Kauai Eats and Bike Ride

Aloha Owners,

Alan and I noticed this article in the San Jose Mercury News this morning.   Nice article on Kauai.
The links are below.   One link is for the restaurants, one for the bike ride and the last for Kauai Hotels.  Kiahuna is not listed BUT two of the 3 hotels are our neighbors! 

Hope you enjoy the article.

Aloha,
Denise
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Restaurant Link

Waimea Bike Ride

Kauai Hotels

Kauai Tourism Plan 2019 - 2021

Aloha Owners,

Thank all of you that commented on the "Overtourism" Article that I blogged last week.   Many of you had comments about the article. I was on Kauai when I blogged the article and it was a "hot" topic among the locals as well.  Roy sent me a follow-up link that many of you may be interested in reading.   It is a link to the Kauai Tourism Strategic Plan.  It is a pretty big file so you may want to download it to read later.  

Happy reading.

Aloha,
Denise

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Overtourism

Aloha Owners,

                      Roy just sent me this article regarding tourism on Kauai.   It is a very interesting article, many of you will recall that he has talked about this in several RAB meetings. 
                     
Enjoy the article,
Denise


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More on Olivia

Aloha Owners,

Wow!  So many of you are forwarding me info to put on the blog! That is great!  A good way to keep everyone informed.  This item was sent to me from Randy Simin.    Thought you might want to see the wave action and wind.

Thank you Randy for sharing.

Aloha,
Denise


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Tropical Storm Olivia

Aloha Owners,

I know many of you have probably had guests asking about Hurricane Olivia.  Luckily, Olivia has been downgraded to a tropical storm.   Please know that the state has issued a tropical storm warning for the island of Kaua’i.   Please share this information with any quests that may be asking.

Denise

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Hurricane Olivia

Aloha Owners,

Roy sent this to me as some of you may have heard about Hurricane Olivia. 

Roy wanted to make sure that everyone is aware that SO FAR there are no warnings for Kauai.

Denise


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Hawaii Petitions court to subpoena Airbnb rental records

Aloha Owners,

I want to thank Jim Tallman for the post below.   Jim blogged this on the ORC blog and thought that Castle owners would like to read it as well, so he sent the article to me.  

Mahalo for sharing Jim.

Denise

Hawaii petitions court to subpoena Airbnb rental records

HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii is seeking to find vacation rental owners who aren't paying taxes by getting Airbnb to turn over rental records.

Hawaii News Now reports the state Department of Taxation filed a court petition last week to serve an administrative subpoena on Airbnb for rental documents dating back to 2008.

The department is investigating vacation rental owners' compliance with the general excise and transient accommodation taxes.

State Director of Taxation Linda Takayama says the department's goal is to get the taxes paid, which could involve penalties and interest fees if owners haven't been paying.

Airbnb in a statement said it has received the request and is reviewing it.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for Oct. 5.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/39044244/hawaii-petitions-court-to-subpoena-airbnb-rental-records

Castle and RAB Newsletters August 2018

             

                                                                 

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