2023 vacation

I'm pretty bummed that after 25 years of visiting Kauai, I couldn't see Kee beach in the Haena state park during the past few trips. Getting reservations is near impossible, failed getting a spending parking spot within minutes of the website offering them at 12 midnight Hawaii time, or paying 140$ for our family of 4 for the shuttle is pretty costly for a day at the beach. I keep reading articles that proudly say it's tourism management, but that's bogus because if that we theme real case the shuttle shouldn't be a whopping 35$. They refuse to give numbers on the actual dollars this is generating. It sounds like it's profit driven tho it's a non-profit I know.

Now I hear it's so "successful" they want to expand the $$ system to the next door beach which is seeing the tourists denied Kee and who would like to enjoy a north shore beach. I comprehend the need to create a throttle the amount of tourists in the area but a 5-10$ a person shuttle bus to the beaches with reservations is a far fairer approach. At 35$ you're just gatekeeping with who can afford it. It just stinks.

https://beatofhawaii.com/more-kauai-beaches-may-soon-restrict-visitor-access/comment-page-1/