172 thoughts on “Hawaii Travel Now Ready For October Reopening”
Debbi R
Can’t wait to be able to come back to Kauai, sad thing the owner of the VRBO we rented would only refund half of my $6500 deposit. We had an October stay and she made us pay almost entire amount in May when it looked like all would be well. This does not make future scheduling seem safe. Love Hawai’i but this experience has changed my view of VRBO and Hawai’i. These restrictions make it impossible to feel comfortable booking.
Lori N
Hi DEBBI, THE same thing happened to a friend who booked a VRBO on MAUI, Due to COVID they cancelled and the owner of the rental wanted to refund him 50%. He contacted the VRBO management about this and the next day he was notified he was getting 100% refund. Have you tried going this route? They would have traveled if it was not for COVID.
Mary O
I have reservations on Waikiki in a four bed girls hostel room. I know that these hostels have been opened with restrictions the entire time. I am wondering how safe it would be to stay in the hostile room. Are they checked for proper cleaning when someone leaves are they sanitized. any information on what is required of hostels and are they being checked by outside personnel.
Jeffy J
It would not be safe to stay in a hostile room. I would try a calm room or fun room. As for the hostel you should be okay as long as everyone follows correct protocols.
Bill s
🙂 Indeed a calm room would be better
Bill
Marcus R.
so what do I do before flying to Honolulu October 15, do I take the test here in Philadelphia and in Honolulu when I get there.
Bonnie S.
We have a month long vacation planned on Nov 4th, we hope Hawaii gets their act together. I honestly believe the democratic states got their orders to prolong the closure for political reasons, unbelievable that they would ruin people’s lives and businesses for political gain. Hawaii’s tourism has suffered enough!
Rochelle h
They will do Anything to get Trump out, Nancy said as much
G
I am concerned that Hawaii will stay closed until 2022 cause the reopening date gets delayed
Again from August to September now to October
I hope by February 1 2021 that Hawaii is open for tourists
Thank you
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Greg.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Deb C.
Unfortunately the rapid antigen test is extremely unreliable and known for false positive results. This is the test that gave a false positive to governor of Ohio. We had a friend who took this test and got a positive but his wife took saliva test and was negative so 2 days later he took the saliva test and it was negative – total sh*% show!! Caused a lot of grief for a lot of people due to the first positive test. Everyone else who had been around him also tested negative. At some point they will have to just open up without quarantine if visitor shows negative test – not antigen – upon arrival or they quarantine only until they take test there that shows negative. We got our saliva test results back here in MA in 24 hours. They could also do what other states are doing and have exemptions for states with low rates. We had to cancel our second planned trip to HI this summer but hope to try again when everything is fully open – hopefully next year.
Marcel R.
That’s nice.
But?? You can be positive and you don’t even know until you will take the test.
So, now what?? Who will give me money back for my Condo or Hotel rental or car rental?? Hawaii it’s not cheap. Usually you have 30 or 60 days before you’re trip cancellation policy.what about Airlines tickets??? I’m visiting Hawaii every year with my wife , but not this way.
Jennifer p
This is a wonderful news. We can hardly wait to be back in your beautiful state.
Robert L.
We stay at the Disneys Aulani resort villas every January and February, what scares us is what happens if most places open up, then three weeks later the government decides to shut everything down again while you are half way through your winter vacation. Then what, pack your bags and leave O’ahu with a huge chance of contracting the virus in the airport, plane then what we will have to isolate for two full weeks on arrival in Canada.Very sad, but not taking that chance. We may be negative on arrival, and could be positive getting back. 😔
Jeri
We have 3 condos rented on Maui for Thanksgiving week for our family of 7 traveling and meeting up with 2 Oahu resident relatives who have their own maui condo. We were to go in April but pushed it forward. It’s so very hard to manage all the airline and condo details, I pray we can travel in Nov. We have photographer booked etc. Sure Hope they make it simple to enter, the anticipated excitement of this trip has been dimmed sadly. Our family has planned a celebration of life event to honor deceased relatives who wintered in Hawaii during retirement. We have to decide by Oct 30th if this trip will happen for us. Fingers crossed! Aloha
Beat of Hawaii
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Aloha.
