405 thoughts on “Hawaii Resort Bubbles APPROVED | The Worst Idea Ever?”
Shelley L.
It would be nice to be able to quarantine in our own condo but it is not on the approved hotel list. Hopefully Canadians will be welcomed back as soon as it’s safe. Currently we are unable to buy travel medical insurance so it is not possible for us to come to Hawaii.
James B
Check with the HTA, but you ARE allowed to quarantine in your condo or any condo so long as you stay within the structure, lanai included. Our daughter and her family just came off the 14-day. They were asked at the airport for address and cell number. They were contacted each day by phone and also received the “all clear” call on the final day.
Pam S
I’m not sure how they were able to quarantine in a condo. Before cancelling our trip, I contacted the governor’s office and was told that we had to quarantine 14 days in a hotel before relocating to the condo because the condo was considered a vacation rental. We were planning to rent the condo for 4 months, but that didn’t matter.
James B
I am truly sorry to hear that you got bad information. Perhaps you were traveling to Oahu. I know that the Mayor, not the Governor, at one point identified hotels as the only option because of the horrible problem with illegal vacation rentals on Oahu. Three groups that I personally know, including my daughter’s family, were able to quarantine in a condo.
John J
sounds complicated. there would have to be start and stop dates every 2 weeks. staff would have to quarantine with guests then without guests on a rotating basis. Alternatively, if the plan is to protect the local population and not the guests, as it is in jamaica, a point to point system where the guests are sequestered from the arrival gate to departure gate could be implemented, thereby containing any infection to the guest population. We could let them mix it all up like sandals and come and go with their diseases. The flight crews would have to be contained in the same way.
Major C
Good Point John J
This is a pipe dream that cannot happen, and totally over the top in the rabid paranoia chart.
Do what is working, enforce masks and handwashing and personal space and we can reopen hawaii. Make sure you vote out IGE and State rep Tulsi Gabbard and crazy Mazie
Linda T.
I’d be very careful about how this could really run up the cost of a trip. Naturally, the bigger the resort the better, but since you and your family are basically a captive audience, the sky is the limit on what they could charge for each and every thing!
As much as we love the islands, Hawaii is already an expensive vacation for us. If this added say an additional 25-50% to the trip, it would put this vacation in the out of reach category.
Jan F
As frequent travelers to the Big Island we will NOT travel and spend our hard earned money under this concept. We love exploring, traveling and touring the island. If I wanted to stay in a hotel complex under “supervision” I would just stay home(its free)! Why spend all the money and time to get there and be under what can be considered house arrest. Almost as bad/ridiculous as the concept of allowing Japan to travel first to Hawaii. It looks more and more like our November trip to Hawaii will not occur with these parameters in place.
I guess our Hawaii “fix” will be through Beat of Hawaii for the foreseeable future, until we can visit when and where we want with no conditions in place. We wish the Hawaiian islands and people well during this time.
Aloha
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Jan.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Tom F
Wow. Kind of like a detention camp? This is a vacation? Hard pass here. Good luck Hawaii. Evidently you’re going to need it.
Doreen
I think something like this could work. Front desk areas could put up stations that are plexiglassed off for social distancing between each group and the agent checking them in. In order to make it feel more like Hawaii a stage area can be plexiglassed in from the visitors and from each musician where entertainment can be provided as a warm touch. The rooms should be utilized in a way of the rooms located next to the elevators should be empty. Then the room next to that could be utilized, then ensuring the room across of the utilized room is also vacant. Then every other room can be utilized down the hall while it being the opposite on the other side of the hall. Hire elevator operators to ensure a limited number of people are allowed at a time. Bellman control the flow into the hotel lobby and reservations are made for pool usage.
It could really work!
Bill S
🙂 If we make the bubbles small, we could bring back Do Ho to sing “Tiny Bubbles” 🙂 and pipr the mucic thru to each room.
Scott
This appears to be the best of all the bad ideas so far.
The Big Island could group Manuna Kea, Fairmont, Prince, Hilton Waikoloa, Marriot Waikoloa and the Four Seasons into a travel corridor…add in the airport to entry/exit privileges. Rentals traveling outside the corridor would be penalized. Arrange for local restaurants to deliver when the hotel food gets too monotonous or pricey. Add a COVOD test center at each hotel.
Dale G
Resort Bubbles: Not a great idea. Who or what entity would be charged with being a bubble cop? Does one go to “resort jail” instead of some ridiculous fine? How, electronically, would one be tracked at the resort? Too many what if’s.
Thanks – you guys do a great job keeping us informed!
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Dale.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Kalani F
Is it going to be free? LOL no thanks. Why would a person pay full price to stay in a hotel that would treat you like a prisoner? I have plenty of stupid ideas, maybe I should run for public office in Hawaii.
Mike K
Who comes up with crazy ideas such as this?? Hawaii governance appears to be a Junior Achievement project. I agree with you 100%
Colleen
That would be a definite NO! Colleen
Michele S
Double ditto, NO, NO.
Jim B
Twice a year Traveler to Maui, not with this plan. I’m not spending 10 grand to be sequestered in my resort. Pre-arrival test and Temp chk is all Hawaii can reasonably do. Hawaii wants a perfect system and if they continue to push for that they’ll never get it open. Therapy’s have dropped the death rate by 70% nationally, despite spike in cases. And hospital rates except in 4 states are way down. The current death rate is similar now to the common flu. Time to open it with a testing plan. It won’t be perfect but if this goes beyond Sept. you can kiss most of the restaurants and small businesses,and work force good-bye for the foreseeable future. Maui will be especially damaged where Tourism is 90% of the economy.
