With this much dissension 10 days before Hawaii reopening, what will happen?
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With this much dissension 10 days before Hawaii reopening, what will happen?
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I refuse to pay $250 for a pre travel test at AFC clinic one of Hawaii’s trusted partners , can I choose to quarantine in Hawaii my next trip ?
I paid $250 for each pre travel test the last 2 trips I came back to Hawaii at AFC one of Hawaii’s trusted partners . I am traveling again in the next week , what happens if I refuse to take a pre travel test but just take a regular Covid test that shows Negative ? Can I use that ? Why ? Because it’s free versus $250 .
If you don’t have a plan, plan to fail. 7 months into this and it’s the same old wishy washy bureaucratic mess. My best to those who were planning a trip to Hawaii and have to watch this nightmare unfolding on a regular basis. Tahiti had a plan and stuck to it. About the same price as Hawaii and no idiocracy!
We are planning to visit Honolulu in a December. There is no way we will do a second test after the first test being negative and having to quarantine for the next 3 days. That will be totally a dealbreaker to not visit Honolulu. There’s is a cure for coronavirus with a 99.8 recovery rate. The country should open for good.
I just read where Mayor Kim on the Big Island is opting out of the pretesting. As I understand it. No matter what, you will have a 14 day quarantine when arriving on the Big Island even after Oct 15.
And I just saw some information that Kauai is considering the same. Glad these decisions aren’t left to the last minute !
We cancelled our trip due to the uncertainty of the testing. I will not risk having to spend my vacation in Quarantine.
I see nothing on the official website that says we have to use CVS/ Kaiser. It says a CLIA
approved lab. We have already booked our tests with one that fits the time line for our flight on the 16TH to Maui.
They say any CLIA lab will be acceptable…but you keep printing only trusted partners. … Who about now are still identifying themselves.
And then Oahu adds rapid testingbfor thise who come without a pre travel test as per mayor’s newsconference on Saturday. Enough to give you……
I read the Honolulu Advertiser daily.
Your newsletter is a great compliment!
Hi Jeanne.
Thank you.
Aloha.
I’ll place large wagers on everything changing, again,, within the next few days.
We’re planning to come Oct 17th for a week, assuming our 72-hour pre-tests are negative. Any kind of quarantine once we arrive would be a complete deal-breaker of course.
Good stay home nobody wants tourists right now. You won’t be welcomes
John, since your so scared, just sit and obey. And wear your mask in your car alone and when walking in 89 degrees, by yourself.
John
Not all share your view. Do the math. I’ve lived on Kauai over 30 years. A lot of uneducated people here. Unfortunately, I predict Hawaii will be asking for a federal bailout for their terrible decisions. 1% of people with covid die in Hawaii. Do your research and see % who die from flu.
Thank you Josh Green for your candid and professional remarks. If only the mayors had your wisdom.
Open Hawai’i! No quarantine! One test prior to travel is already asking a lot! That should be suffice!
So $139 per test, two tests probably required, if I understand this correctly, these tests are in Hawaii. Plus at least on test at your starting point 72 hours before departure at who knows how much, is Hawaii going to recognize that testing agency? A couple of airlines say they’ll offer testing at $250? It’s going to cost as much for testing as an airline ticket.
We called the help desk to ask how to fill out the form to get a QR code needed to enter the state. We were planning an extended stay and did not have a return flight, which was required data on the form. I left a message and received a return call about 10 minutes later. We were told to guess at a return date and find a flight that matched that date. This information could be changed when we had an actual return flight. It worked and we got the QR code, but there should be a one-way travel option.
We are cancelling our trip to Maui for 10/18. We would never travel to the state if we had to take a 2nd Covid test. All the conflicting information from gov’t officials is frightening. Gov. Green is right on the money ~ Nobody is going to travel for 2 tests and 3 days of quarnatine. Get real! I don’t even like the idea of having to pay $139 per family member for one test to enter the state! That price point is too high.
Oakland international airport is giving out free xovid tests for travelers.
