Short-Term Rentals in Hawaii (2026)

East Honolulu is governed by the City and County of Honolulu. Owners of bed and breakfast homes or transient vacation…

On Kaua'i (Kaua'i County), every single-family transient vacation rental (TVR) must register with the Director of…

An applicant may hold no more than one short-term rental home permit in Maui County, and the dwelling itself must be at…

STVR Registration is filed with the County of Hawai'i Planning Department under Rule 23. Applicants submit a completed…

Bed and breakfast homes and transient vacation units anywhere on Oahu must register with the Department of Planning and…

Hawai'i County STVRs must post and enforce a Good Neighbor Policy setting quiet hours from 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m…

Honolulu requires every bed and breakfast home and transient vacation unit to post house rules imposing quiet hours…

On Kaua'i (Kaua'i County), every homestay must hand guests a written notice, titled "For the Safety and Comfort of You…

Hawaii imposes a statewide Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT) of 10.25% on gross rental proceeds for stays under 180…

Hawai'i Island STVR income is taxed at 10.25% State Transient Accommodations Tax plus a 3% County of Hawai'i TAT…

Honolulu charges its own Land Use Ordinance fee for every bed and breakfast home or transient vacation unit permit…

Short-term rental hosts on Kaua'i pay the county's 3% transient accommodations tax on gross rental proceeds, layered on…

Maui County Code section 3.48.305 taxes short-term rentals through real property tax classification, not a hotel-room…

All guest parking for a Hawai'i County STVR must be off-street and meet the parking standards in Hawai'i County Code…

Every Honolulu bed and breakfast home or transient vacation unit must keep a scaled parking plan on file identifying…

On Kaua'i (Kaua'i County), each bedroom used for homestay guests must have its own additional paved, designated…

Maui County requires every short-term rental home to post house policies telling guests to park only in the designated…

Honolulu ordinance limits a bed and breakfast home to two guest rooms and four guests at one time, and caps overnight…

A Hawai'i County STVR may rent no more than five bedrooms at any given time. The maximum number of guests residing in…

Honolulu caps overnight guests at short-term rentals: no more than two adults per sleeping room, and total adult…

Maui County caps short-term rental homes at six bedrooms on Maui and three on Lanai and Molokai, and limits total…

Bill 108 does not impose a specific liability-insurance minimum on Hawai'i County STVRs. It does require that every…

Every bed and breakfast home and transient vacation unit on Oahu must carry at least $1,000,000 per occurrence in…

A Hawai'i County STVR is defined by a maximum stay: rental "for a period of thirty consecutive days or less." Rentals…

On Kaua'i (Kaua'i County), the owner who claims the homeowner's tax exemption on a homestay must personally reside at…

Maui County requires every short-term rental home to have a manager who is genuinely reachable. Under Maui County Code…

A Hawai'i County STVR must name an Owner or Reachable Person who resides in the County, is reachable 24/7, can respond…

On Kaua'i (Kaua'i County), a homestay zoning permit renews only if the owner proves, every year, that the residential…

Hawai'i County's Bill 108 STVR rules apply to rentals where the owner does NOT live on site. Short-term use of an…

Honolulu's bed and breakfast registration requires the property to carry a real-property-tax home exemption and the…

Renting rooms in an Oahu home for stays under 90 consecutive days is allowed only as a registered bed and breakfast…

On Kaua'i (Kaua'i County), a homestay, where an owner rents rooms in their own home to visitors for 29 days or less, is…

Renting spare bedrooms in a home you live in falls under Hawaii County's bed and breakfast rules, not the short-term…

ROH § 21-5.70-3(2)(C)(ix)(aa) lets Honolulu's planning director revoke a bed and breakfast home or transient vacation…

Maui County can revoke a short-term rental home permit once the Department of Planning has logged at least three…

ROH § 21-2A.40 fines a hosting platform like Airbnb or Vrbo between $1,000 and $10,000 for each day it keeps…