67 thoughts on “Is Hawaii Travel Permanently Changed By Covid?”
Carolyn A
Hoping someone can help. Having a terrible time completing Hawaii Safe Travels. Have joined Clear but cannot get the website to upload to Safe Travels for the COVID vaccination information. Have done everything repeatedly. Any thoughts?
Thank you for helping.
Being vaccinated does not give you immunity, stop you from getting infected, or transmitting COVID-19. Every visitor and returning resident to the islands should be pretested regardless of their vaccination status.
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Faye A
Thank you, I love this reminder to all travelers. I commend Governor Ige and all of Hawaii for thinking of people’s lives over money. I live in Florida where money and selfish are filling our hospitals and killing teachers, children, and our residents.
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Faye A
I meant selfish unvaccinated people are filling up our hospitals.
Mike C.
We just returned from Oahu. No problems with the safe travels app, non stop from ATL-HNL and used Uber to get around the island. All in all it was a great trip.
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Andrea
Dear Mike, my trip to Oahu is now planned for 2023 & I’m very excited!! 😍❤👒🩴👙🕶🌊🌈🌞🛩🌏🌺🐠🐢🥥🍍🏝🏖🌸 It has been my lifelong dream to come to Hawaii for my vacation & I’m looking forward to the day when I’m sitting on ✈ !! Take care & stay safe. Be blessed….psalms 91:11😇
Veronica G.
Hi. Was in Maui, Kauai and Big Island in July when testing was still required even if you were vaccinated. Totally a non issue. Has a blast. Beautiful place. Had a great rental car reservation from months before which was 100% honored in each island. Starting to plan going back next year. Just follow the rules.
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Richard C
Aloha BOH Bro’s
Hawaii travel check list:
New water shoes👍
New rash guard 👍
New Hawaiian shirt 👍
New underwear 👍
New CDC Vac Card👍
New Hawaiian print mask👍
Not much different than my last trip to Maui🤗
Looks lik
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Heyward B.
Is Hawaii travel permanently changed by COVID? I suggest it will be if not already so.
Given the uncertainties surrounding both the virus and Hawaii’s abilities to respond effectively, I would offer permanent change is inevitable. This shift will be one of a move away from generally stable travel growth policies toward a Hawaii chasing its visitation and tourism plans tail with a continuing series of unpredictable ad-hoc measures. The permanent change will be to a status of turbulent change.
What is yet to be observed is whether Hawaii can manage these on-off-on-off cycles well enough to avoid its tourism industry dying from either overeating or starvation.
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John C
Travel to the Islands is rapidly becoming a nonstarter. Flights are expensive and time consuming, mask mandates on the Islands are ineffective and bothersome, and most importantly who wants to vacation in a place where you’re clearly not appreciated or wanted. There are many other places to vacation, easier to get to, cheaper, maskless, and appreciative of people who make the effort to visit in tough times. There is long term damage being done to the largest business in Hawaii, you have been warned, no crying when you’re all starving in five years.
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Paulc
First of you plan ahead tickets are not expensive and as a matter of fact I just saw a BOH email come in with 99 dollar fares. So if that’s expensive don’t know what more to say.
2nd 99.9999% of the people I saw wore masks around bug crowds even outside when the outdoor mandate had already been lifted. So cry me a river in masks. The people I saw none seemed to take issue with it
3rd. I’ve done a lot of traveling in my time and the 10 days I spent in June on Oahu I have never felt more welcomed and appreciated. Store owners restaurants even at Walmart all very welcoming and nice. So you apparently only want slaves at your feet or something. Sure wasn’t what I experienced.
3rd sure go to Florida. Spend your money where your health isn’t important but money is. Go ahead and enjoy but stop dumping on the beautiful state of Hawaii that I love. I will gladly take your place.
Now take your leave thanks
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Rita K
Stay home, don’t come to Hawaii!
Deb D.
My husband and I will be going to Maui. We will be there on Thanksgiving. Can you recommend a nice place to reserve for Thanksgiving Dinner?
