Baba Car Rentals
BABA CAR RENTALS
Locally Owned in Ewa Beach, Oahu

Travel Nurse Car Rental Hawaii

On a 13-week assignment at a Hawaii hospital? Need wheels without draining your housing stipend? Baba Rentals has helped dozens of travel nurses get around Oahu affordably. 500+ 5-star reviews.

🏥 Aloha travel nurses — we get it. Your housing stipend is tight, parking on Oahu is brutal, and rideshare from Ewa/Kapolei/Mililani to a hospital shift adds up fast. Monthly rentals from us are often cheaper than a month of Uber — and you have freedom on your days off to actually enjoy Hawaii.
🤝 Proudly partnered with TotalMed and Prolink staffing agencies. Many of the travel nurses who rent from us are placed by TotalMed or Prolink on 13-week Oahu assignments. If you're contracted through either agency, mention it when you book — we're familiar with how their lodging stipends and compliance timelines work and can structure your rental to fit.

Baba Rentals' monthly rate for travel nurses

Our monthly rate varies depending on the season — quotes are inclusive of all Hawaii taxes, full coverage insurance (via your personal auto policy), and ice-cold A/C for those post-shift drives home. Rates vary in high peak seasons (summer, holidays, major events) — use our homepage quote tool for exact pricing on your dates.

Hospitals we serve

The Queen's Medical Center

Honolulu — 30 min from our yard

Queen's West Oahu

Ewa Beach — 10 min away

Kapiolani Medical Center

Honolulu — 30 min

Straub Medical Center

Honolulu — 30 min

Tripler Army Medical

Moanalua — 25 min

Wahiawa General Hospital

Central Oahu — 35 min

Pali Momi Medical Center

Aiea — 25 min

Castle Medical Center

Kailua — 50 min

Why travel nurses love renting from us

We cover your Uber to work if something goes wrong on our end

You're a travel nurse. Missing a shift isn't just inconvenient — it's a contract issue. If something happens with the rental car that's our responsibility (a maintenance issue we couldn't predict, a mechanical problem that keeps you from driving, etc.), we will reimburse your Uber or Lyft ride to the hospital to make your shift. Just save the receipt and send it over. Things that qualify are items that fall within our purview — maintenance-related breakdowns, not customer-caused issues (fender-benders, flat from running over a curb, etc.).

We hold ourselves to that standard because our travel-nurse customers depend on reliable transportation to keep their contracts intact. It's one of the reasons we've maintained 500+ 5-star reviews and long partnerships with agencies like TotalMed and Prolink.

Itemized invoices — your rental is a tax-deductible expense

For traveling healthcare professionals on 1099 contracts (and some W-2 travel-nurse arrangements), transportation costs tied to a temporary work assignment away from your tax home are often tax-deductible business expenses. We provide clean, itemized invoices suitable for your CPA or your tax-prep software — showing the rental period, daily/weekly/monthly rate, Hawaii GE tax, and total. Just ask for one at pickup or anytime during your rental and we'll email it over.

💡 A small note on taxes: We're not CPAs. Whether your rental qualifies as deductible depends on your specific employment structure (1099 contractor vs. W-2 with accountable plan, whether you maintain a tax home elsewhere, etc.). Bring the invoice and the IRS Publication 463 rules to your tax preparer — they'll know what to do.

Tips from travel nurses who've rented from us

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Questions? Call: (808) 744-1520