Tourism on Maui has passed the point where it is serving residents, and is now negatively affecting our quality of life. While visitor arrivals have been breaking records lately, local resident sentiment about the visitor industry has fallen to an all-time low. This is a problem that is continuing to grow, and the first step […]
Council Defers Vacation Rental Bill
Maui County has 1,100 to 1,500 unpermitted vacation rentals, according to estimates by the Maui Vacation Rental Association. Councilmember Couch has proposed capping the number of legal vacation rentals at 400. Planning Director Spence said his department issued only 28 warnings about vacation rentals and conducted 78 site inspections in 2011. The draft bill proposes […]
County Council Creating TVR Rules
Excerpted from a Maui News article By ILIMA LOOMIS Under the proposed legislation, vacation rental owners would have to be accessible 24 hours per day and live within 20 miles of the property they are renting out. If the owner did not live in Maui County, he would be required to designate a manager who […]