Questions that could potentially put the kibosh on visitors’ plans.
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Questions that could potentially put the kibosh on visitors’ plans.
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We have our tests scheduled and are ready to go for nov 7th flight. Want to make an already scarey situation more scarey, order two tests..
We have thousands on the line…how many people will be willing to risk even hundreds…..we are here to help as well as enjoy. This should have been figured out months ago
We thought after two prior AA cancelations this is a go…now there is another snafu. We are not the problem…only the solution….peoples livelihoods are disappearing and we are willing to subject ourselves to testing.
It sounds like those in charge will not stop till they get a 100 per cent guarantee
..not ever going to happen…one test is pretty good as eliminating the majority of threats. Or watch a guarantee of the Hawaiian economy disappear entirely. We are 70 and risk more to our lives by traveling to Hawaii than ige etc risk by welcoming us tested travelers. Should have had a plan last spring when kur first trip was postponed. Thanks American for working with us and refunding each flight. Risk is now the new normal.
As expensive as it is to get to and stay in Hawaii, and given the fact that most people are there for one week vacation, taking 3 days out of your vacation to be in lock down is absurd. Until Hawaii can get their s@$t together we will not be traveling there anytime soon.
Wow, we have a Thanksgiving week stay booked for Maui but this level of uncertainty is insane. I thought the pre-test was challenging logistically but I at least could find a way to get it done, but there is no way we’re going to put up with a 2nd test 3 days later. We have 2 kids and there is no way we are going to be willing to quarantine for even a day, much less 3 days. I hope they realize that it needs to just open up completely combined with social distancing + mask wearing.
My husband is on the board of our time share with Hilton. They are not even thinking of opening at this time, and I think things like this are the reason. There have been so many announcements, backtracking, more announcements. Seems to me the mayors and governor should have met and figured out a real plan before announcing opening on 10/15. This just creates more concerns and distrust among both businesses and travelers. Add to that the resort bubble on one island, and who knows what on the BI, and people are going to say that visiting Hawaii this year is just not worth the possible financial loss, and frustration. I am so very glad we postponed until March 2021, and am now wondering if that trip will happen. Would like to see our kids, but this is nuts!
Aloha,
If I’m reading this confusing situation correctly- the required Covid Negative test 72 hours prior to arrival to avoid quarantine is only for travel to Oahu. I booked flights in December for my family for 7 nights to Kauai with a layover in Honolulu as there were no direct flights. If we all have to take another Covid test for travel to Kauai and wait 3 days for the results quarantining at the hotel we will cancel the whole trip.
Mahalo in advance for reconfirming this.
Hi Jan.
It does seem you’re reading it correctly. That having been said, however, we expect it to all change again.
Aloha.
BOH….Whoa,whoa,whoa…So, I originally had a non-stop flight to OGG from the mainland. Then the airline dropped that flight and changed it to a connection in HNL (change of planes). I did not think that was going to be an issue, but what you just inferred is that I may have just been disqualified of being able to avoid quarantine?
Thanks if you can find out further clarification on this. Deal breaker.
Hi Craig.
We simply don’t know until there is a clarification from the state.
Aloha.
BOH…the safetravels FAQ section of hawaiicovid19.com answers the question as follows:
My flight transits in Honolulu and my final destination is another island. Will I show my QR code and information in Honolulu or when I arrive on the neighbor island?
Upon arrival into the Honolulu airport, you will show your QR code to the screener. Once your screening is complete at the Honolulu airport, you must now fill out another Safe Travels Program application. This will apply for your trip from the Honolulu airport to the neighbor island, which is your final destination. This also will be the process if you arrive at the Maui airport and transit to another island.
We were scheduled to be in the state in July 2019 but that did not work out. We are now planning to be on Kauai for 7 weeks Sept 2021. We also require weekly one day island hops to Oahu on the Sunday’s we are in the state. Any quarantines will mean we cannot make the trip so we are sure hoping all this gets worked out long before then. Hopefully cheap, accurate, immediate-results tests can be the answer for every flight from the mainland and between islands. I suspicion the airlines, other major investors in travel, and the state’s business leaders could solve these problems quickly now if allowed to do so. I feel so sorry for all there whose lives and economic well-being continues to be disrupted.
There may be no restaurants shops or activities left open by next September
All scheduled for 3 weeks in Kauai on Jan 17th. Non-stop both ways from Phoenix. In 50 years we have been to the islands 11 times and Kauai 6 times. If this does not happen we will find another favorite location for vacations and Hawaii will be a distant memory. Thank yous for the updates, I think!
Hi Ed.
We hope to have more clarification soon. Thanks for your comments.
Aloha.
This has been a long nightmare. It’s getting old and tiring. How many times are the authorities going to continue this full circle none stop circus? No quarantine for me thank you. You can swab my nose, stick a needle in me or what ever you make as a rule. Just make up your mind. Mexico is looking better by the day.
Hawaii will be the laughingstock of the travel world if they change the requirements now only 2 weeks away from the October 15 fly with a negative test and thus avoid quarantine plan . Many people have car rental reservations and hotel reservations or condo reservations all predicated on the official plan announced several weeks ago. That all falls apart if this new proposed additional testing plan is put into effect.
People will be canceling their flights and vacations if the governor changes the requirements..
The airlines and car rental firms and indeed all the thousands of people who rent out their condos will be very unhappy if the state tries to impose a quarantine even after people have got a negative test before leaving the US mainland.
The questions are almost limitless and the problems as well if the state takes another right turn at this time.
People like me who own a condo in Kauai that we don’t rent out can’t imagine flying to Kauai, not being able to rent a car, not being allowed to somehow get to my unit, not being allowed to go to a grocery store for a quarantine period and then without a rental car somehow going to some spot on the island for a follow up test- and requiring me to stay for 3 days or longer at a quarantine bubble hotel that I would have to pay for- the scenarios are ridiculous. Maybe I’ll be forced to sell my vacation home and start going to another nice location that appreciates me stimulating their economy- a place that doesn’t treat tourists or routine visitors ( like me and my wife) like dirt.
I understand the desire to feel confident visitors are healthy before moving about the island but adding a “new” quarantine period is not going to be inviting for visitors unless they are planning an extended stay. Your questions about quarantine location, existing reservations, car rentals are my concern. What if you own a condo … can you stay there? and then how do you get to your 2nd test? Return to the airport for a rental car after another negative test? I see lots of taxi or Uber fares. All added expenses for the visitor? Not a viable plan. Like many, I have had to cancel 2 trips already this year. Booked flights for December back in February. I’m not counting on anything.
I don’t understand the rental car restriction – I guess the benefit is that people aren’t AS EASILY able to violate the quarantine and move around on their own? But why does Hawaii want to expose all those Uber and Taxi drivers to potentially infected people? Wouldn’t rental cars be a better solution?
As usual, heads planted firmly up their collective ____! It would almost be better to simply say that they just don’t know and be done with it instead of even more “death” by a hundred cuts! The mere fact that BOH had to post the comments that you did just reinforces the fact that they truly don’t know how to deal with it BEFORE opening their mouths but then they are politicians that have suffered NO financial impacts from living in camp chaos.