Maui Car Rental: Price Tracker, Blog, News, Forecasts, Special Deals

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We have under our belt more than a decade - beginning from 2013 until now - of formally tracking and analyzing Maui car rental prices. Scroll down for all the juicy details. You will find:

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Maui Car Rental Blog Highlights

These are some of our Maui car rental blog's "greatest hits," summarized. To get more details, scroll down to the complete list of blog posts, arranged in historical order, starting with the most recent.

How much does it cost on average to rent a car in Maui?

We track the most affordable rate for a next-day booking of a one-week rental from Maui's Kahului Airport (OGG). This is the most recent median cost over a 52-week period (one full year), for representative vehicle types:

Economy: $310/week
Midsize: $398/week
Jeep: $657/week
Convertible: $771/week
Standard SUV: $601/week
Large SUV (7 seat): $1,018/week
Minivan $1,066/week

Updated on June 21, 2026.

Prices are highly volatile and can change daily. For the most recent update on Maui car rental prices, visit our blog, updated weekly.

How much does it cost right now to rent a car in Maui?

We track the most affordable rate for a next-day booking of a one-week rental from Maui's Kahului Airport (OGG). This is the most recent lowest price, for representative vehicle types, with the rental company offering the price:

Economy/compact $588/week Dollar
Midsize $740/week Dollar
Jeep Wrangler $875/week Thrifty
Convertible $724/week Budget
Standard SUV $1,154/week Budget
Large SUV (7-seat) $1,700/week Budget
Minivans SOLD OUT

Updated once per week. Last update: June 28, 2026.

You can get an instant price check for any upcoming date on our booking website.

What time of year are Maui car rental prices the lowest?

We might not be able to tell you exactly when they are the lowest, but we can tell you with some confidence when they are likely to be the highest. These seasonal patterns repeat year to year like clock-work.

Christmas and New Year's (the peak)
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (mid-January)
Presidents' Day (mid-February)
Spring Break (mid-March)
Easter Holiday (late March/April)
Summer Vacation (mid-June to mid-July)
Columbus Day (mid-October)
Veterans' Day (mid-November)
Thanksgiving (late November)

The so-called "Shoulder Seasons" when prices are lowest are from Easter through Memorial Day, and August to September.

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Is it cheaper to rent a car at the Maui airport, or off-airport?

Um. Yes. No. Sometimes. Maybe. There is no longer any hard and fast rule for this. It is not unusual that the so-called cheap off-airport rates are actually more than the rates at the airport. Don't let yourself be roped in by all the "Cheapest" providers. After all, they cannot ALL be THE cheapest.

Out of the 10 Maui car rental companies that claim to have the cheapest prices, 9 of them are either mistaken in their claim, or lying.

Note that the conventional premium for airport rentals - based on hefty airport taxes and concession fees - has all but evaporated. Thanks to their economies of scale, the airport concessionaires are in a position to charge lower rates than anyone else - and sometimes they do, but only when they feel like it. The rest of the time they will squeeze you mercilessly to get every last nickel and dime out of you.

IN SUMMARY: Rental car prices in Maui are very volatile. Shop around.

Do Maui car rental prices go down closer to the date?

Maui car rental prices flip regularly between lower rates in advance, and lower rates at the last minute.

The alternation has become more unpredictable in recent years, with the advent of AI machine learning systems that constantly reset prices in order to extract maximum value out of the rental fleets.

If you just "set it and forget it" weeks or months in advance, it is likely that you will be overpaying. You are advised to book a non-prepaid (like the no-deposit, no-prepay, no cancellation rates we offer) as soon as you start making plans for your trip, then check prices weekly from then on until the days just before your travel date. There is a significant potential for savings if you do so.

Check the price tracker on our blog for when advance rates are likely to be higher or lower than last minute rates.

Why are Maui car rentals so expensive?

There is an continuing succession of factors that have pushed Maui car rental prices upward drastically in the last few years:

2021-2022: Severe rental car shortage following the Covid-19 pandemic. Prices exploded.
2024: World-wide shipping bottlenecks delayed arrival of rental cars when they were most needed, in advance of the busy travel season. Prices exploded -again.
2025: Back-to-back safety recalls idled thousands of rental vehicles, reducing available supply. Prices exploded - yet again.
2026: Demise of low-cost competitors meant machine-learning price-setting algorithms felt free to hold prices at higher levels - and prices went KA-BOOM, consistently about double since the beginning of the year from what they were a year earlier.

What does the future hold? Keep up with it on our blog.

Maui Car Rental Price Charts And Analysis

These Maui car rental price charts are produced by a PhD analyst utilizing advanced AI tools. They cover historical data, price comparisons, analysis of advance booking price movements, and more. We use these charts to gain a full understanding of the Maui car rental market, so we can give you the best possible price for any rental. The charts are based on actual data from real booking websites, gathered on an ongoing basis in a systematic methodical way. Check prices instantly on our online booking portal, or send us your trip info to get pricing for your trip.

Cost ($/week) of Maui rental cars at Kahului Airport (OGG) in popular categories,
from April 2025 to June 2026. Updated June 29, 2026 — Cost ($/week) of Maui rental cars at Kahului Airport (OGG) in popular categories, from April 2025 to June 2026. Updated June 29, 2026

Cost ($/week) of Maui rental cars in popular categories, for the week of
June 29, 2026, and one week earlier,
June 22, 2026, with the percentage change from week to week. — Cost ($/week) of Maui rental cars in popular categories, for the week of June 28, 2026, and one week earlier, June 22, 2026, with the percentage change from week to week.

Average cost ($/week) of Maui rental cars at Kahului Airport (OGG) in popular categories, for the month of June, 2026, compared to June 2025, with the percentage change year-over-year. — Average cost ($/week) of Maui rental cars at Kahului Airport (OGG) in popular categories, for the month of June, 2026, compared to June 2025, with the percentage change year-over-year

Cost ($/week) or Maui rental cars in popular categories on June 22, 2026, compared to one year earlier,
June 23, 2025, from Kahului Airport (OGG). — Cost ($/week) or Maui rental cars in popular categories on June 22, 2026, compared to one year earlier, June 23, 2026, from Kahului Airport (OGG).

Cost ($/week) of Maui rental cars in popular categories, booked one day in advance,
compared to booking one
week in advance, and five weeks in advance. Advantage alternates between last-minute
booking and advance booking. — Cost ($/week) of Maui rental cars in popular categories, booked one day in advance, compared to booking one week in advance, and five weeks in advance. Advantage alternates between last-minute booking and advance booking.

Average cost ($/week) during the month of May 2026 compared to May 2025, for Maui rental cars at
Kahului Airport (OGG), with percentage change, for popular vehicle categories. — Average cost ($/week) during the month of May 2026 compared to May 2025, for Maui rental cars at Kahului Airport (OGG), with percentage change, for popular vehicle categories.

Cost ($/week) of Maui rental cars on May 18, 2026 at Kahului Airport (OGG), compared to median cost over the
preceding 52 weeks, for popular vehicle categories. — Cost ($/week) of Maui rental cars on May 18, 2026 at Kahului Airport (OGG), compared to median cost over the preceding 52 weeks, for popular vehicle categories.

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