Looking for a Honolulu Airbnb Away From Resorts? You're Required to Stay 90 Days or More

The ban will come into effect beginning October 23. There is one caveat: It doesn’t apply to rentals in hotspot resort areas like Ko Olina, Turtle Bay, and parts of Waikiki. Honolulu isn’t the first place in the country that’s turned on short-term rentals. Airbnb crackdowns have been considered as early as 2016 in cities like Chicago and Los Angeles because short-term rentals can raise prices and limit housing options for residents.

“This is about protecting our place. First and foremost, this is about getting our residential neighborhoods back. Our neighborhoods have clearly been disrupted by the thousands of vacation rentals that have operated outside of the designated resort areas,” Honolulu mayor Rick Blangiardi said in a statement on April 26. “This is a form of managing tourism, but it’s also about getting housing back on the market and protecting the natural resources on O’ahu for decades to come.”

Of course, if you can make a 90-day or more trip to Hawaii work, there’s no way it isn’t worth it.