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Jeanne F
Merriman’s Kapalua
Fred
“My body my choice” ok for killing babies with heat beats but not on for forced vacations
Just can’t fix stupid
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Paulc
Always has to be one of you. You lost leave it be
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Rita K
Ditto Steven c
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Hoping someone can help. Having a terrible time completing Hawaii Safe Travels. Have joined Clear but cannot get the website to upload to Safe Travels for the COVID vaccination information. Have done everything repeatedly. Any thoughts?
Thank you for helping.
Hi Carolyn.
You can simply use Safe Travels itself, rather than using Clear if that is easier. Regarding Clear, this is their Q&A for Hawaii: https://www.clearme.com/support/hawaii-travel.
Aloha.
Being vaccinated does not give you immunity, stop you from getting infected, or transmitting COVID-19. Every visitor and returning resident to the islands should be pretested regardless of their vaccination status.
Thank you, I love this reminder to all travelers. I commend Governor Ige and all of Hawaii for thinking of people’s lives over money. I live in Florida where money and selfish are filling our hospitals and killing teachers, children, and our residents.
I meant selfish unvaccinated people are filling up our hospitals.
We just returned from Oahu. No problems with the safe travels app, non stop from ATL-HNL and used Uber to get around the island. All in all it was a great trip.
Dear Mike, my trip to Oahu is now planned for 2023 & I’m very excited!! 😍❤👒🩴👙🕶🌊🌈🌞🛩🌏🌺🐠🐢🥥🍍🏝🏖🌸 It has been my lifelong dream to come to Hawaii for my vacation & I’m looking forward to the day when I’m sitting on ✈ !! Take care & stay safe. Be blessed….psalms 91:11😇
Hi. Was in Maui, Kauai and Big Island in July when testing was still required even if you were vaccinated. Totally a non issue. Has a blast. Beautiful place. Had a great rental car reservation from months before which was 100% honored in each island. Starting to plan going back next year. Just follow the rules.
Aloha BOH Bro’s
Hawaii travel check list:
New water shoes👍
New rash guard 👍
New Hawaiian shirt 👍
New underwear 👍
New CDC Vac Card👍
New Hawaiian print mask👍
Not much different than my last trip to Maui🤗
Looks lik
Is Hawaii travel permanently changed by COVID? I suggest it will be if not already so.
Given the uncertainties surrounding both the virus and Hawaii’s abilities to respond effectively, I would offer permanent change is inevitable. This shift will be one of a move away from generally stable travel growth policies toward a Hawaii chasing its visitation and tourism plans tail with a continuing series of unpredictable ad-hoc measures. The permanent change will be to a status of turbulent change.
What is yet to be observed is whether Hawaii can manage these on-off-on-off cycles well enough to avoid its tourism industry dying from either overeating or starvation.
Travel to the Islands is rapidly becoming a nonstarter. Flights are expensive and time consuming, mask mandates on the Islands are ineffective and bothersome, and most importantly who wants to vacation in a place where you’re clearly not appreciated or wanted. There are many other places to vacation, easier to get to, cheaper, maskless, and appreciative of people who make the effort to visit in tough times. There is long term damage being done to the largest business in Hawaii, you have been warned, no crying when you’re all starving in five years.
First of you plan ahead tickets are not expensive and as a matter of fact I just saw a BOH email come in with 99 dollar fares. So if that’s expensive don’t know what more to say.
2nd 99.9999% of the people I saw wore masks around bug crowds even outside when the outdoor mandate had already been lifted. So cry me a river in masks. The people I saw none seemed to take issue with it
3rd. I’ve done a lot of traveling in my time and the 10 days I spent in June on Oahu I have never felt more welcomed and appreciated. Store owners restaurants even at Walmart all very welcoming and nice. So you apparently only want slaves at your feet or something. Sure wasn’t what I experienced.
3rd sure go to Florida. Spend your money where your health isn’t important but money is. Go ahead and enjoy but stop dumping on the beautiful state of Hawaii that I love. I will gladly take your place.
Now take your leave thanks
Stay home, don’t come to Hawaii!
My husband and I will be going to Maui. We will be there on Thanksgiving. Can you recommend a nice place to reserve for Thanksgiving Dinner?
Merriman’s Kapalua
“My body my choice” ok for killing babies with heat beats but not on for forced vacations
Just can’t fix stupid
Always has to be one of you. You lost leave it be
Ditto Steven c