405 thoughts on “Hawaii Resort Bubbles APPROVED | The Worst Idea Ever?”
Jennie R
Staying at the resort, no matter how nice won’t work for most. When travelling to Hawaii, we want to see the sights, hike, go out to eat. I don’t think you’ll get a lot of takers with this strategy. We cancelled our August trip (timeshare) and will hope to come in 2022.
Bob A.
OMG! Like many others, I will be spending my dollars elsewhere for many years to come. Hawaii will go bankrupt because the politicians running the state.
CV-19 Isn’t the problem, Hawaii leadership is.
Mike
I hate to ask, but please tell us how much something like that would cost? Those Kohala Coast resorts are hundreds of dollars per night, not to mention sky high food and beverage prices.
And would returning residents like me have to do this or would we still be allowed to go home for the 14 days?
House arrest would be preferable to the torture you mention of looking out over the blue Pacific from a hotel room but not being allowed to even dip your toes in the water.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Mike.
Good question. Another unknown and one that was never mentioned.
Aloha.
Gidget H
I would consider a bubble in Maui if we are free to go to restaurants, for us mainly TS restaurants, go to the beaches of our choice, sounds like I’m already out of the bubble
that’s a lot of money to spend for bubbling, I guess it’s ok if you are at one of the bigger resorts with amenities, we stay at the Whaler in Ka’anapali. Come on Maui, maybe wait a little
longer when things calm down so we can enjoy our long, rescheduled vacations.
AW
Thank you Beat of Hawaii for the update on this. From a particularly selfish point of view I do not see how a resort bubble will help vacation rentals since I can’t imagine this being in any way remotely feasible for them.
That said, I could see this working in principle however I am not sure how enticing this will be for people to visit Hawaii. I would think you need a completely different kind of experience than what was provided before the pandemic. It would need to be all inclusive and have access to a nice swimming beach. Perhaps supervised outing could be done. But this kind of experience has already been available for years in Mexico and the Caribbean and will be much less expensive than anything in Hawaii. And also, let’s be honest about it, if this is done correctly then it does need to be resort jail, no matter how gilded the cages are.
[Oh, if you allow me to be a bit cheeky, perhaps the first site should be Kaluapapa]
From my (albeit mainland) perspective I give the Governor and Mayors a lot of credit as they seem to have put the lives and health of their people first. So in my opinion, all of us who want to visit should wait until the country gets its #$%^ together and there is enough testing so that it is truly safe for the residents.
And for the record I totally support travel bubbles with other countries that have effective managed the virus. This will give desperately needed relief to the Americans living in Hawaii.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi AW.
Thank you.
Aloha.
Jenn L
If flights, room rates, and food were priced low enough to make up for the fact that visitors couldn’t go off site, we’d probably do it. But only if the resort were beachfront, with decent acreage for walks. Scheduled activities that could be done while socially distanced would be a plus. But we are return visitors who have been enough times to not feel compelled to hit the tourist spots.
Pam M
In a word?
RIDICULOUS
Trying to quantify where people will come from and where they’ll stay is impossible.
What’s next? Ankle bracelets?
Besides what’s Hawai’i going to do, use government funds to hire “Resort Tracking Police? The RTF.
This whole mess would be funny if it weren’t so pathetic.
Mahalo Beat Of Hawai’i for the wonderful information.
🌺
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Pam.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Katherine K.
Thank you for all you are doing to keep us on the Mainland informed. While I think this idea has some potential, we are annual visitors to Kauai Lagoons Kalanipu’u, and I don’t see how it would work for that resort. While it would be nice to not be confined to our villa for 14 days, there’s no restaurant, only a little shop (like Waiohai), and while the facilities at Kalanipu’u are nice, they aren’t enough for a 3-1/2 week stay without leaving the grounds for the first 14 days. I’m glad someone is thinking positively, though. We’ve now cancelled out annual visit twice and are hoping to be able to get there before we’re too old to travel.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Katherine.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Marcie W.
I am curious who will have the authority to choose which hotels are suitable for quarantined lodging. Would Hyatt, Marriott, Sheraton etc., bid for this ‘prisoner of paradise’ experiment? Sounds like a tempting opportunity to line someone’s pockets…Bad idea for locals and tourists alike.
Mark N.
I’d be happy to be stuck at Hapuna Prince Hotel for 5-7 days! Food, ocean, pool and room. That’s all I need to relax. But other than looking for a relaxing getaway, I don’t think it would work for most.