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It would be nice to be able to quarantine in our own condo but it is not on the approved hotel list. Hopefully Canadians will be welcomed back as soon as it’s safe. Currently we are unable to buy travel medical insurance so it is not possible for us to come to Hawaii.
Check with the HTA, but you ARE allowed to quarantine in your condo or any condo so long as you stay within the structure, lanai included. Our daughter and her family just came off the 14-day. They were asked at the airport for address and cell number. They were contacted each day by phone and also received the “all clear” call on the final day.
I’m not sure how they were able to quarantine in a condo. Before cancelling our trip, I contacted the governor’s office and was told that we had to quarantine 14 days in a hotel before relocating to the condo because the condo was considered a vacation rental. We were planning to rent the condo for 4 months, but that didn’t matter.
I am truly sorry to hear that you got bad information. Perhaps you were traveling to Oahu. I know that the Mayor, not the Governor, at one point identified hotels as the only option because of the horrible problem with illegal vacation rentals on Oahu. Three groups that I personally know, including my daughter’s family, were able to quarantine in a condo.
sounds complicated. there would have to be start and stop dates every 2 weeks. staff would have to quarantine with guests then without guests on a rotating basis. Alternatively, if the plan is to protect the local population and not the guests, as it is in jamaica, a point to point system where the guests are sequestered from the arrival gate to departure gate could be implemented, thereby containing any infection to the guest population. We could let them mix it all up like sandals and come and go with their diseases. The flight crews would have to be contained in the same way.
Good Point John J
This is a pipe dream that cannot happen, and totally over the top in the rabid paranoia chart.
Do what is working, enforce masks and handwashing and personal space and we can reopen hawaii. Make sure you vote out IGE and State rep Tulsi Gabbard and crazy Mazie
I’d be very careful about how this could really run up the cost of a trip. Naturally, the bigger the resort the better, but since you and your family are basically a captive audience, the sky is the limit on what they could charge for each and every thing!
As much as we love the islands, Hawaii is already an expensive vacation for us. If this added say an additional 25-50% to the trip, it would put this vacation in the out of reach category.
As frequent travelers to the Big Island we will NOT travel and spend our hard earned money under this concept. We love exploring, traveling and touring the island. If I wanted to stay in a hotel complex under “supervision” I would just stay home(its free)! Why spend all the money and time to get there and be under what can be considered house arrest. Almost as bad/ridiculous as the concept of allowing Japan to travel first to Hawaii. It looks more and more like our November trip to Hawaii will not occur with these parameters in place.
I guess our Hawaii “fix” will be through Beat of Hawaii for the foreseeable future, until we can visit when and where we want with no conditions in place. We wish the Hawaiian islands and people well during this time.
Aloha
Hi Jan.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Wow. Kind of like a detention camp? This is a vacation? Hard pass here. Good luck Hawaii. Evidently you’re going to need it.
I think something like this could work. Front desk areas could put up stations that are plexiglassed off for social distancing between each group and the agent checking them in. In order to make it feel more like Hawaii a stage area can be plexiglassed in from the visitors and from each musician where entertainment can be provided as a warm touch. The rooms should be utilized in a way of the rooms located next to the elevators should be empty. Then the room next to that could be utilized, then ensuring the room across of the utilized room is also vacant. Then every other room can be utilized down the hall while it being the opposite on the other side of the hall. Hire elevator operators to ensure a limited number of people are allowed at a time. Bellman control the flow into the hotel lobby and reservations are made for pool usage.
It could really work!
🙂 If we make the bubbles small, we could bring back Do Ho to sing “Tiny Bubbles” 🙂 and pipr the mucic thru to each room.
This appears to be the best of all the bad ideas so far.
The Big Island could group Manuna Kea, Fairmont, Prince, Hilton Waikoloa, Marriot Waikoloa and the Four Seasons into a travel corridor…add in the airport to entry/exit privileges. Rentals traveling outside the corridor would be penalized. Arrange for local restaurants to deliver when the hotel food gets too monotonous or pricey. Add a COVOD test center at each hotel.
Resort Bubbles: Not a great idea. Who or what entity would be charged with being a bubble cop? Does one go to “resort jail” instead of some ridiculous fine? How, electronically, would one be tracked at the resort? Too many what if’s.
Thanks – you guys do a great job keeping us informed!
Hi Dale.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Is it going to be free? LOL no thanks. Why would a person pay full price to stay in a hotel that would treat you like a prisoner? I have plenty of stupid ideas, maybe I should run for public office in Hawaii.
Who comes up with crazy ideas such as this?? Hawaii governance appears to be a Junior Achievement project. I agree with you 100%
That would be a definite NO! Colleen
Double ditto, NO, NO.
Twice a year Traveler to Maui, not with this plan. I’m not spending 10 grand to be sequestered in my resort. Pre-arrival test and Temp chk is all Hawaii can reasonably do. Hawaii wants a perfect system and if they continue to push for that they’ll never get it open. Therapy’s have dropped the death rate by 70% nationally, despite spike in cases. And hospital rates except in 4 states are way down. The current death rate is similar now to the common flu. Time to open it with a testing plan. It won’t be perfect but if this goes beyond Sept. you can kiss most of the restaurants and small businesses,and work force good-bye for the foreseeable future. Maui will be especially damaged where Tourism is 90% of the economy.