December 31, 2023 - Happy New Year! ABM, the company that operates public parking for Maui's Kahului Airport (OGG), is ringing in 2024 with a huge rate increase! Parking fees have held steady for several years, but beginning February 1, the daily parking rate is going up a full 60%, from $15/day to $24/day. Rates for short duration parking - 15 minutes to five hours - are doubling in some cases. 

WHAT DO AIRPORT PARKING FEES HAVE TO DO WITH MAUI CAR RENTAL

When you rent a car from a one of Maui's local car rental companies, or through a car-sharing service like Turo, you may be given the option to pick up your rental car from the airport parking lot. Usually, you are the one responsible for paying the parking fees on the way out. The parking fees are an added cost on top of your actual rental cost. Depending on how long the car sits awaiting your arrival, the parking fees can add up. With the rate increase, the added cost is even more.

For returning the car, if you have made arrangements for an airport return, then the rental operator will be the one responsible for paying the parking fees. If you select the airport return option, many operators now tack on an additional fee to cover the parking fees. These fees can be in the range of $25-$30 with some of Maui's local car rental companies.

KAHULUI AIRPORT (OGG) PUBLIC PARKING RATES: OLD VS. NEW

Here is exactly how much it will cost to park at Kahului Airport (OGG) public parking, hour by hour, with the new rates effective Feb.1 2024 compared to the old rates: 

Duration    New Rate    Old Rate
0-15min        FREE          FREE
16-30min     $2.00         $1.00
31-60min     $5.00         $3.00
1-2hrs          $8.00         $5.00
2-3hrs        $11.00         $7.00
3-4hrs        $15.00         $9.00
4-5hrs        $19.00       $13.00
5-24hrs      $24.00       $15.00

NEW MONITORING TECHNOLOGY FOR CRACKING DOWN ON PARKING FEE FRAUD

And, to crack down on supposed parking fee fraud - according to ABM, a huge problem - brand new parking machines have been deployed, with OCR cameras that stamp the car's license plate number on the parking ticket on entry, and verify it automatically on exit. 

This is a great technology advancement, but it does not really help with the only form of parking fee fraud we're aware of, which is ABM actually double charging - and in some cases, triple charging - for parking, both with the new system, and the old system. We do have documented instances of both! The new machines started over-charging right from the day they were put into service. Was anyone surprised that the new system was malfunctioning right from the get-go? No, absolutely not. This is typical of what we've come to expect of ABM. 

CHEAPEST CAR RENTAL FROM MAUI'S KAHULUI AIRPORT (OGG)

This is our weekly survey of Maui car rental rates. For the coming week, these are the lowest advertised rates for a one-week rental from Maui's Kahului Airport (OGG), beginning Monday, 1/1/24:
Off-airport (with shuttle): $180.99 (down from last week)
Airport Rentacar Center: $237.17 (also down)
Source: rentalcars.com

-- This blog post was updated 5/14/24