hanalei vacation rentals: Kauai North Shore Na Pali Boat Tours
- 08/21/07 10:05 AM
Most visitors I meet use "The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook" as a ‘bible' for their vacation. And although there's a lot of good information there, one of their recommendations is to take a Na Pali cruise from the North Shore vs. Port Allen so that you have more time viewing the Na Pali. I recently met some honeymooners that had their minds set they had to follow the Guidebook and go on a cruise from the North Shore - not knowing about the controversies. For more information, click here for today's article in the Garden Island News. The beauty of Hanalei Bay is something that touches (2 comments)
hanalei vacation rentals: Kauai Vacation Rental Controversy
- 08/19/07 09:51 AM
For the past 2+ years, there's been an ongoing controversy on Kauai about privately owned vacation rentals in residential areas. A citizen's group in Haena spearheaded a call to action by the County to start regulating the use of private residences as Vacation Rentals or B&B's. There have been countless meetings (I've sat through several..), a $70,000 study done, various proposed ordinances, etc. The action by the County is being promoted as being in support of creating more long term affordable rentals. That's a good goal, but stopping vacation rentals is not going to create affordable housing. The County is applying zoning (0 comments)