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Staying at the resort, no matter how nice won’t work for most. When travelling to Hawaii, we want to see the sights, hike, go out to eat. I don’t think you’ll get a lot of takers with this strategy. We cancelled our August trip (timeshare) and will hope to come in 2022.
OMG! Like many others, I will be spending my dollars elsewhere for many years to come. Hawaii will go bankrupt because the politicians running the state.
CV-19 Isn’t the problem, Hawaii leadership is.
I hate to ask, but please tell us how much something like that would cost? Those Kohala Coast resorts are hundreds of dollars per night, not to mention sky high food and beverage prices.
And would returning residents like me have to do this or would we still be allowed to go home for the 14 days?
House arrest would be preferable to the torture you mention of looking out over the blue Pacific from a hotel room but not being allowed to even dip your toes in the water.
Hi Mike.
Good question. Another unknown and one that was never mentioned.
Aloha.
I would consider a bubble in Maui if we are free to go to restaurants, for us mainly TS restaurants, go to the beaches of our choice, sounds like I’m already out of the bubble
that’s a lot of money to spend for bubbling, I guess it’s ok if you are at one of the bigger resorts with amenities, we stay at the Whaler in Ka’anapali. Come on Maui, maybe wait a little
longer when things calm down so we can enjoy our long, rescheduled vacations.
Thank you Beat of Hawaii for the update on this. From a particularly selfish point of view I do not see how a resort bubble will help vacation rentals since I can’t imagine this being in any way remotely feasible for them.
That said, I could see this working in principle however I am not sure how enticing this will be for people to visit Hawaii. I would think you need a completely different kind of experience than what was provided before the pandemic. It would need to be all inclusive and have access to a nice swimming beach. Perhaps supervised outing could be done. But this kind of experience has already been available for years in Mexico and the Caribbean and will be much less expensive than anything in Hawaii. And also, let’s be honest about it, if this is done correctly then it does need to be resort jail, no matter how gilded the cages are.
[Oh, if you allow me to be a bit cheeky, perhaps the first site should be Kaluapapa]
From my (albeit mainland) perspective I give the Governor and Mayors a lot of credit as they seem to have put the lives and health of their people first. So in my opinion, all of us who want to visit should wait until the country gets its #$%^ together and there is enough testing so that it is truly safe for the residents.
And for the record I totally support travel bubbles with other countries that have effective managed the virus. This will give desperately needed relief to the Americans living in Hawaii.
Hi AW.
Thank you.
Aloha.
If flights, room rates, and food were priced low enough to make up for the fact that visitors couldn’t go off site, we’d probably do it. But only if the resort were beachfront, with decent acreage for walks. Scheduled activities that could be done while socially distanced would be a plus. But we are return visitors who have been enough times to not feel compelled to hit the tourist spots.
In a word?
RIDICULOUS
Trying to quantify where people will come from and where they’ll stay is impossible.
What’s next? Ankle bracelets?
Besides what’s Hawai’i going to do, use government funds to hire “Resort Tracking Police? The RTF.
This whole mess would be funny if it weren’t so pathetic.
Mahalo Beat Of Hawai’i for the wonderful information.
🌺
Hi Pam.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Thank you for all you are doing to keep us on the Mainland informed. While I think this idea has some potential, we are annual visitors to Kauai Lagoons Kalanipu’u, and I don’t see how it would work for that resort. While it would be nice to not be confined to our villa for 14 days, there’s no restaurant, only a little shop (like Waiohai), and while the facilities at Kalanipu’u are nice, they aren’t enough for a 3-1/2 week stay without leaving the grounds for the first 14 days. I’m glad someone is thinking positively, though. We’ve now cancelled out annual visit twice and are hoping to be able to get there before we’re too old to travel.
Hi Katherine.
Thanks.
Aloha.
I am curious who will have the authority to choose which hotels are suitable for quarantined lodging. Would Hyatt, Marriott, Sheraton etc., bid for this ‘prisoner of paradise’ experiment? Sounds like a tempting opportunity to line someone’s pockets…Bad idea for locals and tourists alike.
I’d be happy to be stuck at Hapuna Prince Hotel for 5-7 days! Food, ocean, pool and room. That’s all I need to relax. But other than looking for a relaxing getaway, I don’t think it would work for most.