Maui Car Rental: Roller-coaster Ride Continues For Minivan Prices In November 2026
November 1, 2026. After dipping dramatically last week, Maui car rental prices rose moderately this week in nearly every category, staying at moderate levels in all but one category, minivans, that nearly doubled week-over-week. The cost to rent a minivan this coming week from the Maui Kahului Airport is just more than $100/per day with all taxes and fees included. And the convertible shortage continues. Continue reading for details.
Fig. 1. Prices for Maui car rental at Kahului Airport (OGG) from April 2025 until now.
HOW MUCH IS THE CHEAPEST MAUI RENTAL CAR ON NOVEMBER 2, 2026?
Every week, we list the lowest available prices for a one-week car rental from Maui's Kahului Airport (OGG), for a range of different vehicle categories, with the company offering the best price. This is our overview of Maui car rental prices for the week beginning Monday, November 2, 2026.
Category Price Company
Economy $284 Thrifty
Midsize $364 Dollar
Jeep $459 Sixt
Convertible - -
SUV $397 Sixt
7 St SUV $472 SiXT
Minivan $710 Dollar
The prices quoted here include all applicable taxes and fees. Prices for these vehicle types charted week-to-week for the last 14 months are illustrated in Figure 1.
These are the lowest prices in every car category: The lowest price for a compact car at Kahului Airport (OGG) this week is with Thrifty, at $284/week. Mid-size cars are starting at $364/week, from Dollar. Jeeps are starting at $459/week, from SiXT. The cheapest standard SUV's are $397/week, also at SiXt. Large 7-seat SUV's start at $472/week, again from SixT. Minivans are available starting at $710/week, from Dollar. Convertibles are completely unavailable from any major provider, airport or off-airport, with availability not expected to resume until early in 2027. As we noted last week, end-of-life de-fleeting of the Chevy Camaro, and safety recalls on the Ford Mustang have all but eliminated the convertible rental fleet for the time being.
Fig. 2. Maui car rental prices at Kahului Airport (OGG) this week and last week, with the percentage change..
HOW MUCH DID MAUI RENTAL CAR PRICES CHANGE FROM LAST WEEK?
This is how the lowest price for a one week rental from Maui's Kahului Airport (OGG) starting on November 2, 2026 has changed from the week before, for every vehicle category:
Category This week Last Change
Economy $284 $239 +19%
Midsize $364 $278 +31%
Jeep $459 $447 +3%
Convertible - - -
SUV $397 $348 +14%
7 st SUV $472 $375 +26%
Minivan $710 $376 +89%
In nearly every category, prices are up moderately from last week, except for minivans, that nearly doubled.
The lowest price for a compact cars is up 19% from last week. Midsize car prices were up 31%, Jeeps were also up, but only by 3%. Standard SUVs are up 14%. Large SUV's (seating 7) are up 26%. None of these changes week-to-week are unusual for the volatile Maui market. But minivans nearly doubled, up 89% from the week before.
Convertibles continue to be unavailable, with some availability expected to resume in early 2027.
Prices for this week and last week, with the percentage change week-to-week, are illustrated in Figure 2.
AVERAGE PRICES FOR OCTOBER 2026
As we reported in last week's blog post, we have compiled the average prices for the month of October in every vehicle category, and compared them to the average prices of the year before. The picture is mixed with the cost in some categories higher year-over-year, while others are lower.
The cost of renting each vehicle type, averaged over the entire month, for October 2025 and 2026, with the year-to-year percentage change, are tabulated below, and illustrated in Figure 3.
Figure 3. Thirty-day average price for September 2026 and September 2025 with percentage year-over-year change.
Vehicle 2025 2026 %Change
Economy $346 $290 +19%
Midsize $414 $373 +11%
Jeep $606 $560 +8%
Convertible - $966 -
SUV $457 $582 -21%
7 st SUV $511 $822 -38%
Minivan $634 $530 +20%
Year over year, the cost of renting an economy car, midsize car, or Jeep increased between 8% and 19%. The cost of renting an SUV came down, 21% for a standard SUV, and 38% for a large (7-seat) SUV. The cost of renting a minivan was up 20% year over year. For convertibles, a comparison is not possible, as they were not available to rent in October 2026..
HOW DO WE GET OUR MAUI CAR RENTAL PRICE DATA?
Prices for Maui car rentals vary from week to week, and the company offering the lowest price also changes from week to week. Furthermore, one company may be offering the lowest price in one vehicle category, for example mid-size cars, while a different company has a better price on another category, for example mini-vans.
We have recently completed three full years of weekly monitoring of the lowest available price for a one-week rental at Maui's Kahului Airport (OGG), compiling prices for vehicles available at the Consolidated Rent A Car facility (ConRAC) as well as rentals from off-airport locations served by free shuttle. This survey covers 10 different companies, Ace (closed as of March 2026), Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Fox, Hertz, National, Nu, Payless, Sixt, and Thrifty.
This price survey covering three years from July 2023 to this July is illustrated in Figure 3. This chart marks an important milestone in our multi-year price-tracking effort. We will return to it in future editions of this blog to discuss salient features like the significant rise in the price floor in 2026 compared to 2025 (clearly visible on the chart), and the repeating seasonal variation of prices (also clearly visible).
Beginning in July 2024, we expanded our data collection from just the lowest price available to the lowest prices in seven vehicle categories - compact, mid-size, Jeep, convertible, SUV, 7-seat SUV, and minivan - from 10 different companies at Maui's Kahului Airport (OGG): Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National, Payless, SiXT, and Thrifty. Each week, for every vehicle type, we noted which company offered the lowest price. Later this month we will have completed two full years of this data set - which will again give us plenty of salient findings to dive into, deeply.
Figure 5. Week-by-week variation of Maui car rental prices averaged over five years, from 2013 to 2018.
Previously we conducted a five-year price-tracking study for the lowest price economy car category beginning in February 2013 and continuing to February 2018. A sample of these results is in Figure 4, that shows the five-year average of the price over a one-year duration. For details of this massive price-tracking undertaking, and the most important findings on how and when to rent a car, see our blog post of July 14, 2024 titled "When is the best time to rent a car in Maui?"
HOW TO CHECK RATES AND AVAILABILITY FOR MAUI CAR RENTAL
Either click through to to our Maui rental cars rate and availability section, or check our booking site at rentals.mauicarrental.biz. This site gives you access to all vehicles from eight different companies - Ace, Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Payless, and Thrifty - at all their Maui locations, that include the Airport rentacar center, Kahului town locations nearby the airport, and resort locations in Kihei/Wailea, and Ka'anapali. With so many options to choose from, you are assured to find the rental car that matches your preferences and your budget for your Maui trip - and there is never a cancellation penalty if you have to change plans.
ABOUT THIS BLOG
Frank Saab is a thought leader in the rental car industry, quoted by influential publications like SFgate.com. He is the editor of this blog published by Frank's Friendly Cars Maui Car Rental LLC, an independent car rental company operating in Maui, Hawaii, since 2006. Frank's offers low prices on affordable older cars and discount prices on new cars, with a "Lowest Price Guarantee" that assures you of getting the best deal on your rental. The company is a member of the Hawaii Visitors and Conventions Bureau (HVCB) and the American Car Rental Association (ACRA). Visit our website at www.mauicarrental.biz, or call us at 808-280-1196.
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