Oahu, Hawaii’s third-biggest island, will now place further restrictions on where Airbnb, Vrbo and other short-term rental properties can be located throughout Honolulu and the island. In a move that ...

Honolulu’s weak law makes it hard to crack down on illegal vacation rentals, but a new law is in the works. Other jurisdictions – in Hawaii and on the Mainland – have tougher laws and more success ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The city is teaming up with Airbnb and Expedia, the parent company of Vrbo, to crack down on illegal vacation rentals on Oahu. A new memorandum of agreement is aimed ...

Though Hawaii has said it will lift quarantine requirements for out-of-state travelers on Aug. 1, it appears Oahu's short-term vacation rental sector will remain on lockdown. Kirk Caldwell, mayor of ...

Faced with thousands of illegal short-term rentals that drew complaints from neighbors and limited housing options for residents, the Honolulu City Council decided in 2019 to target not only the ...

Gordon Zane of the Hawaiʻi Department of Taxation spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about vacation rentals not in compliance with the transient accommodations tax.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Vacation rental site VRBO says it’s taken off the listing for a palatial home in Kailua that’s racked up more than $1.5 million in fines from the city. The city has been ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. While some vacation rental companies have sustained losses ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and cases rise, the number of short-term rentals available in Hawaii has seen a significant decrease, with one island seeing about half as many vacation rentals as ...

COVID-19 restrictions banning short-term vacation rentals just lifted on Oahu, which moved into Tier 2 of its economic reopening Thursday. That means roughly 800 short-term vacation rental properties ...