Can you travel To Hawaii without stress given the latest unprecedented Covid situation?
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We are scheduled for 2 weeks in February. All in our party are vaccinated and we’ve had our boosters. Booked a condo and have no problem with masks so we still intend to come and enjoy!
We cancelled our travels to Hawaii. Currently the uncertainty risk exceeds the reward.
Hawaii’s squishy plans and efforts in attempting to be the proverbial last to dance with the virus are too risky to warrant our investment. When Hawaii establishes a reasonably stable virus control plan containing defined goals that do not contemplate abnormal pecuniary risk nor unusually restrictive policies on visitors it will be time to reconsider.
Until then, Hawaii appears a traveler’s crap shoot.
My wife and I are scheduled to arrive on the Big Island in mid January, and staying at an Airbnb in south Kona. We’re both fully vaccinated and have had our boosters. I would consider changing our plans if I could get my money back from the Airbnb. I can change our airline tickets, and I think we can change our Turo car rental. We want to do the right thing, but I’m not willing to lose all of that money.
I know what you mean. I also have a trip scheduled for mid March and I found out my Airbnb won’t refund the $4000 deposit. Not sure how this is gonna play if the impose travelling restrictions. Definitely not fair to tourists since most time we have no choice in the matter.
Sadly, we have canceled our trip to Kauai with friends in January. Our rental management company very reasonably charges for our stay one month before our arrival, but we have seen how quickly things can change in a month. MANY THANKS to BOH for tracking and communicating the status of government actions and infection rates. If testing were to be required (either 3 days or 1 day before arrival) for vaccinated visitors, there’s no way we could comply from where we live. Maybe 2023.
Hi Nancy.
Thanks for letting us know. We hope you can return soon.
Aloha.
There seems to be an overuse of the word “safe”. If you don’t feel safe, you have fear. Fear is a powerful force, it is its own coercion. You have been told you are safe but obviously you’re not. You are not safe, vaccinated or not. Everyone can get it, transmit it and perish from it. Why would you feel safe if you were vaccinated?
We are booked February 15! Car, air. We have a timeshare that I’ve paid for the last two years. We will come unless there is a shut down of beaches!! We mostly cook/grill at our condo and go to the beach.
Fingers crossed! HawIi does not need another lock down!
We have a 3 week trip planned for April and another for September, both in Maui so obviously we’ve got some time for all this to work itself out. We were there Mar and Sep ‘21 and other than some fairly minor inconveniences we had a great time!! We did not in the past nor will we in the future consider canceling if the Governor requested unless he also asked the businesses on Maui to refund our money, after all why should us tourists be the only ones who take the financial loss!!
Tourists who only consider their loss by this and not the danger posed are the kind of people we don’t want here
It’s the lack of Aloha Spirit that is making those that live in Hawaii look bad, even though it’s not most people, and it’s why people are choosing never to come back. Stop with the division already, it serves no purpose in uniting the masses…🤦♂️
We will be returning to our own condo early January for a month. We were blast there October 4 to November 14 and generally come 3 times a year staying total 3 to 4 months. We are boxed and boosted. We wore masks at all times inside and will do so again. We will dine only outdoor restaurants and maybe only 2 to 3 times total. We will walk a lot but other than that will pretty much keep to ourselves and not visit with other owners here unless we are certain of their status. We won’t interact
If you follow the medical doctors in South Africa and the UK, Omicron is 70 times more contagious but if you are vaccinated and boosted if you are systematic at all, it will be mild.
Lots of vaccine breakthrough, but very mild symptoms.
Not stopping us. We’re vaxed & boosted. Have no problem with masking. Don’t attend huge functions. Let the unvaxed stay home. Less competition for the beaches and the roads.
Happy Holidays♡
Mele Kalikimaka to you BOH Bros & everyone! Happy new year as well!! 🎉🎄🎁🌈🌏🥥🍍♥️
Hi Andrea.
Good to hear from you. Happy holidays!
Aloha.
Wondering also what the state of cruising to Hawaii will be? We have a scheduled cruise January 16, 2022 and there has been no cancellation by the cruise line yet.
I would stay away from any cruise. Vaxxed or not. Just seems like a very silly idea in these times!
…and the State hasn’t yet announced that they are happening.
Aloha, looks like we were right about next year and booking elsewhere. With tens of thousands of cases of Omicron and only 1 attributed death on the mainland, the tale is old as time: its the panic and fear mongering that is more important than truth. We’ve recommended to all family and friends to just stay home next year, travel locally. It’s just one huge hassle after another going anywhere, and until the US realizes that this pandemic has become endemic, booking travel is just a waste of time
That one death was not attributed to Omicron. According to the Harris County Health Department he just happened to test positive.
Dear John, I’ve postponed my lifelong dream vacation trip to Oahu for 2023! Gives me more time to save $$ & time for some things to settle down. Mele Kalikimaka & a Happy new year to you! 🌺🍍🥥🌏✈🌈⛱ stay safe & be Blessed😇