$$ thousand a day to rent a car in Hawaii? yes...

[msongs]

nothing but pure greed hiding behind supply and demand. one suspects uber and the gang are joining in the high prices.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/03/29/day-rent-car-low-supply-surging-demand-are-pushing-up-prices-hawaii/

[brooklynite]

1. Better to just get rid of the convertibles, right? Nobody needs a special car.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. That's Ridiculous!

They had to sell off their fleets and the plan is to make it all all at once?
Nothing like punishing the customers for the bad business plan.
Too much operating leverage will create that mentality.
So will short term thinking. They were examining losses day by day. And, if these cars weren't being used they could keep them longer when the pandemic subsided.
But, leveraging operating cash in too high a volume leaves them few options but to purge the fleet.
It's their own fault, and their solution is to gouge customers.
Charming.

[gratuitous]

3. For that price, I'd buy a bike and a helmet

Then at the end of my stay, donate it to some community cycling center that re-furbishes bicycles for low-income riders.

[Historic NY]

4. Its an Island...islands

how many cars should each island have? I've been there people get cars at the airport and then park them at resorts. The only transport service on any of the islands is a bus.

[EYESORE 9001]

5. I spent six weeks in Hawaii as a guest of Uncle Sam

As a young enlisted man, funds were limited, so I got around by municipal bus. One time, an uncouth lad accompanied me, and he struck up a conversation with a haole lass. He asked where she was from, and she said Hawaii. In his outdoor voice he announced, ‘Wow! You’re the first native Hawaiian I’ve met since I got here!’, which caused every head within earshot to turn toward the fucking oaf with a big mouth. I quickly told him to STFU.

Later on, I rented a car and took a bunch of buddies for a drive around Oahu. We got some catcalls in a neighborhood on the north shore, and I can’t say I blame them.

[msongs]

6. O'ahu has an adequate bus system even for going to touristy areas and

u can get a pass for multiple days. not as quick or elegant as a hopped up jeep or suv tho

[brooklynite]

7. Some years back, I was transiting Honolulu after a week in Kauai...

…and I rented a car for the five hours we had between flights to drive to the north shore and watch surfers on the Banzai Pipeline. Sometimes the bus isn’t the answer.

[Hekate]

8. When I attended my 50th high school reunion, hubby found a car-rental place that's used by locals...

That is, locals from the outer islands visiting O’ahu for business or family reasons. The cars are used but pretty well-maintained, and they don’t scream “I’m a tourist! Pop the trunk!”

I very much hope they are still in business, as they were sweet people to deal with.

On edit: the name is Lucky Owl

[msongs]

9. they are still in business!...

https://www.luckyowl.com/