You may want to hold on to those Hawaii vacation plans, as this is going to get really interesting.
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You may want to hold on to those Hawaii vacation plans, as this is going to get really interesting.
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Hi, Thanks for the good updates and information. My family and I spent 4 weeks in Hawaii last summer. I definitely hope tourism returns and the people of Hawaii can begin working again. I would comment that we spent 10 days on Oahu and I couldn’t believe how much tourism had increased there in the past 10 years. Everywhere was crowded. Lanikai, which used to be be fairly uncrowded, was blanket to blanket with people waiting for space. The beaches have become more crowded than the Jersey Shore. I’ve seen some articles on trying to regulate numbers on Oahu a bit. That would be great. I can’t imagine that locals enjoy living with the crowds.
Hi Lisa.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Thanks as always for all of the updates. We have had to cancel our 2020 trip and reschedule for 2021. Hope all is back to normal by then. By the way, here on the mainland beaches are open in some areas with no mask required. Some distancing rules, but we are allowed to have chairs and sit on the beach some locations.
Hi David.
Thanks.
Aloha.
I went to Mexico in Feb 2020. It only took two hours to fly there. It takes 7 hours to fly to Hawaii. In Mexico I did not have a room tax like I do in Hawaii. Food in Mexico was good and reasonable. Food in Hawaii very expensive. The people in Mexico love the tourists and welcome them. I’m not so sure about Hawaii. Beaches and resorts both places are gorgeous. I am booked for Hawaii in Sept 2020 but if I don’t feel some semblance of aloha I might cancel and go to Mexico or Caribbean. Hope Hawaii comes to their senses.
I’m hoping to go when possible, but in meantime went with my son to Los Algodones, MX for his dental work and the pple were super nice. I had never been before, but very easy to drive and simply walk across the border. He got a root canal, after they teated the infection for a week, a zirconia crown (the best they said) and 2 extractions, including a wisdom tooth for $750 I think which Im sure is a pretty good deal.
I certainly hope things open up in July of this year. Just had our 7/2 reservations cancelled by American Airlines. We quickly rebooked on Hawaiian Airlines for half the fare we paid for our American Airlines tickets last December 2019.
Hope to visit Hawaii soon!
Mahalo!
Hi TJ.
Thank you.
Aloha.
As much as we’d like to be able to turn on a dime and take advantage of low air and lodging costs if they do arise, we have work obligations (although retired I still work part-time), animals to board, the schedules of co-travellers to coordinate, etc., etc. The idea of being masked on the beach on Kauai doesn’t work for us. (not that we would refuse to comply – we are wearing masks here in San Diego pretty religiously and will continue to do so. But let’s face it, we can wear masks on the beach here a lot cheaper. When we had to cancel our May 2020 plans, we rebooked our lodging for May 2021 and are hoping there is some return to normality by then. As a backup, we’re also booking a stay in Yellowstone next May should our Kauai plans fall through. We are cautiously optimistic, however, and can’t wait to get back.
Hi Dennis.
We hope it works out for you to return soon.
Aloha.
Aloha,
In California they had 1 year of suicides in one month. We need to get on with Life. The old people who can get this flu easy stay in side. Hawaii needs to start opening up and get testing before they leave to fly here. People can’t live on someone else money forever. People want to work and feel useful. It’s time to open up and if we don’t there will more deaths then the flu.
Mahalo
Hi Kristy.
Thanks.
Aloha.
Check out the Civil Beat/HNN poll.
That really says it all. I’d bet in 9 months or so when all the Fed freebies are gone and many, many businesses are closed for good, folks will be singing a different tune. Even the socialistic state handouts seem doomed or at least likely to be reduced. And of course here come higher taxes.
As others have commented, the glamour and enjoyment of a Hawaii vacation will be greatly reduced by having to wear masks everywhere, even when there is no medically-validated justification (like a beach). And perhaps potential U.S. mainland visitors are noticing how unwelcoming their fellow Americans in the islands are these days. If those sentiments become widely known there could be a bigger and longer impact than expected.
Please clarify the mask situation. Exactly when and where must they be worn and for how long is this policy expected to last? Thanks.
Hi Mike.
We can’t say with certainty what will be decided about masks and perhaps they don’t be required with enough distance.
Also, we have a great deal of professional experience with polling, and that one was by all appearances very poorly done and likely irrelevant.
Aloha.
“…have a great deal of professional experience with polling, and that one was by all appearances very poorly done and likely irrelevant.”
Please explain why it was poorly done and irrelevant.
Civil Beat is an online news organization. It has no ties to tourism as you do.
Hi Kailua.
Good question. We don’t know if the sample surveyed was representative of the entire population. For example, how many were men/women, their ethnicity, income level, age, etc.; only that they were registered voters picked at random. And how was that done? Did they pick a certain number by island? Without this information, we can’t feel comfortable that the results speak for the majority. Within the survey/polling industry, this is sometimes referred to as “convenience sampling.” As a point of reference, one of Beat of Hawaii’s editors has done extensive statistical research in graduate school and professionally.
Aloha.
Hoping for Hawaii to open on July 1st! I have my flight booked July 2nd and counting on it as I am closing on a home in Oahu end of June. I also feel for the people out of work and would love to see Hawaii back strong again!
No thanks, the last thing I need while on vacation is some local giving me sting eye or worse for stepping on their private island, I’ll spend my money elsewhere.
I enjoy all the information you provide. Keep up the great work.
Thank you,
Wendy
Hi Wendy.
Thanks!
Aloha.