Hawaii tourists are renting U-Haul vans instead of rental cars due to a massive shortage sending prices up to $700 a day bchang@businessinsider.com (Brittany Chang)
A rental-car shortage is is currently rippling across the US.
Hot travel destinations like Hawaii and Florida are especially impacted by this shortage.
Some tourists traveling to Hawaii are now opting to rent U-Haul trucks and vans instead.
Hot travel destinations like Hawaii and Florida are facing a massive rental-car shortage that s causing outrageously high rental-car prices and fully booked fleets.
To avoid this shortage and inflated prices, experts are advising travelers to plan ahead. However, some tourists in Hawaii have found a savvier workaround to this rental-vehicle shortage: rent a U-Haul instead.
Hot travel destinations like Hawaii and Florida are especially impacted by this shortage.
Some tourists traveling to Hawaii are now opting to rent U-Haul trucks and vans instead.
Hot travel destinations like Hawaii and Florida are facing a massive rental-car shortage that s causing outrageously high rental-car prices and fully booked fleets.
To avoid this shortage and inflated prices, experts are advising travelers to plan ahead. However, some tourists in Hawaii have found a savvier workaround to this rental-vehicle shortage: rent a U-Haul instead. We have seen a considerable uptick in U-Haul rentals from customers who are visiting the islands now, Kaleo Alau, the president of U-Haul Company in Hawaii, told Insider in an email statement. We realize this demand is occurring when tourists are unable to secure a rental-car, or they learn that our rental fleet options are more affordable.
Hawaii tourists are renting U-Haul vans instead of rental cars due to a massive shortage sending prices up to $700 a day bchang@businessinsider.com (Brittany Chang)
A rental-car shortage is is currently rippling across the US.
Hot travel destinations like Hawaii and Florida are especially impacted by this shortage.
Some tourists traveling to Hawaii are now opting to rent U-Haul trucks and vans instead.
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To avoid this shortage and inflated prices, experts are advising travelers to plan ahead. However, some tourists in Hawaii have found a savvier workaround to this rental-vehicle shortage: rent a U-Haul instead. We have seen a considerable uptick in U-Haul rentals from customers who are visiting the islands now, Kaleo Alau, the president of U-Haul Company in Hawaii, told Insider in an email statement. We realize this demand is occurring when tourists are unable to secure a rental-car, or they learn that our rental fleet options are more afford
The property, formerly the longtime home of Capitol Archives and Record Storage, has been used to house paper records, computer media and other materials.
U-Haul said it will offer high-tech security features and climate-controlled units.
“This will be a modernized, clean and convenient location for our customers,” said Will Cintas, president of U-Haul Company of Central Connecticut.
U-Haul did not disclose what it intends to spend on the renovations.
The location, which will be known as U-Haul Storage of Capitol Ave., will be operated by U-Haul Moving & Storage, which is located just down the street and across I-84 at 755 Capitol Ave.
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HARTFORD, Conn., April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ U-Haul® plans to use its ecofriendly adaptive reuse program to transform the former Capitol Archives & Record Storage building in Hartford into a contemporary self-storage facility at 618 Capitol Ave.
U-Haul Storage of Capitol Ave. will encompass a four-story building with 87,387 square feet of space. The property, acquired on March 25, sits on nearly three-quarters of an acre.
Once the building is repurposed and renovated, it will offer a range of self-storage rooms with high-tech security features at affordable price points. Climate-controlled units will be available. Renovations are expected to be completed this summer.