100 thoughts on “Can You Plan a Future Hawaii Vacation Right Now?”
JWI
We pray for our Island friends. This had been so hard, knowing this prolonged situation is highly unavoidable. Unfortunately, we have some bad apples here in the mainland, preventing the slowing down of COVID. in the meantime we have already started booking our replacement b trip to the Islands for next summer and crossing our fingers.
Sam N.
We have our timeshare booked for January and are planning there to be about 12 of us going to Poipu. We’ve been waiting to book the airfare and hoping that Southwest would come out with a sale before then. Is there a date to say, “this is probably not going to happen” and cancel or are we good to continue to wait to book until maybe October or even later?
Bob L.
Just want to say thanks Rob and Jeff for always providing the latest information. You are the go to guys for all things related to Hawaii travel. We hope to visit Kauai in February, as we do every year, but it may not be worth it if restrictions are still in place. Plus, here in Colorado, testing results are not available for 3-5 days, too late under Gov Ige’s restrictions. But we are hopeful.
Keep up the good work.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Bob.
Thanks for your many comments!
Aloha.
Jaysi M
Hawaii is my home, where I was born and where the better half of my family resides. It is so painful not to be able to plan on visiting. Covid will phase out.
Mark S
This all just seems like a bad dream or something out of the Twilight zone.
Having lived 12 years on the Winward side, Kailua, I will always consider Hawaii a second home and we enjoy coming back a couple times a year to see friends and Ohana.
The Hawaiian spirit lives inside us, it calls to us, and we certainly hope for the best outcome for all the local and big businesses alike, that they can thrive once again very soon.
Lets live Aloha, be respectful, kind and patient. We will see you soon Hawaii..
David K.
What are current restrictions for residents returning to Hawaii from the Mainland? Do they have 14 day quarantine? Will negative 72 hour pre flight Covirus-19 test results allow no quarantine? Do healthcare employees have quarantine requirements, too?
Jim R.
Aloha David!
Yes, you would have to do a 14 day quarantine. At this point, Hawaii is not accepting test results, whether you test negative (which makes no sense) or not. You can technically take a test, be positive, have no fever, and still get on a plane and fly to Hawaii to then serve your 14 day quarantine (which makes no sense). If you are a health care worker, and can prove you are covid free, you might be able to get a “get-out-of-jail free” card, but I am not 100% sure on that one, it may depend on the necessity/need of healthcare workers. Good question!
I would suggest that if you expect a reply form the BoH staff, you might want to check out the “Read this first:” section under the Giant “LEAVE A REPLY” right above the place where you leave a comment/reply. They almost always leave a reply (when they can), if you follow those steps! 😉
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Jim.
Yes, we are old-fashioned. The please or thank you always get a response. Thanks for pointing that out.
Aloha.
Barbara M
DAVID K… With a 72 hour pre-arrival (flight?) negative COVID test for which you can show documentation, you will NOT have to quarantine. That policy has been in place since August 1 if not prior. If you arrive without your results, you will have to quarantine until your negative results can be provided to HI authorities. The best place to check for up-to-the-minute policies is Go Hawaii.com. Beat of Hawaii posts, when posted by the owners of the site, is also very accurate but posts by participants is not always the most dependable – as the post from Jim R whose statements posted on 08/04 reflect policy that was changed, as I said, a month ago. When looking for information I also Google “hawaii quarantine” and you will see latest information from the local papers and/or latest press conferences. I believe somewhere I saw comment on healthcare workers and exclusion from the above policy but would encourage you to check that out for yourself.
Dennis Z.
Thank you for keeping us informed.Big Island is our second home and we are supposed to leave oct.28.Not stressing and we know things can change but we appreciate how you inform us of the changes that are happening regularly.Mahalo for you hard work.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Dennis.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Nancy G.
In response to the person who is cancelling his trip to the big island and rebooking to Mexico. Mexico is great but booking to another country during COVID seems more risky. Is Mexico open? Have they seen the travel warnings? I think Hawaii is a better plan or just hold off.
