Just the beginning. As one alleges infringing on the right to interstate travel, another hopes to reopen vacation rentals.
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Just the beginning. As one alleges infringing on the right to interstate travel, another hopes to reopen vacation rentals.
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Thanks for the update.
I hope for the sake of Hawaii’s economy and the people of Hawaii, that the quarantine is lifted Aug 1st.
We were scheduled to arrive July 1 for 2 weeks and had rented a vacation rental condo. I just got off the phone cancelling everything.
We will try to come later in the year or most likely wait until July 2021.
We are so bummed………………
Hi Adele.
Thank you.
Aloha.
You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet … wait until the lawsuits start (class action?) over the bogus/fraud “quar antine” and “must wear a mask” government diktats …
All in all, those will be an ambulance-chaser’s lawsuit dream …
Don’t know what I’m talking about, you say? Perhaps I don’t, but my 1st hand info comes from my biochemist daughter who is a decades-experienced professional in this discipline and is working on the production side of a potential CO-whatever vaccine as we speak/read/write/type.
Believe it.
You could have stopped at “don’t know what I’m talikin’ about” …you don’t.
Like I said — my professional daughter does … Aloha to you, too.
Once again [edited] Ige takes Hawaii further down the path to bankruptcy.
Why is there no local effort to RECALL this fool? Failing to PLAN is planning to FAIL! Ige has had plenty of time to plan and give residents/businesses/travelers a plan that is common sense and follows common sense health protocols without putting the people he governs or lords over in the bread-line. WHY is the cure going to be more devastating (unemployment, mental health crisis, alcohol abuse/drug abuse etc….) than the disease?
This reply didn’t make it through moderation the first time, and I’m trying again. Scott’s comment and Pearl Harbor reference about Hawaii’s AMERICAN governor who is of Japanese ancestry is racist and he should be ashamed. I hope that the fine folks at BOH will re-review and remove his comment, even if you don’t post mine.
Hi Carolyn.
The comment to which you referred has been edited. Thanks for pointing that out.
Aloha.
I am profoundly disppointed at the extension of the quar antine through July 31. I’m a vacation condo owner and never thought I’d face sovereign risk at the state level in the USA. Whilst I can appreciate the need to safeguard limited health resources on the islands, the extension now seems like an illegal taking of property. Vacation rentals attract property tax at one of the highest rates. Since we can’t use them for their intended puropose will we get refunds from the County for this period? Perhaps a serious threat of legal action will shake the State government out of its stupor.
Totally agree with you Bob! My husband and I are 70 yrs old, we depend on the income we used to get from our 3 vacation condos in S. Kihei and they have been sitting vacant while we pay mortgages, taxes, insurance, HOA fees, utilities, and maintenance! We don’t have any government help! At least hotels and resorts and their employees can claim unemployment and get some reprieve, we were told we don’t qualify for anything at all!! So what the heck happens now we have to fund another month?! We depleted our savings, and can’t even get loans now! I bet Mr. Ige is NOT a business owner, because if he was, he would understand what the small business owners are going through?
I can understand why Hawaii doesn’t want to open up to mainland flights. I live in California, and the c0vid cases are growing more each day. We had reservations for mid-July, but I don’t believe that’s going to happen at this point. It’s frustrating, but I’m sure many Hawaiian residents would feel threatened if we all started to fly over. Maybe next year!
David- Not EXACTLY TRUE! I live in OC, California and have a ton of family in healthcare (one runs a hospital!) and we are on the decline of Hospital cases/deaths- of course with more testing you will find more people 1)have had C0vid, 2)have without needing any extra care ..PS California is on PHASE 3 of 4 Phases (live pro-sporting events/concerts etc…is part of the final Phase 4)… FACTS/FEAR
Yay, Governor Ige… KEEP HAWAII SAFE!!!
So let me get this straight. Vacation Rentals are opening up “for anyone not under 14-day isolation restrictions”, but “Visitors must complete the 14-days in a hotel first.” That would still mean practically no tourists visiting the islands, since most tourists stay one -two weeks, and why would they elect to self quarantine for 14 days? Those that stay longer usually stay in vacation rentals, and why would they want to stay locked up in a hotel for 14 days, pay exorbitant room prices, pay high hotel restaurant prices, just so they could spend another couple weeks in a vacation rental?
I may not be reading this correctly, so where am I wrong? If I’m not, again, the Governor and mayors clearly haven’t thought this through.
You are wrong. They have thought this through. It is a de facto method to prevent all US tourism.The State of Hawaii plans to open tourism up to Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. So maybe those countries could bail out Hawaii and pay for the unemployment benefits, welfare benefits, and small business bailouts. They are enjoying the benefits of being a US State while bad mouthing US tourism.
Just FYI, to all travelers that have purchased Travel Insurance through Hawai’ian Airlines Allianz, the policy DOES NOT cover cancellation due to C0VID.
All epidemics and pan demics are not covered. The same as acts of terrorism or war.
The only way you can get a refund is from Hawai’ian Airlines itself.
If you’re not wanting to get a travel voucher, wait to cancel until the Governor enacts another extension of the quarantine. Hawai’ian Airlines loves their Ohana and will extend a refund.
Aloha to all.
I am so glad to see that this is being addressed. Half of the people on the islands family is on the mainland, not inter island ! Hoping we can at least have the 72 hour test for visitors to eliminate the 14 day quarantine and allow travel and businesses can thrive. I have had to change reservations twice now. Very difficult to make plans without a firm plan in place. The fact that we have more positives is because people are getting tests, there have been no further deaths. It’s time to take back our freedom.
Please explain these “developments”. Wasn’t it at least a week or so ago that Ige stated he would be extending the 14-day quarantine for mainland passengers beyond June 30. We assumed just this would go to at least July 31 because that is how he rolls.
And of course it has been known for some time that the lifting of the interisland 14-day quarantine would occur on June 16.
But- I thought I heard late last week that THIS week there would be new information/details on what type of program mainland passengers would be facing when Ige finally relaxes the 14-day quarantine. Is that correct? Something like pre-travel testing, etc.
If I have it all wrong, does this mean that we are all still in the same boat waiting for bits of information to be revealed? So much for planning.
Thanks for the great updtes.
Hi Mike.
Thank you. Yes he indicated that he would provide the details of reopening this week and he has not done that.
Aloha.