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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Honolulu City Council voted Wednesday to approve a bill that would ban any short-term vacation rentals outside of resort areas. Bill 41 passed with a vote of 8 to 1 and now goes to Mayor Rick ...

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 ...