The following rental data comes from 5000+ vacation homes and condos sampled by HawaiiGaga.com's search engine, representing a broad mix of rentals available on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island. See the methodology section for more information
on how the data was acquired.
Statistics
Occupancy Rates by Island
Occupancy Rates by Region
Occupancy Rates by Month
Average Rental Rates by Region
Average Star Rating of Rentals by Region
Average Rental Rates for 'Luxury' Units
Visitor Demographics
Accommodation Spend
Methodology
Reference Maps
Occupancy Rates by Island
The sample period is Sept. 2008 through Aug. 2009. There are not enough vacation homes on Maui to compute meaningful occupancy
rates.
Occupancy Rates by Region
The occupancy rates of popular vacation regions in Hawaii.
Occupancy Rates by Month
The overall occupancy rate of vacation rentals by month, starting Sept. 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009
Average Rental Rates by Region
Average Star Rating of Rentals by Region
HawaiiGaga.com assigns a luxury rating to rentals, similar to the rating assignment
that hotels use. This assignment is subjective but attempts to be consistent. Most regions offer a range of accomodation classes so an average rating is diluted.
Average Rental Rates for 'Luxury' Units
Units
with a rating of 4 stars and up are included in the above data. Some 5 star rentals
far surpass the luxury of 4 star units.
*South Oahu has few condos that fall in the luxury category.
Visitor Demographics
This table shows where people who stay at rentals come from. Only locations that
account for more than 1% are shown. Japan is conspicously absent from the list (accounting
for 0.99% of tourists). This is likely due to the relative complexity of acquiring a vacation rental vs. a hotel room, with few rental agencies or owners offering Japanese
language support. Another factor may be a reluctance of Japanese tourists to complete
rental review forms (the basis for demographic information, see methodology). Most Canadian tourists come from British Columbia and
Alberta.
Accommodation Spend
Accommodation spend is a rough estimate based on the length of stay and low season
price of the rental unit. It does not include taxes and other fees. The average
spend on a vacation rental in Hawaii is $1866. The average length of stay is 7.58
days.
Hawaii residents
enjoy vacationing in their own state but average only 4 days on vacation.
Methodology
Vacancy rates are derived from 2373 rentals that publish availability calendars. Vacancy data was sampled approximately once every 2 weeks from Sept 1, 2008 to
August 31, 2009. 44% of vacancy data came from property management companies. We did not utilize published calendars that appeared to be in disrepair (showing a 0-6.5% occupancy rate).
Visitor demographic data comes from 2332 verified rental reviews dating back 2 years.
A subset of these reviews are published in our rental review forums.
*Maalea was not sampled.
Reference Maps
Oahu
Kauai
Maui
Big Island of Hawaii