Roy H
Your info is always helpful. We always look forward to your website. Could you please tell me what “Vacation rentals are closed to visitors under quarantine” means? Mahalo.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Roy.
Thank you. It is our understanding that you cannot quarantine at any vacation rental. If there is no quarantine (later), or you have completed quarantine, then you can choose that type of accommodation if you’d like.
Aloha.
Roy H
Mahalo, We have rented a condo on the Big Island for late Nov. early Dec. We have the down payment monies on the condo and full payment comes due late this month. They have indicated that are dates are movable (Kona Coast Vacation Rentals) I need to talk to them about about what ifs. Also, all airlines have indicated that they are going cut both flights and employees come Oct 1. American 40%, United 40%, Alaska 30%, Hawaiian 10 to 25%. As I’m sure your aware that the cutting of flights has to do with the ending of the bailout monies from the Feds, which comes to an end Sept 30. I actually moved are flight from a flight that had 35 passengers on it to one that had 74 on it,in hopes that they are more likely to fly that flight. This cutting of flights is going to effect both the Big Island and Kauai the most.
Aloha again and stay safe.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Roy.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Richard C
Guy’s my understanding is there’s still a lot of push back by locals, mostly seniors about letting tourism resume. I’ve read many comments on other sites stating the desire to protect island elders.
Due to a surge of covid on Oahu, many Maui and Kauai residents want inter island travel to be discontinued and residents of Hana are asking again for the highway to be shutdown to outsiders.
I’ve also read that residents keep trying to connect tourist to recent island bad behavior the beach on Kauai and drum circles on Oahu to name a few. Which again without evidence paints a poor picture of the view of tourist on the islands.
Regardless of an effective vaccine when travel resumes Hawaii will like all other states have to deal with a surge of covid cases and deaths related to the virus.
There’s no escaping this fact.
So whats the tipping point how many family owned businesses will need to fail never to reopen, when will public unrest become overwhelming, how many residence will lose their homes to foreclosure.
If something isn’t done soon the mob will take over Hawaii will burn like many of our great cities.
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We pray for our Island friends. This had been so hard, knowing this prolonged situation is highly unavoidable. Unfortunately, we have some bad apples here in the mainland, preventing the slowing down of COVID. in the meantime we have already started booking our replacement b trip to the Islands for next summer and crossing our fingers.
We have our timeshare booked for January and are planning there to be about 12 of us going to Poipu. We’ve been waiting to book the airfare and hoping that Southwest would come out with a sale before then. Is there a date to say, “this is probably not going to happen” and cancel or are we good to continue to wait to book until maybe October or even later?
Just want to say thanks Rob and Jeff for always providing the latest information. You are the go to guys for all things related to Hawaii travel. We hope to visit Kauai in February, as we do every year, but it may not be worth it if restrictions are still in place. Plus, here in Colorado, testing results are not available for 3-5 days, too late under Gov Ige’s restrictions. But we are hopeful.
Keep up the good work.
Hi Bob.
Thanks for your many comments!
Aloha.
Hawaii is my home, where I was born and where the better half of my family resides. It is so painful not to be able to plan on visiting. Covid will phase out.
This all just seems like a bad dream or something out of the Twilight zone.
Having lived 12 years on the Winward side, Kailua, I will always consider Hawaii a second home and we enjoy coming back a couple times a year to see friends and Ohana.
The Hawaiian spirit lives inside us, it calls to us, and we certainly hope for the best outcome for all the local and big businesses alike, that they can thrive once again very soon.
Lets live Aloha, be respectful, kind and patient. We will see you soon Hawaii..
What are current restrictions for residents returning to Hawaii from the Mainland? Do they have 14 day quarantine? Will negative 72 hour pre flight Covirus-19 test results allow no quarantine? Do healthcare employees have quarantine requirements, too?
Aloha David!
