Q: My family and I recently rented a house through Vrbo for a vacation stay in Hawaii. When we entered the home, we were immediately hit with a strong smell of mold. Upon further inspection, we noted ...

Mar. 25—The city has sent 20 delinquent vacation rental accounts to its new collection agency, Aargon Agency Inc., as part of efforts that began two weeks ago to ramp up enforcement against illegal ...

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 ...

Gordon Zane of the Hawaiʻi Department of Taxation spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about vacation rentals not in ...

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 ...

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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 ...

DEAR TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: My family and I recently rented a house through Vrbo for a vacation stay in Hawaii. When we entered the home, we were immediately hit with a strong smell of mold. Upon ...

When Cheryl Mander’s Vrbo rental in Hawaii is uninhabitable, the rental platform agrees to cover her new accommodations. But then it backs out. What happened? Q. My family and I recently rented a ...

Q: My family and I recently rented a house through Vrbo for a vacation stay in Hawaii. When we entered, we were hit with a strong smell of mold. We noted and took pictures of black mold on the smoke ...