More news on when Hawaii travel may resume and what to expect when it does.
18 thoughts on “The New Hawaii: Healthiest Place on Earth”
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More news on when Hawaii travel may resume and what to expect when it does.
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Hawaii is encouraging visitors to break quar antine law by giving them rewards by paying their return ticket back to their original city. Charge a deposit for the visitors something like $1000 per person, and hire contractors to check on them and if they caught someone who broke the law, their deposit goes to the contractor.
An additional $1,000 per visitor and 24/7 investigator outside the door Of every visitor is a recipe for “ZERO” return of visitors.
Let’s be realistic! How about Hawaii just require the same protective measures for visitors that are required for locals? Enforce equally for everyone. If fines are a penalty for non-compliant locals then also fine visitors if they don’t comply. But, let’s be fair and not single any particular group. Visitors love the islands too. We don’t come to intentionally inflict illness or any other type of problem on to locals.
You need us, and we love to come to the islands. Let’s figure out how to live together without disdain for one another. Visitors love local people!
Mahalo!
Hi TJ.
Thank you.
Aloha.
Too bad the people will be destitute and homeless while you play around with our lives to make it the healthiest place on earth. There will be no workers left.
Hello BOH!
I have a standing flight with hotel scheduled from the end of May to the second week of June. I’m feeling this may not be a good time to risk going in fear things won’t be ready for travelers. When do you think would be a good time to reschedule?
Hawaii has fared quite well through this relative to many other states. By and large people wore masks when shopping with little complaint, avoided large gatherings etc. we have had less of the “you can’t tell me what to do it’s my right to potentially be a silent carrier” type people here. A larger percentage of the population (not all) seem to understand that wearing a mask when appropriate is an act of respect for others. Call it an outgrowth of the Aloha spirit if you will. Tourists that want to argue restrictions infringe on their rights as we reopen are just the kind of tourists that we don’t want.
This is a difficult and unprecedented situation and the state will reopen and it will be different then before for awhile. Probably a long while.
But if you can’t respect Hawaii for our Aloha spirit please don’t come here.
Hi John.
Thank you. You rock – 40 comments and counting.
Aloha.
You may be the healthiest around but economical your going to struggle Who is going to fly 5 hours with this virus without a treatment for it Hopefully they’ll get the rail system running so you can keep greenhouse gasses down Maybe you can clean up your island and stop having brown water alerts since your the healthiest around while u polute our water with your street run off
Hi BoH,
We have a planned trip for Maui on July, do you think it will be open?
Mahalo,
Karen
Hi Karen.
We’ll let you know the instant we know more. Gut opinion is yes, but that’s all we can say.
Aloha.
Hi there,
We have a trip planned the first week of June. Do you think Hawaii will be to a point that we won’t have to quarantine and beaches will be open etc?
We travel to Hawaii every year but until there is no required testing and masks, we won’t be back!
Aloha!
I rec’d the following information this am. Unfortunately I have 2 East costs flights that are within [edited] the time frames when the airlines have received DOT approval to not fly many Hawaii routes.
I have contacted HA about both of my flights requesting a full refund on the Boston flight and a rebook on the JFK flight. Tried emailing and their site seems to be overwhelmed!
As a Kalaheo neighbor, I appreciate your site.
Mahalo!
Hi Lynn.
Thanks for your comment neighbor. Just because there is agreement to not fly many Hawaii routes does not indicate whether or not the airlines will fly them. It just provided that option should the airlines need it. They will try to resume service as soon as the isolation period is removed and they get bodies on planes. On a global basis, that is a big question – when will people fly. We are even trying to figure that out for ourselves. On one hand it seems like it could be among the safest times once travel resumes, and on the other hand, if it is unbearable even going to Costco with all the ever-changing protocols, then who wants to deal with travel.
Aloha.
I have been really interested in how Hawaii will manage this situation. From what I hear, mandating testing to cross state lines could be considered unconstitutional by a federal judge.
We have a trip scheduled for end of September on the big island with a house rented for a 40th anniversary do you think this will happen thanks and mahal
Hi Larry.
If you’re asking for our gut feeling, then yes. More to follow.
Aloha.