Hawaii-bound travelers for later in 2020 and beyond increasingly frustrated and in need of answers.
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Surprised the citizens of Hawaii, with 50% + unemployment, are not being more vocal and are not demonstrating to re-open or a least force government to come up with a plan. Seems way too laid back:)
Aloha all,
My kids are coming tomorrow. Yes, they’ll quar antine, then we’ll be together the nexttwo weeks.since they work from home, this will be doable. We will give them the house and big yard for their kids and stay at a local resort ourselves, since we can go to the beach etc. As an artist with no sales in closed local galleries the last few months, this would end our savings. Thank goodness the kids still have jobs to pay forthe hotel, and we’ll enjoy it, and support the Sharaton which has stayed open. Please come back. We love sharing our island, and our art, with all of you.
Hi Phyllis.
Thanks.
Aloha.
We have a weeks vacation planned on Kauai
July 7th . Is there a chance Kauai will be open!
Aloha,
My wife and are in the middle of trying to move to Hawaii county with our daughters. We purchased a house in kailua Kona and will be moving from Wyoming. Our situation is a little different in that I will be helping them with the move but will not be moving myself until April of next year. I’m a volunteer fireman and am waiting to make the move until I qualify for retirement next year.
At this point, I am planning on being there with the girls for two weeks to help them get settled. Things may get a little interesting if we we have to quar antine and are not able to get the necessities as well as the furniture we need to make our new house a home.
We are looking forward and are so excited to be moving to Hawaii!
Thank you for allowing Me to comment on our situation.
Hi Carl.
Best wishes on your upcoming move.
Aloha.
We’ve rescheduled from May 2020 to August 2020. We really can’t reschedule again for 2020, so we’d be looking at 2021. Still hoping for an acceptable resolution by August.
Temperature and pre-C0VID testing to travel are both useless. Pre-test covers you for THAT DAY only, you could wake up the next day with the vi rus. It’s not like a one day screening covers people for a week or so.
There will have to be a comfort level. It appear to be a slip-n-slide issue….. Degree of safety for all (travelers and Hawaii residents) vs. restarting Hawaii’s economy with tourists arriving. I’m not saying which is right, but saying the choice will have to come…
This is a very good article. I just had to cancel my June 13, 2020, trip to Maui. I found it very difficult to get reliable information on the quar antine. Glad the Governor finally made a decision instead of just talking about it! I found the information provided by you to be invaluable. THANK YOU! I am thinking about rescheduling my trip
(my granddaughter high school graduation trip), but all the negative comments I keep reading from residents seems like they have nothing but disdain for tourist! I go to one of the islands 3-5 times a year, but now am rethinking Hawaii as my vacation destination.
Again, thank you and keep up the good work!
Hi Randy.
Thanks very much.
Aloha.
Holy Cow!!! Where is your leadership on the islands??? Locals, residents and tourists alike must be getting frustrated, annoyed and disheartened by the lack of a real feasible plan. If every time a new unknown vi rus hits the US, is this how the state of Hawaii is going to respond? I am all about states rights, and local citizen input, but Hawaii seems like it wants to be in a “wait and see the state crash” mindset that does not serve the lovely residents of Hawaii well, as I imagine they want to get back to earning a living for their families…and yes, the lack of road congestion, ease of use of my local beaches, etc…in Orange County CA has been nice:)..with our beaches are now fully opened for at least two weeks, and our road traffic getting back to normal, stores/restaurants opening, most people I talk to just want common-sense safety protocols in place, as we get back to work and back to living with our freedoms restored.
Thank you for the constant updates. We have had a trip planned for a week toward the end of October, (since Christmas 2019.) We are holding out for the best. We have not given up any plane or condominium reservations that we made months ago until it gets closer and we hear if things get cancelled (airline tickets, etc…) We are only coming for one week and at this point will not come if we had to be in a 14 day quarantine, that’s longer than we are there. I love the islands and have traveled many times, but was bringing some newbies along this time. I do not want them to get an unwelcome feeling if locals don’t want us there. (I totally understand your Ohana wanting to be safe), because I live it so much, don’t want hard feelings from my family to maybe not want to come again, etc…
Keep the updates coming, still holding our hope on my plans. Mahalo!
Hi Sheryl.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Already rebooked for June 2021, June 2020 was cancelled out of respect for Kauai residents!
We cancelled our 2 week vacation in June and will not reschedule. We will not get testing to travel.