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Please realize we have had only one day with no new cases of the illness. Yesterday there were three more. Residents do not feel safe allowing visitors to fly in. Please do not strain the aloha. We are not open to any but ohana.
Aloha!!!
Stay closed through the rest of 2020!!! As hard as that may be it would be the smart move!!! Everyone that loves Hawai’i should understand that and any visitors would be keen to cancel or reschedule any plans until there is a clearer picture on the situation… Opening things to soon has already proven time and again it does not work, yet, the almighty dollar will make the decision as always!!!
Aloha and thank you for the article. I live in California but have a home on Kauai. I am very concerned about the people and the economic mess for the businesses. The longer visitors have to come and quar antine whether sick or not, the longer it will take to get things up and running.
Most people from California have also be sheltering in place already since mid March. We would love to get to our Kauai home, not only to be there, but to help with stimulating the economy. No visitors and the island will be significantly crippled as people who aren’t making money cannot spend to help the economy get going. So sad for our friends and family as leaders make decisions that seem extreme given other diseases cause great devastation as well. Stay safe! Mahalo!
Hi Lisa.
Thank you.
Aloha.
Hi Lisa,
you can access your Kauai real estate even today, simply submit to the 14 days. I totally understand the sentiment — we all have our favorite local businesses that we’d live to keep around. Here in Kailua Kona, there is already a talk about many precious stores, bars, and retailers not coming back. On the other hand, a lot of shops seem to have a tough time opening back up. Owners are just too uncertain and fearful about the future, take baby steps, worry about liability, etc. etc.. In some of our prime tourist zones, such as our precious little Kailua Kona village district where I live, there are just not enough local residents like me to jump start opening most of our restaurants. Owners say privately they depend on a large tourist stream to just pay rent and cover employee costs. So it’s a chicken and egg problem…
Take Care
GOV IGE IS IN … ” way over his pay grade ” ….
Hard to believe the people of Hawaii, who are so dependent on tourism, are not being more vocal and demanding more answers from the Governor. I would expect protesting in the streets!! With required screening before flying, mask requirements, etc., surprised the state would not be one of the early states to partially open restaurants with masks and distancing.
I have a condo booked for July 16- 23 for Kauai. Is this going to too early? I’ve had to rebook from April Looks like I’m caught in the storm again.
Thank you for keeping us informed
Hi Sheree.
Thanks for the question. We’ll be letting you know everything we learn, just as quickly as possible.
Aloha.
Aloha🌺 Why don’t the good citizens from the state of Hawaii recall their governor and see if they can get some real leader ship in place? I fear you guys are running out of time to get it together, as anyone I know who was planning to visit Hawaii is now making alternate plans. Best of luck in living with the consequences of your Hawaiian government elections.
Correct. We two weeks planned in October and have already considered canceling our stay. Can’t seem to get any clarification from our resort manager on what to expect so in order to meet our cancelation date we need to make a decision by first of August.
John H
We, also, are seriously ‘rethinking’ our 2021 trip to the islands. Too much hassle. Too costly. TOO INCONVENIENT – masks, testing, quarantines, and whatever else they can think up to ‘make travel fun…..’Keep things closed down another few months – or, heaven forbid, an entire year. Few businesses will survive that. Oh, maybe Uncle Sam will just bail everyone out to the tune of a few hundred trillion dollars. YIKES!
Thinking the ‘great American Road Trip’ is sounding better all the time.
Hi Colleen.
We will miss you! So please stay in touch.
Aloha.
We will. :0)
As a local citizen of Hawaii we feel when it’s time for visitors to start returning here might be a while because we have no cure and we don’t want are people here to get sick!Wright know we have no cases thank god we live in Paradise in the middle of the ocean! Mahalo
Lori,
We will wait till its safe for all. We want to come badly but not at the risk to hawaiins or ourselves so we will be patient 🙂 Be safe
Sorry to hear you have been inconvenienced.Fortunately, you have other options. Georgia and Florida have nice beaches. The black hills are beautiful in the summer.
We have a trip to Kaua’i planned for October and very much hope we can make it. However, every time we talk about it I can’t help but remember that the one and only time in my life I caught the flu was the year (’91) that we flew from SEA to HNL with a plane full of elderly, and mostly ill, WWII vets on their way to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ended up in the ER on Lana’i and spent two weeks in bed on Kaua’i. I’m not getting on a plane this year unless it is obvious beyond doubt that it’s safe to do so. If we miss this year we can try for next year.
I live in South Carolina, people are dying every day. Please wait it out. God bless.
People were dying every day in South Carolina BEFORE this… right? So, I think what you mean to say is “a few more people than normal” are dying every day. Which, of course, we already know. South Carolina has a fairly low overall death rate (72 per million) at the moment… though still far higher than Hawaii’s (12 per million).
To be clear, Hawaii’s 12 per million has barely changed in weeks as there have been virtually ZERO new deaths here in quite a while (specifically attributed to the vi rus). Which begs the question: If your mortality rate from this is essentially ZERO–as it is here in Hawaii–then why stay shut down a minute longer? Every day that passes, the state sinks deeper and deeper and deeper into a financial hole–that we’ll never be able to crawl out of. (Due to previous and current complete mismanagement of public funds, Hawaii was already around 5 BILLION in debt BEFORE this.)
Scientifically, statistically, and medically there are currently no valid arguments for maintaining or extending the 14 day quar antine for ALL arrivals on the islands, or for continuing the pointless and fruitless shut downs here.
Wondering if the states with the lousiest fiscal health aren’t the same ones biding their time and milking this situation for all it is worth in the name of ‘safety’ hoping for a ‘bail out’ of the fiscal hole they have dug for themselves. Something far more dire is behind this than ‘ human safety’ – we won’t know the real truth for 40 years – after we are all long gone. It will be covered up nicely until then.
the reason is that 20 MILLION visitors come to the islands each year. DO try and keep up
some just DONT GET IT sad huh!?
I believe people are coming to Hawaii everyday. Once here, they quarantine at their hotel for 14 days, then they are free to do as they wish – with a mask on in many instances. So, what’s the problem. Come, enjoy the best weather on the planet, the warm ocean water, pristine uncrowded beaches, plenty of good take out food and some limited shopping. What more coud one want.
So glad we cancelled our July 4th trip to Kauai. Ridiculous. Anyone who goes there this year is gonna be in for a rude awakening.