Hawaii vacation demand is strong. Yet big concerns remain about rules, health, safety, and lost travel dollars.
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Hawaii vacation demand is strong. Yet big concerns remain about rules, health, safety, and lost travel dollars.
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The only way we will survive covid is if people get vaccinated and wear masks. Yes, you can get covid if you’re vaccinated, but it will not be anywhere near as bad as if you weren’t. Wearing a mask may be inconvenient, but may help stem transmissions.
I get so discouraged watching the news. I saw a news article from Hawaii about anti vax protesters invading the space of a mobile vaccination site and harassing those there for vaccines. Protesters were suppose to stay on the sidewalk, but felt it was their right to get aggressive.
Vaccines do work. These people who protest have never witnessed the devastation of diseases we have been automatically vaccinated were – polio killed or crippled, measles killed (the older you were, the more likely you’d die) or left you blind. Covid will continue to mutate as long as there are unvaccinated people contracting and spreading the disease. Their hubris hurts everyone.
Dot S., I couldn’t agree more. The politicization of this pandemic is causing untold suffering and death. It’s time for people to stop listening to those politicians and talk show hosts who have a vested interest in dividing us, and simply do the right thing and get vaccinated and wear their masks. When I was a kid, they just lined us up at school and vaccinated us. No one complained, and no one was “consulted” or “did their own research”. It was the right thing to do, and the government just did it.
I suspect that I have made my last visit to Hawaii. You can’t run from covid, you can’t hide, it will be here forever and yet the state chooses fear over prosperity. I had covid, it killed my dad in June. I have wonderful antibodies, yet you don’t care. I’m the safest of the safe and you don’t want my money. Sad. 🙁
Dear Mary Kay, oh no!! I’m very sorry to hear that you lost your Dad…..pslams 34:18😇❤ I wish that covid never existed!! Stay strong, stay safe, & be blessed….pslams 31:14 & 118:14 God bless you!
I have canceled my travel plans to Big Island 2x’s now. I’m ok doing that as I want to keep safe and I also have a deep respect & love for the people and want them to be safe. 🌺
Aloha 🌺 Mariel, That is exactly how I feel also. I’ve postponed my trip until 2023 now for the 3rd time & the 3rd time is the charm, lol! It has been my lifelong dream to come to Oahu for my vacation because my Grandfather was in Navy & in Pearl Harbor. I’ve always wanted to pay my respects since I have a deep connection to 🇺🇸 history! Stay safe & be blessed 😇 pslams 91:11, 31:14, & 118:14🐢🐠🌺🌸🍍🥥🌈🌊🌏🛩🌞🌈🌊🎉🕶👙🛍🩴👒
We have a vacation to Maui in October, from the 19th-28th. We still plan on coming, we are fully vaccinated and have a Hawaii Safe Travel account. If we need to get a negative test, we will do that! We cancelled this trip last year, we plan on coming this year!!
October of this year would have been our 3rd trip to the island of Oahu. We absolutely love it there. We are canceling our trip to do our part to help the islands medical field. We are both vaccinated, but think it best to try later. We will be back in September 2022. Stay safe and Aloha.
Reading the BOH of late I am somewhat surprised by what I sense to be a between-the-lines message that a few commentators convey. The message isn’t strong yet, but I do think it present.
The sense I speak of is derived from the tone of comments along the lines of “infiltrators” “anti-vaxxer” and “… don’t let the door hit you on the way out”. Again, there are not large numbers of these. But I suggest there are enough to have one begin to wonder if perhaps COVID isn’t the primary reason for them, but rather an excuse for some other unspoken and unwritten inclination.
Unfortunately, restrictive access and movement may be a necessity. We once again witness Hawaii’s visitation rate on a downward trend. And we know from a previous slowdown such can be very economically troubling. Thus, I’m just surprised as I think some of these comments may well cause self-inflicted damage in that they just seem to me to be out of phase with what may be required for Hawaii’s economy to quickly recover.
“You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”
– proverb
The rude comments here from apparent residents are not helping Hawaii’s situation. We shoved our 2020 weeks we own into 2021, then shoved all of those elsewhere on the planet that appreciates people coming to spend their hard earned dollars. Hawaii is a lovely place, and I don’t want people who live there getting sick, the same goes for those of us on the mainland. There is far too much politicization going on with this right now. It seems that there is a push to get people to be at each others throats over vaccines, variants, tests, you name it. If we are deeply divided as a nation, we cannot stand. Keep the Aloha Hawaii, and maybe someday we will meet again….or sadly, maybe not.
Aloha
We have lived on Maui for almost 20 years and really loved our life we are retired and have been at our summer home in Alaska. Been able to live a normal life. The friendliness up here is wonderful. Been reading the comments from back home and sadly realize that people are not really wanted there. It is so very sad. Despite enduring winter we are considering relocating up here. Warm friends are a good trade-off for warm weather
As I write this, we sit in Kauai, on a vacation that has been postponed already, twice. As fully vaccinated travelers and healthcare workers, we decided to still make the trip, even to just lay low and social distance at our resort. No one will see us out and about, as we understand the healthcare crisis, first hand. Our timeshare weeks are piling up, and we stood to lose two of them (which we paid handsomely for) if we didn’t come. We also stood to lose our airfare voucher. If Hawaii wants people to cancel, the travel industry needs to be more cooperative. Thank you for still sharing a remote and socially distanced hammock and a couple of palms with us for the next couple of weeks! I promise,we won’t be leaving anything behind, (except for what we contribute to the local economy).
We are heading there Saturday and are just like you, just the two of us, fully vaccinated, all we want is the aloha, sunshine and relaxation at our resort mostly, with a little sight seeing . We waited to plan this trip, and if we were in a large party type vacation, we would reconsider, but it’s just us and we will respect the virus and do our part, just as we do here at home. We will be grateful every day. Mahalo!
Dear HV, I’m glad that you are relaxing!! Have fun & be safe😊 I wanted to tell you thank you very much for serving your community & the 🌎 we live in!! ❤ It takes very special people to work in the health care system. I’ve postponed my trip to Oahu for 2023 & this is the 3rd time doing so. I’m OK with that because it is the smartest & safest choice I can make for myself & others to be safe. It has been my lifelong dream to come to Hawaii for my vacation. I. Looking very forward to the day when I’m sitting on 🛩 traveling! 🌍🏖🏝🌞🌈🌊🐢🐠🌺🍍🥥🕶👙🛍🩴👒My Grandfather was in Navy & I’ve always wanted to go to Pearl Harbor to pay my respects since I have a deep connection to 🇺🇸 history! He survived. Stay safe & be blessed 😇 Pslams 31:14, 91:11 & 118:14
We have booked our third visit to Waikiki in April 2022. Coming from Canada is still tricky given international rules and border issues. We are waiting to see what happens when the fall season is in full swing here and make a decision before year end.
Dear Greg, I was suppose to come to Hawaii in 2022, but I’ve postponed until 2023. It has always been my lifelong dream to come to Oahu for my vacation😍🐢🐠🌺🌏🛩🌞🌈🌊🕶🛍👙🩴👒 I’m looking very forward to when I’m sitting on 🛩 traveling to Hawaii 😊 Take care & stay safe! Psalms 91:11
Looking forward to great deals for our upcoming trip.