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Can’t wait to be able to come back to Kauai, sad thing the owner of the VRBO we rented would only refund half of my $6500 deposit. We had an October stay and she made us pay almost entire amount in May when it looked like all would be well. This does not make future scheduling seem safe. Love Hawai’i but this experience has changed my view of VRBO and Hawai’i. These restrictions make it impossible to feel comfortable booking.
Hi DEBBI, THE same thing happened to a friend who booked a VRBO on MAUI, Due to COVID they cancelled and the owner of the rental wanted to refund him 50%. He contacted the VRBO management about this and the next day he was notified he was getting 100% refund. Have you tried going this route? They would have traveled if it was not for COVID.
I have reservations on Waikiki in a four bed girls hostel room. I know that these hostels have been opened with restrictions the entire time. I am wondering how safe it would be to stay in the hostile room. Are they checked for proper cleaning when someone leaves are they sanitized. any information on what is required of hostels and are they being checked by outside personnel.
It would not be safe to stay in a hostile room. I would try a calm room or fun room. As for the hostel you should be okay as long as everyone follows correct protocols.
🙂 Indeed a calm room would be better
Bill
so what do I do before flying to Honolulu October 15, do I take the test here in Philadelphia and in Honolulu when I get there.
We have a month long vacation planned on Nov 4th, we hope Hawaii gets their act together. I honestly believe the democratic states got their orders to prolong the closure for political reasons, unbelievable that they would ruin people’s lives and businesses for political gain. Hawaii’s tourism has suffered enough!
They will do Anything to get Trump out, Nancy said as much
I am concerned that Hawaii will stay closed until 2022 cause the reopening date gets delayed
Again from August to September now to October
I hope by February 1 2021 that Hawaii is open for tourists
Thank you
Hi Greg.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Unfortunately the rapid antigen test is extremely unreliable and known for false positive results. This is the test that gave a false positive to governor of Ohio. We had a friend who took this test and got a positive but his wife took saliva test and was negative so 2 days later he took the saliva test and it was negative – total sh*% show!! Caused a lot of grief for a lot of people due to the first positive test. Everyone else who had been around him also tested negative. At some point they will have to just open up without quarantine if visitor shows negative test – not antigen – upon arrival or they quarantine only until they take test there that shows negative. We got our saliva test results back here in MA in 24 hours. They could also do what other states are doing and have exemptions for states with low rates. We had to cancel our second planned trip to HI this summer but hope to try again when everything is fully open – hopefully next year.
That’s nice.
But?? You can be positive and you don’t even know until you will take the test.
So, now what?? Who will give me money back for my Condo or Hotel rental or car rental?? Hawaii it’s not cheap. Usually you have 30 or 60 days before you’re trip cancellation policy.what about Airlines tickets??? I’m visiting Hawaii every year with my wife , but not this way.
This is a wonderful news. We can hardly wait to be back in your beautiful state.
We stay at the Disneys Aulani resort villas every January and February, what scares us is what happens if most places open up, then three weeks later the government decides to shut everything down again while you are half way through your winter vacation. Then what, pack your bags and leave O’ahu with a huge chance of contracting the virus in the airport, plane then what we will have to isolate for two full weeks on arrival in Canada.Very sad, but not taking that chance. We may be negative on arrival, and could be positive getting back. 😔
We have 3 condos rented on Maui for Thanksgiving week for our family of 7 traveling and meeting up with 2 Oahu resident relatives who have their own maui condo. We were to go in April but pushed it forward. It’s so very hard to manage all the airline and condo details, I pray we can travel in Nov. We have photographer booked etc. Sure Hope they make it simple to enter, the anticipated excitement of this trip has been dimmed sadly. Our family has planned a celebration of life event to honor deceased relatives who wintered in Hawaii during retirement. We have to decide by Oct 30th if this trip will happen for us. Fingers crossed! Aloha
Hi Jeri.
Thank you.
Aloha.