Rental cars at a premium in Hawai'i: $722 a DAY, tourists renting U-Hauls

[Sibelius Fan]

Obviously, the rental car companies reduced their fleets during the height of the pandemic and have yet to bring inventories back to normal levels.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/04/22/why-are-visitors-cruising-around-u-hauls-blame-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR0SVLYv_EQoIpGhjSVzm6jvC8xTS3s0fHSZiaUQwAt7qjFBWNaOAfNE-0o

[Warpy]

1. A visitor a few weeks ago said they were in short supply in NM

so it must be industry wide. I'm not surprised, vacations have been on hold for a long time.

[msongs]

2. stadium parking lot was packed with stored rental cars, they are all gone now, out on

the streets one supposes. greed and gouging going on in rental racket here too

[exboyfil]

3. I think my rental car was $30/day in Oahu

we had it for three days and used the bus the rest of the time. Drove all around the island and through the center. It seemed three days got us everything we wanted to see (or could afford).

Great vacation. It seems we won't be back soon.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. It is unbelievably high everywhere. Not that bad, but at least twice or three times as much as 2019.

[kimbutgar]

5. Back in mid March I was going to rent a car in Phoenix and it was going to be $1300

Instead we took an airport shuttle and used my mother in laws car when we went out. It ended up costing up $150 for the van round trip.

[BigmanPigman]

6. I was told the same thing in San Diego

a week ago.