… Having visitors rent these moving vehicles to use for leisure transportation is disrespectful and should not be encouraged by anyone in the travel industry.” RELATED: Hotel Review: AC Hotel by Marriott Maui Wailea “These work vehicles are used frequently by Hawaii residents and businesses.
“This past weekend, there were several sightings of U-Haul trucks seen at popular visitor locations,” De Fries said in the statement, noting that Hawaii’s car rental fleet diminished by more than 40% during the pandemic.
Still, car rental challenges have become so pronounced in the Aloha State that John De Fries, CEO and president of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, issued a May 27 statement mentioning prices as high as $700 per day in the Islands and urging vacationers not to rent moving vans. “I did Seattle yesterday for somebody for $900 dollars for four days for a mid-size car, and that was the least expensive. According to Darensburg, part of the challenge has been not only high occupancies at Hawaii hotels and resorts, but that excursions are also constrained, and car rental options remain limited and pricey. Even so, this advisor says she’s been much busier selling Mexico and the Caribbean. “People are taken back by the price of things.”ĭarensburg has a family booked to Hawaii in August, honeymooners scheduled in September and a pair of families set to vacation in the Islands over the Christmas holidays. RELATED: Hands-On Hawaii Food Experiences at Timbers Kauai Ocean Club & Residences “I think that’s the way to go for any destination that really wants to draw people,” Darensburg said.Īlthough she’s long sold Hawaii to clients, Darensburg said she hasn’t been booking the Aloha State much recently, in part, because of the cost to vacation there. travelers to vacation in the islands without a pretest, noting that many of the Caribbean destinations she’s selling now have already enacted similar vaccine passport programs. Paulette Darensburg, a Protravel International-affiliated advisor in Beverly Hills, Calif., was quick to praise Hawaii’s plan to allow inoculated transpacific U.S. We need to push hard now so we can get to the point where Safe Travels is no longer needed to keep the people of Hawaii safe.Ĭonstraint Concerns Slow Down Bookings Momentum The easing of travel restrictions is a direct result of our robust vaccination rate and a community that sacrificed. “We need to push hard now so we can get to the point where Safe Travels is no longer needed to keep the people of Hawaii safe.” “The easing of travel restrictions is a direct result of our robust vaccination rate and a community that sacrificed,” Ige said in a June 4 statement. RELATED: Hotel Review: Four Seasons Resort Hualalai He also said that the state was dropping all pretest requirements for interisland flights, allowing travelers who received their COVID-19 vaccinations in Hawaii to fly to the Islands on transpacific domestic flights and bypass quarantine without a pretest. Ige made his initial announcement about the 60% and later 70% threshold earlier this month. “There won't be any testing requirements or even vaccination requirements for travelers.” “And then, given the current trajectory of our vaccination program, sometime in early August – when the state of Hawaii is 70% vaccinated – we're going to drop, it appears, all restrictions,” said Green, who is a practicing emergency room physician. Credit: 2021 Ben Ono/Hawaii Tourism Authority More than 4 million visitors have taken part in Hawaii’s Safe Travels pretest program since last October. Safe Travels requires transpacific Hawaii visitors looking to bypass an otherwise mandatory 10-day quarantine to register online and then upload proof of a negative COVID-19 test conducted no more than 72 hours before their departure by a sanctioned testing partner.Īfter the state reaches a 60% vaccination rate among residents, however, fully immunized travelers who received their shots on the mainland will instead be able to upload an image of their vaccination card online and later present it to state officials at the airport in the Islands to bypass quarantine, Green said. More than 4 million people have taken part in Hawaii’s Safe Travels program since its launch last October, with 90% of them navigating the program effectively without having to quarantine.
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