in the basement of this building. 2330 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815

I just heard the food was great, didn't find anything that impressed me much other than some wings at Maui Brewing. Granted, there's probably good places to eat, just didn't happen to find one I loved. And a lot of restaurants were closed at the time.

I'm not a huge beach person compared to my partner, but we did find some decent beaches. I'd spend more time away from Waikiki, but couldn't convince my partner to move hotels to other areas on the island. I thought the hiking was pretty underwhelming. There was only one hike I really enjoyed.

Honestly, the island life just isn't for me. I went to Moab in October, and there's just so much more to explore/see/drive to. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty to see in Oahu, but out of all the places I've been it's probably one I would never return to.

There were also a lot of covid restrictions when I went, which kind of brought down the vibe, honestly. Good luck finding a public restroom.

Some of the pros were no bugs and the weather was pretty good considering we went in the rainy season. Only saw one good sunset though.

Either way, I hope you enjoy it.
Thanks, on spread.

Food options seem limited, you’re right. “Hawaiian” food seems bland, but I expect some great Japanese food. I bet Waikiki places are mostly a tourist trap, hope not though.

I’m just planning on catching the early buses to hit the beaches, and ubering on the way back.
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Just came back from Maui two weeks ago.

****ty little Hyundai was only like 300-400 for 7 days. Set it up like two months ago.
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Originally Posted By Scarrdbutsmartr⏩
Hawaii in general is overrated. The only Island (for me personally) that lived up to the hype was Kauai....and it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Its as close are you are going to get to heaven on earth.

Would do Kauai again in a heartbeat, the rest of the islands not so much.
Yes, wanted to go to Kauai, but it required another covid test and some other restrictions. Partner wasn't willing to do that. Still hope to go there someday to compare it to Glacier NP. From an awe standpoint.
Originally Posted By Briisk⏩
Thanks, on spread.

Food options seem limited, you’re right. “Hawaiian” food seems bland, but I expect some great Japanese food. I bet Waikiki places are mostly a tourist trap, hope not though.

I’m just planning on catching the early buses to hit the beaches, and ubering on the way back.
Waikiki is pretty dang touristy. I wouldn't say a trap, but there are several blocks near the beach that is nothing but luxury hotels and designer brands with homeless mixed in. That's another aspect that left me sad and a little confused. It's worth a walk through it at night for some drinks and maybe some food with nice atmosphere and move on to the other areas.

There's also plenty of bikes to rent. If it were just me, I would choose this route. It's biking friendly and a great way to see any city that accommodates biking, imo, but do you.
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I don't know what they are smoking - I just rented a 4 Door Jeep from Budget for less than $700 pre-paid with all of the taxes and fees for 10 days.
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hawaii is overpriced af in general... could go to places just as nice beaches/weather, better food/drinks, and much friendlier locals for a fraction of the cost.


fuk hawaii.
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Originally Posted By SuperHercules⏩
Don't they have buses or taxis there?

I'm sure someone could make a deal with a driver for less than $700 a day
Great idea. Have a stranger chauffeur you all over.
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Originally Posted By LethalGunz34⏩
Great idea. Have a stranger chauffeur you all over.
I thought this was sort of weird as well. My cousin is more well-traveled than I am in 3rd world countries anyways. It's supposedly pretty affordable depending on location. It's more common than I thought. I was able to use one for an airport lift in Budapest anyway and it was convenient and just like an Uber. I just don't really like the idea of one person waiting around for me all day, but I guess it's a job.
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Originally Posted By StinnerOzz⏩
Don't be surprisedifthey cancel your reservation and only have higher-priced options. Seems to be a crapshoot, even w/the local rental companies. That's been happening non-stop for about a month. I had a June trip planned but canceled it because I refuse to put up with this bull**** on top of the numerous COVID tests just to get there. Best of luck to you though, I'm not up for the risk of turning a vacation into stress.
I am 4 days out from my trip and they haven't canceled yet, I called them up and followed up with an email confirming that the reservation is set. Ive heard stories about people getting shafted, keeping my fingers crossed.
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