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Aloha Rob and Jeff.
I constantly read your updates (Thank you, as always.) and am quietly optimistic of a return to the Islands for foreign visitors like myself in the New Year. Fulfilling the wanderlust to other places is nice, but never meets the equal of Hawai’i. Just heard some radio news that a British university has found out that mouthwash kills the virus. Who’d have thought? Maybe hand out Listerine as you arrive and all will be well…
Please post any notification that would suggest that the Irish can come to town.
Regards and Mahalo.
Hi Michael.
Thanks for staying part of this! We had also read about that ingredient cetylpyridinium chloride a number of months ago, which is found for example in Sonicare Breath RX.
Aloha.
Forgive my ignorance, but what happened in 2008 and how have things changed since then? My first visit to Hawaii was in 2010 so I would like to know what I have missed by not going before 2008. 🙂
We just returned from Maui. I am grateful we travel twice a year. I understand the article as far as there are a lot of activities that are not currently open. A number of stores are closed (done not coming back) open but limited hours. The best thing about the Hawaii environment is eating outdoors – the weather is always pretty nice. We stayed primarily on the west side – when we usually venture out so this was a different trip. I’d say if it’s your first visit you may want to wait. As of this past week the amount of people visiting is by far less. The beaches are more open. It was really nice and even more relaxing than our prior trips. What the past it may of been like.
Make sure you your on top of the testing etc. That was more stressful than anything. They were very organized as you arrived from the mainland.
My ❤️Goes out to our ohana on Maui. It will get better. See you hopefully in may 2021.
Mahalo for the updates.
We take our vault tests Tuesday afternoon and arrive in Kona (hopefully) this Friday. 10 night trip for family of 5 split on each coast. We are still visiting as long as the flights and tests cooperate. Had some restless nights worrying about it. Specifically about if a flight gets delayed resulting in our 72 hour prior test becoming longer than 72 hours or even worse an unexpected positive result. However, with the reduced airfare cost for a holiday trip and less crowds hopeful it will be worth the risk and we can show the kids what my wife and I fell in love with years ago. We don’t care if restaurants are closed. Hope to do our own exploring of the island even if tours aren’t available. We are used to wearing masks and will of course do so while visiting. Will only eat outside. Will only take off masks if away from others on the beach. Will respect the rules and hope all benefit.
Hopefully we can report back on a successful arrival this weekend!
Hi Kyle.
Thanks for all your comments. Have a great time on the Big Island. Even if your flight is delayed you’ll be fine. The rule is within 72 hours of the scheduled departure, not actual.
Aloha.
Also, Kyle if you visit the Hawaii Covid website under FAQs if your flight is delayed it says it will not affect your testing. I hope you have a great time!
We are headed to the Big Island (Mauna Kea) Dec 2nd for 10 days.. called the Hotel today to double check all the necessities are open, which they are. This is our 4th reschedule since pandemic. Really looking forward to it!!
Hello, Would you be please be willing to check the facts on the following paragraph from an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about some CA lawmakers that went to Maui for a conference?
In reads in part…”He added that he did not decide to go ahead with the conference until last month, when Hawaii relaxed its travel policy so people could visit the state if they had a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours before arriving. Additional safety precautions include an application that guests must download onto their phones to track their movements while in the state and a requirement that they wear masks anywhere outside their hotel rooms.
Is it true that Hawaii travelers are “tracked by an app while in the state?”
I have read about the testing protocols, but not about submitting to a tracking app.
Thank you.
Hi Olga.
No guests are not tracked, and it is not 72 hours before arrival. It is within 72 hours of scheduled departure.
Aloha.
Thanks for all the info. That’s within 72 hours of the scheduled departure of your flight that arrives into the State of Hawaii. We fly Austin, TX to DFW then to Maui. So it’s within 72 hours of our scheduled departure from DFW not from Austin.
Hi Dan.
Yes. It is within 72 hours of the trans-Pacific flight scheduled departure time. Have a great time on Maui.
Aloha.
Not sure that I agree with CEO Kern’s assertion that “news in the past week of the impending vaccines, and not the vaccines themselves will be what spawn travel’s resurgence.
Certainly the stock of companies involved in travel and pharma should benefit from the anticipated vaccine but why would someone worried about traveling now take a trip in the next 3-4 months when there is virtually no chance they could get vaccinated by then?
It takes four weeks and two doses before someone would supposedly be protected by the mRNA vaccines. Add to that the time and logistics of getting the huge number of doses manufactured, distributed and administered to the clamoring public horde and you are looking at months, not weeks before there is widespread coverage. It would likely be late spring or the summer of 2021, at best.
And that assumes the final results and safety studies are satisfactory. I put almost no faith in the recent announcements by Pfizer and Moderna which were little more than PR news releases to goose their stock prices and heighten the demand for their vaccines. The statements when read in detail admit that the data is interim, incomplete and somewhat speculative. Still, there is little doubt they will be approved.
Finally, it is likely the State of Hawaii would benefit from having a more standardized mask policy across the islands. But such a policy would be foolish, autocratic and a nonstarter for me if it requires masks to be worn outdoors in a setting that allows for adequate distance from other human beings.
Thanks for another great update.
Hi Mike.
Thanks for your thoughts on this. Travel stocks are up, that’s for sure. A more standardized policy in Hawaii is inevitable it seems, although that may wait until January.
Aloha.
We plan on coming our usual time, in February. We’re hoping things are better by then but we figure we can watch the whales from our room if boats aren’t running, and that is really why we come. And the beautiful weather, of course.
Rum tasting is available again at Koloa Rum =)
Yeah!
I am still hoping to go to Kauai in late February early March. I have my house reservations but will wait until December to make a final decision and/or, purchase my airline tickets. I appreciate all your updates and insights.
Hi Lee.
Thank you. We hope that works out for your February trip to Kauai.
Aloha.