Mauka Hualalai Rentals
4.9-star Google rating. Lower prices than Hertz, Enterprise, Budget, Sixt, and Turo. Our cars are delivered to KOA, your hotel door, or right to your door.
Spoiler alert: one of these involves a clipboard and a shuttle bus
Sixt and Turo charge more for the same car you can rent from us.
Sixt at KOA
$240/day
BMW 4 Series Convertible
+ shuttle bus + counter wait
Turo Kona
$196/day
BMW 4 Series
+ no insurance + host may cancel
Mauka Hualalai
$99/day
BMW 430i Convertible
delivered to KOA + 200 mi/day
Sixt price from sixt.com for May 30th to June 3rd, 2026. Turo price from turo.com listings.
Google ratings pulled directly from Google Maps. Ours speaks for itself.
142 Google reviews. Local, family-owned, on the Big Island. No parent company, no shareholders, no mainland headquarters. Your car is delivered to KOA or your door.
Owned by Enterprise Holdings, a private corporation based in St. Louis, MO run by the Taylor family. Operates National and Alamo under different branding names. Counter and shuttle pickup at KOA.
Owned by Hertz Global Holdings, a publicly traded corporation that filed bankruptcy in 2020. Operates Dollar and Thrifty under separate brands. Long wait times at KOA have been reported by reviewers to be between 20 to 40 people in line.
Owned by Avis Budget Group, a publicly traded corporation listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Operates Avis and Payless under separate brands. Reviewers report 1 to 2 hour waits at KOA and weeks after returning the vehicle receive surprise cleaning fees charged to them.
Owned by Hertz Global Holdings, same parent company as Hertz and Thrifty. Off-airport location requires taking a shuttle bus back to KOA. Additional driver fee of $13.50 per day has been mentioned by reviewers along with two-and-a-half hour waits for pickup.
Owned by Sixt SE, an international corporation based in Munich, Germany. Expanding aggressively into the U.S. market since opening their KOA location in 2024.
Owned by Avis Budget Group, same parent company as Budget and Payless. Three brands are run by the same corporate playbook but with separate branded locations at KOA. Shuttle bus required to travel from the on-airport location to an off-airport shared lot used by Budget and Payless brands.
Owned by Enterprise Holdings, same parent as Enterprise and National brands. Three brands use the same fleet strategy from St. Louis, MO but each runs under its own separate brand name at the KOA location. Counter pickup available at KOA.
Owned by Hertz Global Holdings, same parent company as Hertz and Dollar brands. Lowest rated of Hertz's own brands at the KOA location and shares the same shuttle bus and off-airport lot as Hertz and Dollar brands.
Peer-to-peer car sharing platform. You rent a car from a stranger, not a company. No commercial insurance provided for any vehicles rented through this service. No roadside support or guaranteed condition of vehicle will be provided upon delivery or return. Hosts may cancel last minute or fluctuate prices wildly while your personal auto insurance does not cover losses incurred during time the vehicle is rented out through Turo. A BMW 4 Series on Turo Kona lists at $196/day.
Google ratings and review counts as of May 2026 were taken directly from Google Maps for each of the companies listed above.
We have been in business for over 6 years and love hearing stories from our happy renters. We would love to have the pleasure of adding you to the list!
Not a franchise. Not a broker. We're a local family who lives on the island and answers the phone.
Porsches. BMWs. Sprinter vans. Not "compact or standard". Cars you'll actually want to drive.
Your vehicle is waiting for you when you arrive at KOA. No counter. No shuttle. No line.
Your money stays on the Big Island (not some CEO's bonus check). We hire local. Buy local. Live here.
When you rent from us...you are renting from the people in this picture. Not from a corporation with a 1-800 number.
Our crew, inside one of our Sprinters, doing what we do.
Hint: not to a shareholder meeting in New Jersey.
Not "compact or similar"
Most often, yes. Our BMW 430i convertible rents for $99/day. Sixt charges $240/day for the same BMW 4 Series at KOA. Enterprise, Hertz, and Budget do not offer BMWs or Porsches. Their equivalent "premium" category is usually a Chrysler 300 or similar for $120 to $180/day. We also include 200 miles per day with no facility fees, concession fees, or airport surcharges. See our full fleet and pricing, or our cheap car rental in Kona breakdown.
Turo is a peer-to-peer platform where you rent from individual vehicle owners. The largest risk is last-minute cancellations by the host owner. Many visitors to the Big Island have had Turo hosts cancel days before arrival, leaving them scrambling. Your personal auto insurance does not cover Turo rentals, and their protection plans are expensive. We are a licensed and insured traditional car rental company with a confirmed fleet of vehicles that will be waiting for you at KOA when you arrive.
Sixt opened at KOA in 2024 as a German corporation. They offer BMWs, but their BMW 4 Series Convertible starts at $240/day. Our BMW 430i convertible starts at $99/day for the same car. Sixt also requires a shuttle from the airport and pickup of your vehicle at a counter. We deliver your vehicle directly to KOA arrivals or your hotel.
Yes. All these companies operate off-airport locations and require a shuttle bus ride after you land. Enterprise, National, and Alamo have counters closer to the terminal but still involve long lines and waiting times. With Mauka Hualalai, your vehicle will be delivered directly to KOA arrivals or your hotel. No shuttle required, no counter, no long lines.
Mauka Hualalai Rentals has the highest rating among all of the rental car companies at Kona airport with a 4.9 star rating on Google. We are locally owned and deliver directly to KOA airport or to your hotel. Many of our vehicles that you won't be able to rent through Enterprise, Budget, Hertz, or any other major chain include luxury autos such as Porsches, BMWs, Sprinter vans, and many others. No counter, no shuttle, no corporate runaround.
National chains located at KOA airport are infamous for their concession recovery fees, facility charges, airport surcharges, and mandatory insurance upsell charges. Some reviewers of Budget rentals have reported being hit with cleaning fees weeks after they returned the vehicle. Dollar rental agency charges an additional $13.50 per day for each driver beyond the first one. We are completely transparent in our pricing, so what you see is what you'll pay.
Book now in just two minutes! Your car will be waiting at your doorstep. A real live person will answer your call!
We offer the convenience of delivery where you want it, when you want it. Flying into Kona? We deliver to KOA airport. Flying into Hilo? We deliver to ITO airport. Staying at a resort? We come to you.
Make your smiles per dollar go even further!
We appreciate those who serve. First responders, active military, veterans, and teachers all save 5% on any rental. Just mention your role when booking and show valid ID at pickup. Our way of saying mahalo for everything you do.
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Book a weekly rental or longer and we will deliver your vehicle anywhere in the Kona area at no extra charge. Hotels, vacation rentals, or even KOA airport pickup. No shuttle buses, no waiting in line. Your car is ready when you are.
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Traveling with family, a group, or hauling gear? Save 5% when you rent any van for a week or longer. From our spacious Ford Transit passenger vans to our Mercedes Sprinter, there is plenty of room for everyone and everything.
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