Yes, you would have to do a 14 day quarantine. At this point, Hawaii is not accepting test results, whether you test negative (which makes no sense) or not. You can technically take a test, be positive, have no fever, and still get on a plane and fly to Hawaii to then serve your 14 day quarantine (which makes no sense). If you are a health care worker, and can prove you are covid free, you might be able to get a “get-out-of-jail free” card, but I am not 100% sure on that one, it may depend on the necessity/need of healthcare workers. Good question!
I would suggest that if you expect a reply form the BoH staff, you might want to check out the “Read this first:” section under the Giant “LEAVE A REPLY” right above the place where you leave a comment/reply. They almost always leave a reply (when they can), if you follow those steps! 😉
Hi Jim.
Yes, we are old-fashioned. The please or thank you always get a response. Thanks for pointing that out.
Aloha.
DAVID K… With a 72 hour pre-arrival (flight?) negative COVID test for which you can show documentation, you will NOT have to quarantine. That policy has been in place since August 1 if not prior. If you arrive without your results, you will have to quarantine until your negative results can be provided to HI authorities. The best place to check for up-to-the-minute policies is Go Hawaii.com. Beat of Hawaii posts, when posted by the owners of the site, is also very accurate but posts by participants is not always the most dependable – as the post from Jim R whose statements posted on 08/04 reflect policy that was changed, as I said, a month ago. When looking for information I also Google “hawaii quarantine” and you will see latest information from the local papers and/or latest press conferences. I believe somewhere I saw comment on healthcare workers and exclusion from the above policy but would encourage you to check that out for yourself.
Thank you for keeping us informed.Big Island is our second home and we are supposed to leave oct.28.Not stressing and we know things can change but we appreciate how you inform us of the changes that are happening regularly.Mahalo for you hard work.
Hi Dennis.
Thanks.
Aloha.
In response to the person who is cancelling his trip to the big island and rebooking to Mexico. Mexico is great but booking to another country during COVID seems more risky. Is Mexico open? Have they seen the travel warnings? I think Hawaii is a better plan or just hold off.
Your info is always helpful. We always look forward to your website. Could you please tell me what “Vacation rentals are closed to visitors under quarantine” means? Mahalo.
Hi Roy.
Thank you. It is our understanding that you cannot quarantine at any vacation rental. If there is no quarantine (later), or you have completed quarantine, then you can choose that type of accommodation if you’d like.
Aloha.
Mahalo, We have rented a condo on the Big Island for late Nov. early Dec. We have the down payment monies on the condo and full payment comes due late this month. They have indicated that are dates are movable (Kona Coast Vacation Rentals) I need to talk to them about about what ifs. Also, all airlines have indicated that they are going cut both flights and employees come Oct 1. American 40%, United 40%, Alaska 30%, Hawaiian 10 to 25%. As I’m sure your aware that the cutting of flights has to do with the ending of the bailout monies from the Feds, which comes to an end Sept 30. I actually moved are flight from a flight that had 35 passengers on it to one that had 74 on it,in hopes that they are more likely to fly that flight. This cutting of flights is going to effect both the Big Island and Kauai the most.
Aloha again and stay safe.
Hi Roy.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Guy’s my understanding is there’s still a lot of push back by locals, mostly seniors about letting tourism resume. I’ve read many comments on other sites stating the desire to protect island elders.
Due to a surge of covid on Oahu, many Maui and Kauai residents want inter island travel to be discontinued and residents of Hana are asking again for the highway to be shutdown to outsiders.
I’ve also read that residents keep trying to connect tourist to recent island bad behavior the beach on Kauai and drum circles on Oahu to name a few. Which again without evidence paints a poor picture of the view of tourist on the islands.
Regardless of an effective vaccine when travel resumes Hawaii will like all other states have to deal with a surge of covid cases and deaths related to the virus.
There’s no escaping this fact.
So whats the tipping point how many family owned businesses will need to fail never to reopen, when will public unrest become overwhelming, how many residence will lose their homes to foreclosure.
If something isn’t done soon the mob will take over Hawaii will burn like many of our great cities.