Kauai could shut down tourism at any time. What can you do if you get caught in this Catch-22?
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Mahalo again Beat of Hawaii for the latest updates on the “grand opening”. The comments are great to read as visitors begin to arrive.
Question;
We have friends coming to Hawaii from an extremely remote area of northern Nevada. There’s no express service available to receive or return a test kit within 72 hours of any flight.
Any ideas on that?
Aloha and blessings to all.
Hi Pam.
Thank you. They must be driving to somewhere less remote in order to fly. So can they do a test at one of the approved partners there? Otherwise, no other ideas.
Aloha.
See you in 2022 or 2023 Kauai…..
Maybe the businesses will be there by then, or maybe not.
Good luck with that.
Just arrived in Kauai from LAX. Flight was completely full. Most people seemed to be wearing masks as far as I could tell. We were in row 17 and check out was not too bad as long as you have all your paperwork uploaded, including your negative test. If you’re in the back of the plane (like my daughter was), the line took quite awhile.
Hi Macie.
Welcome to Kauai and thanks for that update.
Aloha.
At KOA right now, waiting in slooow que for test. Cluster F. QR code checkers dazed & confused, telling some of us we’re gonna be sticking around for 14 days Quar. Tried to explain neg. results are ALL recorded inside our QR code….🤔🤬 Had to breakout hard copy of Covid negative test to proceed. Not enough nurses, some tourists have been waiting 3 hours to take Big Eye 2nd test, then another hour for results. Hey but we’re only 45 MI from the grandkids! Woo-hoo. I’ll repost on your BOH update news for today!
Hi Dan.
Thanks very much for that update. Good luck and let us know when you recover from the experience.
Aloha.
Hello!
Thank you for all the information you are offering.
I will try not to go into too much detail, but am wondering about inter-island travel between Kaua’i, and Molokai? Both places have very few cases, so it seems there is little danger of the virus spreading. Let’s say if we went to Molokai from Kaua’i for 5 days, would we need to test before leaving, and then again before returning to Kauai?
Your thoughts are very much appreciated.
Hi Laurel.
Thanks for all of your comments. Yes, that is our understanding since tests need to be within 72 hours prior to each departure.
Aloha.
We have had our 6th trip planned for Poipu for over 10 of us since last winter.We probably won’t decide if we’ll go until 3 weeks prior. Its nuts. We were sure this nonsense would be figured out by now. While I’m sure some residents are leery about outsiders bringing Covid cases, at what point is poverty, destitution, and a massively failing economy worth *trying* to prevent cases? There are still far more contagious and dangerous diseases that could be brought to the island that no one cares about. The just seems like hysteria, and fear from officials that if even
one person gets sick they’ll be blamed. Meanwhile, businesses keep closing and those who love visiting are going elsewhere. I hope they figure this out, fast.
Amen to that. Hysteria for sure. Likely to subside after the election miraculously.
I’m sure that you are aware that timeshare owners have to cancel or change any reservation up to 61 days before the arrival date, or they incur penalties which may significantly limit their ability to use their resort during that calendar year. Does anyone know how / if “cancel for any reason” insurance might help timeshare reservations ? Thank you.
Hi Kitty.
Good question. Suggest asking that of one of the insurance providers that offer that type of insurance.
Aloha.
I wish the airlines would take more of an interest and passengers would be required to show a negative test before boarding en route to Hawaii. It seems like common sense. This would give me some peace of mind on the flight. I’m sure the flight crew would appreciate it as well.
Just wanted to clarify – this tier evaluation is based on the average # of daily cases reported over a 7 day period, so if 7 cases one day and none the rest of the week, the 7 day average number of daily cases is 1, correct? The text of the proclamation:
“Each tier is based on the level of disease transmission of COVID-19 within the County, which
is determined by two criteria: (1) the 7-day average number of daily cases reported; and (2) the
7-day average test positivity rate.”
I believe it means that if the seven day average number of daily cases exceeds five, Kauai will go to Tier 1or 2. I believe that means if there are a total of five cases throughout the week, they up the tiers and go to a 14 day quarantine. So they could have five cases on one day and none the rest of the week and still raise the tiers and quarantine. The other interpretation, five cases each day for seven days, makes little sense. Suppose there are a total of 34 cases over seven days. They don’t raise the tiers? No way they will allow that. What’s missing is over how many weeks they assess. Suppose there are five cases one week, none the next. Do they quarantine?
BOH, maybe you can clarify, unless you’re in the dark as much as I am.
Mahalo.
Hi Rob.
Thanks again for your many comments. We reread it again this morning, and we remain in the dark on the interpretation of that aspect of the rule.
Aloha.
Aloha,
I’m hoping with a negative covid test 72 hours prior to arrival on Kauai, if the tiers change while we are visiting, we will not be required to quarantine. The lock down should apply to travel to Kauai after the change in tier, not for those already there proving they are not contagious with Covid. Crossing my fingers no changes – we are booked the second week in December. I have been recovering from arduous spine surgery since June, all I want to do in lay on the beach in Poipu!