Vrbo reversed its longstanding guest-refund policy for the wildfires in Maui – for the first time, guests would be entitled to full refunds. A Vrbo spokesperson told the Skift STR Report Monday that ...

Photo Caption: A vacation rental that was listed in Maui in 2012. Source: Ryan Lackey/Flickr.com https://flickr.com/photos/octal/8138893807/in/photolist-dpd7EL-dpcYv8 ...

LAHAINA, MAUI — On Thursday, the Maui County Council gave first approval to an ordinance that would ban 7,000 short term vacation rentals by 2030. The ostensible purpose is to provide housing for ...

HONOLULU — Lawmakers on Maui passed legislation Thursday aimed at eliminating a large percentage of the Hawaiian island’s vacation rentals to address a housing shortage exacerbated by the wildfire ...

The Maui County Council’s Housing and Land Use Committee surely caught some observers by surprise last week by voting to move its long-debated, “get transient rentals out of residential neighborhoods” ...

HONOLULU — An unprecedented proposal from Maui’s mayor to phase out vacation rentals would alleviate a severe housing shortage aggravated by the 2023 wildfires but would also shrink the economy, ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The devastating Aug. 8, 2023, Lahaina fire brought the ...