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One bridge. One road. One written clause.
Everything past Hanalei crosses one one-lane bridge. This page is the full text and reasoning of the clause that governs far-North service — the only one published on the island.
The clause, verbatim
Far-North service (Wainiha, Hāʻena, and points past the Hanalei bridge) requires 72-hour notice. In the event of a documented closure of Kūhiō Highway or the Hanalei bridge — HDOT-scheduled work, weather closure, or emergency — service reschedules to a mutually available date rather than forfeiting the deposit. Where rescheduling is impossible, the closure is treated as force majeure under the booking terms.
That’s the whole clause. It exists because the road is not a metaphor: nightly full closures and slope-stabilization work are documented reality, and heavy rain can close the corridor with little warning.
How we work the road
Shopping sequences before crossings — the pantry plan for far-North stays is built so the road can’t starve the week. We track HDOT notices. On service days with posted work windows, the crew crosses early. The 72-hour notice exists so all of this can be true before your date, not improvised during it.
Why nobody else publishes this
Because it admits the road is a risk. We publish it because the risk is real and the term is fair: closures reschedule rather than forfeit. Your deposit should never evaporate over a landslide — and under this clause, it doesn’t.
Where the clause applies
Hanalei town and Princeville sit before the bridge — standard $50–$75 shore surcharge, no clause. The clause begins past the bridge: Wainiha, Hāʻena, the end of the road. If your address is borderline, the inquiry reply says which side of it you’re on.
Questions, answered
The road closes regularly — HDOT’s schedule is public and weather closures are documented history. The clause exists because this is routine logistics on the far North Shore, not a hypothetical.
Where no mutually available date exists, documented closures are treated as force majeure under the booking terms — the deposit doesn’t forfeit over a closed road.
Yes — far-North wedding venues carry the same written term, which is exactly why planners ask for it. Your deposit is protected by text, not crossed fingers.
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Kauaʻi runs inquiry-first: you tell us the table, we send a written quote — and that quote is the confirmed total. We never hold a date we can’t crew.