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Kauaʻi · Booking notes

Kauai booking notes — inquiry hold, the bridge, GET as its own line.

Statewide GET and service-charge law. Both shores and the Hanalei bridge are local. Inquiry: a band is not an instant-booking button.

Kauaʻi · Booking notes

Inquiry stage.

01

Quotes & booking

Kauai is inquiry. When we can staff, the written quote itemises menu, staffing, both-shore travel, 20% service, GET. Līhuʻe and Kapaʻa are base. Princeville and Poʻipū print a zone line. The button is not Book now.

  • Menu price (per guest, day rate, or fixed) — published starting price
  • Service charge — 20% market convention; distributed to staff or disclosed in writing (HRS §481B-14 posture)
  • GET — up to 4.7120% incl. county surcharge, shown as its own line, valid through Dec 31, 2030
  • Booking deposit — 50% market norm, locks your date
  • Travel zone fee — only outside base zones, published per island
  • Gratuity — always voluntary, never hidden in the bill

02

Deposits

Fifty percent locks a staffed date after you accept the written total. We will not hold a fake roster. A closed Hanalei bridge does not forfeit the deposit — we reschedule.

03

Cancellation & weather

Proposed tiers pending attorney review. Force-majeure includes Hanalei-bridge closures, flood advisories, and road closures — reschedule rather than forfeit, where safe. Far-North events inherit 72-hour notice.

04

Taxes (GET)

Hawaiʻi GET is a tax on our gross income. If passed on visibly, the maximum rate is 4.7120% including county surcharge — identical on all four islands, valid through December 31, 2030 — always its own line. We will never display the obsolete 4.166% figure.

05

Service charge & gratuity

Where a service charge applies (20% is the market convention), Hawaiʻi law (HRS §481B-14 posture) requires it be distributed to employees as tip income or its retention clearly disclosed. Gratuity beyond that is always voluntary.

06

Licensing, insurance & food safety

Certificates publish when issued and verifiable. We do not invent Kauai guest reviews or a now-serving line.

07

Privacy & accessibility

We collect only what the inquiry form asks, use it only to serve the enquiry, never sell it. Built to WCAG 2.2 AA.

Before you deposit.

From $225/guest

Inquiry