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” ...

A Google map from an online vacation rental website displays the locations and daily rates for rentals available in north Kihei on Monday. A recent report says 66 percent of nonresidents who own Maui ...

Maui’s vacation rental debate highlights a global dilemma: balancing tourism income with housing needs, as cities wrestle ...

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, ...

HONOLULU — Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests, lava fields and the whales that gather offshore. She travels there about three times a year ...