About Us

 Chris (US Navy Veteran) Tracey (Entrepreneur for over 25 years) and the Palmer Ohana moved 1 year ago from Murrieta, Ca to pursue their dream of moving to Kauai! 

As a family we have vacationed here for 17 years in Poipu each year longer and longer until we eventually would stay all summer!

 ~ 2020 due to Covid we were unable to travel back to Kauai for our annual vacation and we missed it terribly.  . Fast forward to early spring 2021 we had a family meeting and just asked the question, “What if we could move to Kauai”. 

~ Our kids (at the time: ages 9, 15, 18 & 20) were excited over the potential but were also hesitant at the same time. As soon as we could we booked flights for all of us to explore the houses and areas for our potential massive move. 

 ~ Obviously the outcome was a 100% let’s do it. It was during this moment we realized we had 6 weeks of timeshares that needed to be rented for the summer of 2021 because it was our plan to become residents before July.  Timeshares were everywhere BUT there was a greater need - CARS!

~ We decided to take a risk and send out 2 of our personal cars a couple of months ahead of ourselves so that we can provide a “package deal” with our timeshare weeks and provide a car at the same time.  Once we arrived on island we realized this would be a great family business to start! 

 ~ We started Pineapple Express Kauai car rentals with a mission: We wanted to honor every second of our guests vacation time and provide them with a quality car at an affordable rate because we were that family standing in line for 2-3 hours every summer waiting on our minivan

~ And… including complimentary beach chairs, umbrellas, boogie boards & sand toys helps families save money and lessens the footprint of all the tourists coming to this beautiful island.  

 ~ Our entire Family loves meeting new people from all over the World and it’s a blessing to build lasting friendships and return guests with many of our clients. Our family now includes our older daughter Natalie and her husband Errict who just transitioned out of the US Marine Corps.