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Aloha BOH,
My Heart Breaks for the Kauai residents and their families. Know you and yours are in our thoughts & prayers.
We have rescheduled our annual 4 week trip arrival from 12/11 to 2/1. After seeing the updates earlier this week we cancelled the February visit and have decided to wait until December 2021 for our return.
Hi Veronica.
Thanks for your comments and for sharing your plans.
Aloha.
Residents are also confused by the rule changes but I cannot emphasize enough that Kauai has 9 ICU beds and 14 ventilators. We cannot afford a surge in cases. We want to get back to normal. We want visitors to come. We want our jobs and economy to recovery. But we want to be safe too. We don’t want our elders to die. We don’t want our children sick. Mayor Kawakami is trying very hard to find a solution that helps us open safely. Please understand that we are all trying to make it work so be patient. When people start vaccinating this will improve.
This. Exactly. I don’t understand why people cannot understand that this is about healthcare systems breaking and the safety of residents within a small island, and not about paybacks, loss of personal rights, etc.
We have gone to Kauai every year for the last 20 year, for periods from 4 to 12 weeks, and owned a condo in Kapaa for five. Needless to say we love the Garden Island but sadly, we won’t be returning anytime soon. I just hope there is something to return to.Since there is no business on the island not dependent on tourism, I am afraid there will be large portions that will look like the Coco Palms.
Kauai’s leadership rivals that of California and Washington state for incompetency. History will remember the poor, non-science based, heavy handed restrictions placed on the people.
I would be ashamed to have Kawakami as my mayor.
So it sounds like my father would be punished for quarantining in my residence by having to stay the full 10 or 14 days because he’s not a hotel tourist. Yeah, that sounds real fair. And what about when I get back from visiting my ill mother in Pa.? The full time for me too! Sounds like someone wants to privelidge the rich tourists who can afford hotels over us locals. Another bad idea – sorry.
I wouldn’t waste 1/2 my vacation just not worth it
Exactly. We love the islands and the culture being owners on Kaua’i, but not enough to endure the 15 hour flight then have to stay in a hotel? Nope.
I have 3 night stay at Grand Hyatt Poipu in April. Hoping the dust settles by then, the vaccines are in the hands (arms?) of many Americans already and that Kauai re-opens, even if it is limited re-open. But, if I have to stay on property all 3 nights…. I wonder if I can still use pool, lagoon, restaurants, etc. I guess time will tell. Hoping and praying for the best. Mahalo!
Hi Robby.
The Hyatt has thus far opted to not take part in the resort bubble concept.
Aloha.
No I definitely would not Quarantine in a resort bubble for 3 days then test a second time, I’ve switched reservations to Maui doubt I will ever return to Kauai, to many negative comments from locals.
I pay thousands of dollars for my timeshare. Why would I go to Kauai and not stay in my timeshare?
We will be vaccinated when we are to go to Kauai. Do you think I’m a danger? Follow the science, open up and welcome all those who love the island as you do. Pre test or vaccination protects everyone.
Stop all incoming travel or welcome travelers who have gone the extra mile to make everyone safe.
Ken
Just because you get the vaccine doesn’t mean you can’t carry the virus or get Covid yourself. The vaccine is just to lesson the effects of the virus. Its also to help the hospitals not become over run with ICU patients and to lower the deaths, unfortunately you can still get COVID. It will take about another year or maybe longer for the virus to lessen or die out.This of course depends on herd immunity in the nation. You are 100% correct we do pay way to much for timeshares not to use them. Stay safe.
It seems the county has a message problem. In less than one month, the county has said Kauai’s Covid cases are out of control. The mayor has said we cannot open to tourism until the mainland numbers are down. Dr. Berryman said that a 10-day quarantine is not long enough because a Covid infection could happen up to 14 days after exposure. And now the county says that a three-day quarantine is enough if you are at a resort bubble. The only thing clear in the county messaging is that this is not about health and safety. The county will say whatever is needed on any given day to disrupt a return to safe travel on Kauai.