Is it true that alot of rental cars in Kauai are infested with roaches? If so what do you do about it? We are picking up our car at night and just the thought of them crawling all over us gives me the creeps.

I would show up with a can of Raid and a hammer.

You could buy a low-kill roach bomb and set it off in the car. Leave the windows open a bit -- the roaches will head out. Of course this will take a short while and you'll be waiting.

I too have heard stories about roaches in rental cars. I am VERY glad to report to you that I have NEVER had roaches in any of the cars I have rented in Hawaii and that covers 4 islands over 5 years. Now, maybe the little suckers were hiding under the seats, and if so they kept to their space and did NOT infringe upon mine, so out of site out of mind.

thanks for the info. I would hate to have roaches as my welcoming commitee into Kauai. I think I'll buy raid and one of those bombs just in case.

I found a roach in the rental car ashtray once. Oh, wait... are we talking about...insects? Nevermind.

You're funny!! Those roaches I would'nt mind. Just kidding.

I can handle roaches, but when the rental car is infested with rats, I will usually complain. I hate it when that happens.

I have rented cars on Kauai, Maui and Oahu and never a problem. I hate roaches and heard that they abound in the islands, but in many trips there I have only spotted them outdoors, never in hotel rooms, restaurants or cars! However the last time I was in Kaui we found a gecko running around in our trunk and it scurried off before we had a chance to grab it. I kept hoping it exited the car and it wouldn't run up my leg while I was driving!!

I think geckos are cute, however, my girl friend and I had a resident gecko living up in the exposed rafters in our condo on the BI and the little devil would poop and it would drop down on the kitchen counter!!! I was thinking I should maybe wear a hat while in the kitchen..LOL I did NOT cook while staying there, not because of the pooping gecko...I don't go on vacation to cook.

Just back from what was probably my 10th trip to Kauai, never had a roach problem in any rental car there.

Brookwood you are a crack up.

Mary2Go, Geckos are too afraid of people, that is why you could not catch it.They would never venture anywhere near you. BTW they eat roaches too.

We are renting an SUV from Dollar Rental. Has anyone had trouble with this company? Roaches or other problems?

In the 15 or more times I've been to Hawaii, I've only found roaches in the rental car once. That was in Kauai and we rented from Dollar.

We have other cars reserved also as backup. Maybe we should go with Hertz even tho it is a smaller car. What do you think?

Life in the tropics is divine...but we have to accept some...ummm...less than lovely aspects of it, too. Yes, we get waterfalls and rainbows and beautiful weather (most of the time) -- but those danged cockroaches invade our territory no matter how clean we think our homes/cars/trucks are.

Roaches may be disgusting, but they're harmless and really don't want to interact with humans. They don't bite, and will do whatever it takes to get farrrrrrrr away from you, fast.

I'd rather see a cockroach in my truck anyday, than a bee or a centipede or (ack) a snake!

We had a cockroach problem with the convertible we rented from Dollar in 2004. We take part blame as my husband had a pop and must have spilled a little in the cup holder. Needless to say we were driving down the road and they came out and were crawling around my legs. Yes, I was freaking out! We immediately went to the airport to exchange it. With the second one we got, I saw one in the middle compartment.

We rented a van in 2005 from Dollar and it was fine. I would recommend not eating or drinking in the car.

oh, man, I will NEVER forget the centipede incident in our car (own car, not rental) on Oahu several years ago. Trust me, roaches are GREAT compared to a 12" centipede on your steering column. Those suckers bite big time!

We have not had any problems with roaches in Hawaii.

The only roaches I remember seeing were in one or two of the rest-stop restrooms (dead)...none in the cars or condo's on our trip! Belle.