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Hawaii car rentals are going wild again

It'd be neat if some resorts had a small allotment of rental cars available by the hour or day to do things like run errands, etc.
 
easyrider said:
Joining Avis is free.

Bill
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Got it - I never remember the name of these programs. Logged in with my account and the prices are about the same, if not identical. I expect the discount your seeing is primarily due to the corporate discount code you have.
 
Luanne said:
Okay rental prices are crazy high. So what are you prepared to do? Go without a car? Sounds like that might work for some locations, but not others. Not take the trip? I feel like since we're using a timeshare and saving so much on lodging we can spend more on the car, if needed. It's all part of the cost of the vacation.
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As I wrote, I don't need a car for many days on Maui though I would prefer them. At these rates, I just won't rent one.
 
Ken555 said:
As I wrote, I don't need a car for many days on Maui though I would prefer them. At these rates, I just won't rent one.
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Have fun.
 
Ken555 said:
Got it - I never remember the name of these programs. Logged in with my account and the prices are about the same, if not identical. I expect the discount your seeing is primarily due to the corporate discount code you have.
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You can create a company to get your awd code. Kenco might be good, lol.

Bill
 
easyrider said:
You can create a company to get your awd code. Kenco might be good, lol.

Bill
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Really? I didn't realize they would create a corporate code for a small business. I'll try that and report back. Thanks.

FWIW, I have a business account with Sixt, for instance, and it doesn't provide much (if any) of a discount.
 
I get that. I really do. Walking is fine by me. The taxes Maui gets on car rentals is crazy.

Ken555 said:
As I wrote, I don't need a car for many days on Maui though I would prefer them. At these rates, I just won't rent one.
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daventrina said:
It was ... did you check prices through Costco or Discount Hawai`i Car Rental?
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Yup. Cheapest car at Discount Hawaii is $1375 for the same dates.
 
easyrider said:
Joining Avis is free.

Bill
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Yes, but you don't get a corporate discount just by joining Avis. You do get Preferred status though.
 
The original reservation I had with Avis for $684 (2 weeks mid size SUV) was using a corporate discount. Autoslash came up with a cheaper price, still through AVIS. I took that one and lost the Preferred status. I can digitally check in, at this point I don't know what that means, I hope it will speed up picking up the car. It looks like Autoslash found the rate without a corporate code. So just saying, Autoslash can still beat the best rate in some cases.
 
Ken555 said:
This is what I see at Avis next winter for 11 days:
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Costco wont even quote for next winter -- too far out. If you meant this winter it's $1,491.46 Total Rental Price.
We just book what we can find and then keep checking to see if there is something better that comes up. That way we at least have something
 
daventrina said:
Costco wont even quote for next winter -- too far out. If you meant this winter it's $1,491.46 Total Rental Price.
We just book what we can find and then keep checking to see if there is something better that comes up. That way we at least have something
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I simply used the season mentioned in the earlier post, and technically even that was incorrect since winter doesn't start until later... my dates are in early December FWIW. You can see the prices I found from Avis up thread.

I have another reservation for two weeks in August/September that I was able to reserve last year for ~$850 from Costco.
 
daventrina said:
Costco wont even quote for next winter -- too far out. If you meant this winter it's $1,491.46 Total Rental Price.
We just book what we can find and then keep checking to see if there is something better that comes up. That way we at least have something
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Exactly. We aren't going to do without a car where we are in Kihei. And as @slip said, we like to be able to be spontaneous.
 
chellej said:
I thought car rentals would be easier this year. Last year Maui ended up at $350/week which was ok. I am now looking for our Nov trip and booked weeks through costco in early December for 8 days in Maui @$484 and 8 days on Kauai @ $317. Looking at airfare, I was thinking of going a day earlier to Maui but now the rate is over $1000 for either island. I sure hope they come down as the year moves on.

What rate is everyone else seeing
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I have a 30-day, 13 Jul - 12 Aug booking for $1,160.40 at Enterprise for a Toyota Corolla or equivalent...obtained through Costco some months ago. It was the best price I found at the time.
 
bobpark56 said:
I have a 30-day, 13 Jul - 12 Aug booking for $1,160.40 at Enterprise for a Toyota Corolla or equivalent...obtained through Costco some months ago. It was the best price I found at the time.
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That's a keeper, imo.

Bill
 
The car rental pricing is very high .Does anyone here know how much a taxi / shuttle cost from OGG airport to Wailea beach . If you have used the shuttle service from airport to hotel and vice versa , can you please share the name of the company. Thank you.
 
uop1497 said:
The car rental pricing is very high .Does anyone here know how much a taxi / shuttle cost from OGG airport to Wailea beach . If you have used the shuttle service from airport to hotel and vice versa , can you please share the name of the company. Thank you.
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Where exactly are you staying? Wailea Beach is a pretty large area. Many times you can go online with a search for transportation and find out what the cost would be.
 
Luanne said:
Where exactly are you staying? Wailea Beach is a pretty large area. Many times you can go online with a search for transportation and find out what the cost would be.
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We will stay at Grand Wailea . I search online and see the name of one company (Speedi shuttle). However, I am unsure if this is a good shuttle service company and to hope for a good recommendation of the taxi/ shuttle service .
 
uop1497 said:
We will stay at Grand Wailea . I search online and see the name of one company (Speedi shuttle). However, I am unsure if this is a good shuttle service company and to hope for a good recommendation of the taxi/ shuttle service .
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That is a very nice resort. Unless you plan to spend all of your time there you will need a car. Does the hotel have a shuttle service?
 
uop1497 said:
We will stay at Grand Wailea . I search online and see the name of one company (Speedi shuttle). However, I am unsure if this is a good shuttle service company and to hope for a good recommendation of the taxi/ shuttle service .
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SpeediShuttle is a reliable company. I've been using it in Honolulu since it's now less expensive than Roberts Hawaii, which I used for years. The latter may have an airport shuttle service on Maui too.
 
uop1497 said:
We will stay at Grand Wailea . I search online and see the name of one company (Speedi shuttle). However, I am unsure if this is a good shuttle service company and to hope for a good recommendation of the taxi/ shuttle service .
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FWIW, I priced Speedishuttle and Uber and they were almost the same price on Maui.
 
uop1497 said:
We will stay at Grand Wailea . I search online and see the name of one company (Speedi shuttle). However, I am unsure if this is a good shuttle service company and to hope for a good recommendation of the taxi/ shuttle service .
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It's probably less expensive to rent a car that eat in walkable places ... start adding uber or taxis to get around .... a car might start to look inexpensive
 
daventrina said:
At least people aren't having to rent Uhauls
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I actually looked at their rates earlier this week and they only charge $20/day plus $1.50 mileage (or so). But I can't see myself doing that...
 
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