From KHON:
The tests would satisfy the requirements set forth by the program for people flying to Hawaii who want to avoid the 14-day traveler quarantine.
The airport is working with CityHealth Urgent Care to offer the tests at its North Field terminal complex. Testing will begin Oct. 6. Hawaii’s pre-travel testing plan begins Oct. 15, though specifics are still vague.
The tests are being offered to OAK employees, airlines staff, ground handling companies and the general public at no out-of-pocket costs.
I feel so sad for the people of Hawaii! They deserve so much more respect than this from their government representatives. It seems that if nothing else comes from this miserable lockdown the chance to vote these obviously incapable, inauthentic, lazy & ill educated leaders out for good. There seems to be a very deep swamp in our beloved islands & good men & women need to stand up & take responsibility to clean it out!!
Well said. So draconian and absurd for hawaii to have such a lockdown. If you do the math, its a 1% death rate, if you get covid in Hawaii. Naturally, nearly every case had severe underlying issues. Tahiti is open! We are Kauai residents going to vacation there!
We are planning a March trip to Hawaii. One week in Kauai and one week on he Big Island. Assuming we pass all covid 19 tests prior to departure is this multi Island trip permissible.
I’m with the majority. My fight is 22 October and I’m willing to jump through hoops to get there but I will not take a second test and risk quarantining. I’m happy to wear my mask and socially distance. My concern is what will be open? It’s not worth going if the beach is closed to laying out and playing in the ocean. Also, I didn’t interpret CVS and Kaiser as being only acceptable options. The website mentions them as partners but doesn’t say they will only accept test from those companies.
Ona mother note, here in Texas, CVS is now offering free drive through testing. We also have a mobile test company, Gogettested.com offering free nucleic testing. Not sure if that just Texas though.
We plan to go to the Big Island at the end of February, having canceled twice for 2020 trips. We live in the Tampa area. Will there be testing in our area?
Such 1st world problems. Oh boo-boo, the almighty tourists feel inconvenienced. Cry me a river. What about the inconveniences of trading lives for profits that we locals face? Most of us locals have had a glorious year without tourists around. Our waters are clear again, our wildlife are making comebacks, we can go to our own beaches without being elbow to elbow with tourists, and our roads are traffic free. By all means, cancel your trips and take your money elsewhere. We don’t need it as badly as you think we do and with the current state of affairs, you won’t find much Aloha for you here. The health of our kupuna and aina are more important to us than your almighty dollar. A’ole…Kapu.
Hey Kane K,im sure the unemployed residents of hawaii that had to move back to the mainland due to the loss of tourism jobs could tell you to go jump off a cliff or something like that. Yeah the environment might be nicer but soon there will be rampant looting and drug cartels coming to the islands as people get dirt poor and desperate. Not a good tradeoff in my opinion but enjoy it while it lasts. I dont see any meaningful solutions in the Hawaiian dysfunctional dystopian government thus far. It sucks that locals and tourists have to suffer for many years due to incompetent leasership. Here in MA everyone has clear guidelines since april and plenty if tourism here and stuff has been relatively open.
Using your local pidgin talk just makes you sound arrogant like your poop doesn’t stink. Oh and dont worry tourists wont be returning to the island state (that wants to become a 3rd world welfare state), after being insulted By you and other clueless ignorant local Hawaiians.
I feel bad that local Hawaiians have to have a tarnished world image due to the bad apples. Get it through your head that hawaii has been a state since the late 1950s by choice and its way past time to accept that and accept the rules rights and responsibilities as an American, which you are.
CF
You are spot on. I’ve lived on Kauai over 30 years. A lot of uneducated people here. Unfortunately, I predict Hawaii will be asking for a federal bailout for their terrible decisions.
No Bail out for Hawaii. SORRY!!!’ Ask the Governor who at this point should be donating his salary so with mayors and other public officials. Bail Outs dream on.
CF
You are spot on. I’ve lived on Kauai over 30 years. A lot of uneducated people here. Unfortunately, I predict Hawaii will be asking for a federal bailout for their terrible decisions.