It just takes one person to wreck it for others. With some ugly details.
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It just takes one person to wreck it for others. With some ugly details.
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I find this very disheartening. I am bringing my grandson (he is 11) to Hawaii in June, this will be my third time visiting the islands and will be his first. I really want him to enjoy the full Hawaiian experience. To know that so many are ruining tourism for others and treating locals in a less than kind way is sad.
Unfortunately those that are mentioned in this article I believe live the same way in their home towns and throughout their lives.
Someone else mentioned them being unhappy people, I agree with that statement. Unfortunately you can’t screen people for their attitude before they book travel.
I am very excited to be visiting the islands again and promise that my grandson and I will be on our best behavior and kind. Aloha
Michelle, you’ll have a great time. As these comments bear out, most people do. The few that don’t reflects on them, not Hawaii.
Still plenty of Aloha here.
I live in Hawaii for years and can say, please keep you want a be entitled idiots at home on the mainland or wherever you come from. We don’t want or need you spoiled acting people on our peaceful Islands.
i love how people who move to hawaii creep over to the locals camp.
No problem, Bruddah! Howz bout the thousands of Hawaiians voting in the Philippine elections? LOL!
We are on Maui since 2 weeks. Have not seen anything really negative of behavior mentioned in the article. Only observations:
Prices went up for everything, overworked wait and kitchen staff (too few available employees?) resulting in a sharp drop in quality. So far had lots of disappointing dinners including one that I thought was one of the best restaurants on Maui is now at the bottom of our list. Let’s see how our Mother’s Day Brunch for $125 a person will turn out today. Going with lowered expectations. Can’t get any worse than what we had at other places.
That’s too bad. We’re staying on Kaimana Beach, Oahu and have had nothing but excellent food and service. Have not experienced any staffing shortages, much to my surprise.
So happy to have finally successfully completed a planned trip to Hawaii after several reschedules.
We just returned from Hawaii. Our 10th trip. Yes, some (most) tourists today are rude and inconsiderate. I give so much credit to the locals and workers . we were treated like royalty by everyone. Mahalo for putting up with some who should have gone to Disneyworld as they just don’t appreciate what the Hawaiian islands are all about.
It is so sad to hear that there are people who think they are entitled and need to be treated like they are better than the hosts of your Islands. I personally miss coming to Oahu to vacation. I enjoy speaking to the locals, who treat us with respect as we respect them and are greatful for their service to the tourists. Aloha!
I waiver between mostly tolerance and occasionally slipping down the rabbit hole the media has created. I have to remind myself that not every visitor is potentially an antivax/mask conspiracy theorist that believes the election was stolen and hates immigrants. I’m happiest when I don’t judge and practice empathy, we can all be jerks at sometime in our lives, looking for the good in others feels way better then anger.
The other day for the umptteenth time this year, I almost got run over by a dirtbiker on the “no motorized vehicles’ coastal path. And somebody let their dog run off leash through our neighborhood an on my property where I watched kill a rooster. And then there are the many dog owners who leave their dog’s poop bags on the side of the trail for somebody else to pick up. And what about all the graffiti on beach pavilions, bridge underpasses and even some rocks and trees. Those are self-entitled, disrespectful actions done by locals.
Yes, I have too have noticed plenty of rude, pale skinned, visitors. But before you point the finger at them, we need to turn that finger around, point it at the many locals who are equally as inconsiderate.
Howzit,
Great article & I mahalo you for speaking out.
I drive Uber here in Honolulu & I constantly see the rental convertible Mustang or Camaro (yesterday a white Camaro with suitcases in the back seat) speeding, changing lanes without turn signals & going back & forth on H1 like they were late to a Mai Tai at Turtle Bay.
It was so disrespectful & for the firs time I wished I did not work in the visitor industry.
My wife and I first visited Hawaii 9/16/01. Five days after 9/11. We fell in love with your beautiful state and have visited multiple times since with a timeshare at Hilton on Waikiki. The Aloha spirit is inspiring and everyone we encounter very pleasant. We come to relax, enjoy your beautiful beaches and attend luaus. I am saddened that people who visit are so arrogant. lts a shame they feel so entitled. The rudest people were other visitors. Thanks to the Hawaiian people for being so warm and welcoming.
It’s not just happening to Hawaii – they act the same on the mainland. Entitlement is rampant, so don’t take it personally Hawaii. Travelers (and not travelers) are acting out everywhere in the US. Who raised these people – wolves?
I was born here but raised on the mainland. I finally moved back here in 2013. There was still some aloha then but since Coronaflu struck and things finally open back up people act like they mad at everything and everybody. Especially the drivers. What has happened to the aloha my bruddah and sistas? As an extensive traveler I can attest to American being hated around the world because of some other tourist attitudes. A lot of us think we are entitled…what a shame. Aloha.