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We always vacation from the mainland at least once a year, if not twice. We have a beautiful vacation rental booked for early September! I am hoping and praying we don’t have to break a 36 year tradition.
As a six month year PT resident and owner of a condo (which we DON’T rent out when we are not there) this entire reopening has been nothing short of a spectacular epic failure
! I can imagine the hardship to the average worker and to the overall tourist industry for YEARS to come. Get the crap together and move forward! Wow!
Thank you very much for keeping all of us posted on future travel. It has been very important to me. Due the fact that the government changed their short term rental rules we were forced to sell our wonderful little one bedroom in Mahaha after 18 years. The unit closes June 26. We were hoping to return in June to Oahu from the mainland to pick up things that were special to us,say goodbye to old friends and get rid of a car etc. Fortunately we have a wonderful realtor who will donate our belongins to a church. I do understand the need to keep the islands safe but feel sad we cannot return.
Hi Sherry.
Thank you.
Aloha.
Thank you for the continuous updates, I have come to count on them as I await learning the fate of my trip to Maui in mid-July. Our stay is only 5 days long from the 14th-19th so we have no time to be able to quarantine, there have been no cancellations of our flight with Hawaiian Airlines nor our accommodations once there. I remain hopeful and it will be down to the wire it seems. Airbnb is my preferred accommodation method and cancellations are only moderately flexible when it comes down to this unknown and day by day decisions changes, plus that part being booked after the deadlines that allowed for full cancellation refund down to the last minute. We understand it has been a difficult time for everyone to navigate, and am eager for everyone to feel comfortable and get back closer to normal again. Please share if you have any insight into travel to/from Maui from Phoenix, AZ as that is our origin for July. We have not been a hot spot at any point but it is not a city that has been commented on with regards to Hawaii travel. Good luck to everyone on their upcoming plans!
Hi Jen.
Thank you. We look forward to updating you soon.
Aloha.
I appreciate the constant up dates that you have given me and the other people that want to come visit the beautiful Hawaiian Islands. I believe the others like myself on this website are just tired of the daily grind and want to get away to a island oasis and forget about the things happening in this world, and Hawaii is that place. We all just want to come and make awesome memories with our families and learn about a place that takes us back in time to a simpler way of life. God willing I hope to get my husband and 2 daughters there the beginning of August.
Thank you and ALOHA!!!
Hi Pam.
Thanks.
Aloha.
It would seem the airlines would require passengers to be tested before getting on board to protect staff and passengers, therefore, tourists arrive healthy and virus free.
There seems to be a complete disconnect between Governor Ige and the needs of business owners both small and large in Hawaii. The Governor seems to think businesses can survive endless shutdowns or reopen without the support of 99 percent of the tourists. Allowing a few tourists from Japan is hardly enough to make it profitable for most businesses to reopen. Federal aid will not last much longer and real effects of the Governor’s actions will be felt by Hawaiians in the form of additional tax burdens, bankruptcies, and long term unemployment. In addition, the damage to tourism and the negative feelings this has created toward mainland tourists will take years to heal. I think the Governor must look at the totality of circumstances and move swiftly to reopening travel without the 14 day quar antine.
This is great news! Thank you for sharing. As an owner of a Vacation Rental, I can say I’m happy to welcome guests a soon as deemed safe. As long as beaches and restaurants are allowed to open, and even if restaurants only allow take out, my home, as well as other short term rental owners will be available to accept renters. If it is held off until July, if I’m allowed to come to my second home, can I say, I WOULD SWIM THERE IF I COULD! I miss the Aloha spirit and my lovely friends on island. Be safe and big love to everyone! Mahalo!
Hi Claudia.
Thanks.
Aloha
I have plans to travel to Oahu and to Maui the first couple of weeks in September. We need to know now as tourists if we are going to be able to go there or not. And Hawaiian Airlines needs to allow for us to get our money back no questions asked so we can use that money somewhere else. I’m tired of Being left in limbo.
There are two rumors that would appreciate your comments:
1. Governor Ige will allow hotels only upon the announcement of travel from other states/countries/corridors. Condos/Air BnB will not be allowed to book.
2. There is a likelihood that travel from other countries or states will not re-open for the remainder of 2020.
Mahalo for this service.
Hi James.
Thanks for your comment. Should the governor delay vacation rental reopening, we suspect lawsuits will result. We also don’t think reopening will wait that long at all. We should know much more next week.
Aloha.