By Everett Potter

Hawaii is currently experiencing an unprecedented tourism boom. If you don’t believe it, just try booking a late summer getaway or a fall vacation. Or maybe you have Christmas and New Year’s on the islands in mind? Good luck.

“Demand is through the roof,” says John Di Rienzo, Director of Marketing for Exotic Estates, which offers luxury homes and villas throughout the Hawaiian Islands, as well as in Mexico and the Caribbean. “I think that vacation rentals are at the highest occupancy level ever in Hawaii.”

The smart strategy, says Di Rienzo, is that “people need to book out pretty far to get the homes they want. Even spring break, 2022, is filling up …”

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