Renting a Car During Your Maui Hawaii Vacation

You have the travel tickets and you have the accommodations. The problem is how you will get to the hotel from the airport and how you will get to the beach from the hotel. Well, you forgot something when planning a Maui Hawaii vacation – a car rental. Actually, you are not alone. Most people, who plan their vacations, whether in Hawaii or anywhere else in the world, sometimes forget this small detail. Some do not even bother at all, rationalizing that the hotel can provide car service for them or that they will use Uber, Lift or one of the hundreds of cabs that can accommodate them. The problem is that these options can be limited in some ways. 

Hiring a cab or calling an Uber, for example, will never be as convenient as having your own transportation. If you rent an automobile, you can go whenever you want, wherever you want. You just need to start the engine. You don’t have to wait for a cab in the middle of nowhere. Hotel car service too can be pretty expensive, not to mention very hard to get. You see most people in the hotel will probably need a car service. And you have got to be at the front of the line if you want to leave first. Otherwise, you have to wait for the other people to come back before you can leave or at the very least have the hotel tell you that there are no more cars available.

One downside to having your own car while on vacation is the directions. This is especially true if this is the first time that you have visited Maui or Hawaii. And even if you have GPS, nothing beats having a driver who already knows the way. You can solve this problem by getting a car rental service that comes with a driver. Most auto car rentals will offer this because they know that tourists don’t have the patience to follow road signs or deal with GPS. After all, a Maui vacation is all about relaxing and not stressing over which way to turn to get to the beach! However, having a driver is more expensive than hiring just the car. So make sure first that you have the budget for it. When you sum it up, renting a car from an auto rental service for the duration of your vacation is cheaper than hiring the hotel’s service. 

Also, you will have to take into account the number of times that you will actually use the car rental service. If you are just going to use it once or twice, then you are better off with the hotel’s car service. However, if you plan to tour the whole state, then a car just for you is better. If you do not plan to go at all and you just plan to stay at the beach and do water sports all day long throughout your vacation time, then don’t rent a car. In the final analysis, auto rental when on a vacation in Maui Hawaii or in any other place is important but it all depends on how you plan to spend your vacation.
Scuba diving in Maui really is a lot of fun. We would hate to see people miss out on this adventure because they do not have a means of getting to and from the beach. Come visit us and talk to our PADI certified instructors who can tell you about this fascinating sport that so many integrate into their lifestyle. We even offer private scuba diving lessons in Maui.