What's it like at the Hilton Hawaiian Village now?

[pedro47]

Is the Hale Koa Hotel located beside the HHV?

 

[csodjd]

Is the Hale Koa Hotel located beside the HHV?

Right next door to the Grand Islander tower. The parking is directly across the street from the entrance to HHV.

 

[Shmiddy]

I have a reservation for March 8th in the Lagoon Tower. Wondered what COVID restrictions are in place besides the COVID test needed to enter Hawaii. Are any of the restaurants and bars open? How are the pools handled to socially distance? So looking forward to this trip!

Thanks, Jackie

Just got back from a stay at the OT. This is from someone vaxxed, not sure how it will be if you are just working on negative tests (Hawaii requires the expensive type, a quicky at Walgreens won't qualify)
1. At checkin you are required to show your Hawaii Safe Travels QR code with a clear status. Then you are given a wrist band that gets you access anywhere within the property
2. All restaurants in the state require ID and vaxx card or negative test within 72 hours before being let in (Hawaii safe travels pass). On property, the wristband covers that.
3. Pools are open, looked like there was no pandemic - very crowded.
4. Masks required in ALL inside locations. Some folks wear them outside, but not required.
5. News was saying several of the mayors are going to add the booster as a requirement for being fully vaxxed in the state.
Bottom line - if you have the shot, your are golden. If not, its tough.

 

[csodjd]

Just got back from a stay at the OT. This is from someone vaxxed, not sure how it will be if you are just working on negative tests (Hawaii requires the expensive type, a quicky at Walgreens won't qualify)
1. At checkin you are required to show your Hawaii Safe Travels QR code with a clear status. Then you are given a wrist band that gets you access anywhere within the property
2. All restaurants in the state require ID and vaxx card or negative test within 72 hours before being let in (Hawaii safe travels pass). On property, the wristband covers that.
3. Pools are open, looked like there was no pandemic - very crowded.
4. Masks required in ALL inside locations. Some folks wear them outside, but not required.
5. News was saying several of the mayors are going to add the booster as a requirement for being fully vaxxed in the state.
Bottom line - if you have the shot, your are golden. If not, its tough.

Also required to show it to get a rental car.

 

[Shmiddy]

Also required to show it to get a rental car.

I'm a Hertz Gold member, walked to my car and drove off. Showed ID at the gate and was good to go.

 

[csodjd]

I'm a Hertz Gold member, walked to my car and drove off. Showed ID at the gate and was good to go.

A work-around to the rules. That should not have been allowed, but I can see how it could happen.

 

[letsgobobby]

Just got back from a stay at the OT. This is from someone vaxxed, not sure how it will be if you are just working on negative tests (Hawaii requires the expensive type, a quicky at Walgreens won't qualify)
1. At checkin you are required to show your Hawaii Safe Travels QR code with a clear status. Then you are given a wrist band that gets you access anywhere within the property
2. All restaurants in the state require ID and vaxx card or negative test within 72 hours before being let in (Hawaii safe travels pass). On property, the wristband covers that.
3. Pools are open, looked like there was no pandemic - very crowded.
4. Masks required in ALL inside locations. Some folks wear them outside, but not required.
5. News was saying several of the mayors are going to add the booster as a requirement for being fully vaxxed in the state.
Bottom line - if you have the shot, your are golden. If not, its tough.

Rumor is boosters may be required by February to avoid testing/quarantine on arrival. That potentially creates an inconvenience for those with young kids or anyone else who can't boost/hasn't boosted yet.

 

[csodjd]

Rumor is boosters may be required by February to avoid testing/quarantine on arrival. That potentially creates an inconvenience for those with young kids or anyone else who can't boost/hasn't boosted yet.

I believe the Governor said yesterday they’d be ready to announce it within a few days. Probably a mid-Feb startup. From what I’ve heard/read, I don’t know if it is decided for certain that you’ll have to test if you are not due or eligible for a booster. Personally I think that’s a waste of time and money — a test done 3 days before departure offers little certainty that you’re not infectious when you fly over.

 

[Shmiddy]

Oh - and prepare for a real hard sell for an owner's update. First they called my wife and we said 'no thank you, had an update in September on the BI'. Then they called the room, I gave that guy the same response - a nice 'no thank you'. 15 minutes later he called AGAIN, tried another angle and that is when I lit into him and told him to leave us alone, I've been an owner since 2009 and probably know more than he does about HGVC. I'm in sales and get these folks are just trying to make a living - but can someone at this joint please train them on professional sales techniques?

 

[jestme]

We've been here (Lagoon Tower) for 3 weeks. Spent about 80% of our time right here, wearing N95 mask religiously. Any time near people, on it goes. We are also triple vax'ed. Yesterday, we tested for our flight back to Canada. Wife tested positive. We have to quarantine for 5 days, then another 5 days to get back into Canada. (Still a 10 day requirement there)
Where or when she got it, we have no idea, but a lot of people dont wear masks, or wear them improperly. Also, the oceanfront sideWALK from the Hilton Lagoon to the Outrigger is more like a running track and bike lane. No one of course wearing masks, and social distancing is rare. It has been like that for quite a while, but it seems worse with less walkers.

 

[csodjd]

We've been here (Lagoon Tower) for 3 weeks. Spent about 80% of our time right here, wearing N95 mask religiously. Any time near people, on it goes. We are also triple vax'ed. Yesterday, we tested for our flight back to Canada. Wife tested positive. We have to quarantine for 5 days, then another 5 days to get back into Canada. (Still a 10 day requirement there)
Where or when she got it, we have no idea, but a lot of people dont wear masks, or wear them improperly. Also, the oceanfront sideWALK from the Hilton Lagoon to the Outrigger is more like a running track and bike lane. No one of course wearing masks, and social distancing is rare. It has been like that for quite a while, but it seems worse with less walkers.

Hope she's feeling fine. Guessing since you only discovered she is positive from a test that she doesn't have symptoms. There are worse places to be "stuck" than Lagoon Tower in Hawaii!

 

[Luanne]

Hope she's feeling fine. Guessing since you only discovered she is positive from a test that she doesn't have symptoms. There are worse places to be "stuck" than Lagoon Tower in Hawaii!

I was wondering if travel insurance would cover additional days needed for quarantine?

 

[zentraveler]

A work-around to the rules. That should not have been allowed, but I can see how it could happen.

A bit off island/off thread, but picked up a Avis preferred on Kauai a few days ago and no one asked for it. I was out of there at LIH in 2 minutes.

 

[jestme]

I was wondering if travel insurance would cover additional days needed for quarantine?

I called this morning, it will not. I did get insurance, including a Covid rider but it only covers medical and food.

 

[Luanne]

I called this morning, it will not. I did get insurance, including a Covid rider but it only covers medical and food.

Dang. So, if you get sick and can't continue your trip, you're reimbursed (I hope), but if you test positive as you're leaving they make you stay......on your dime.

 

[letsgobobby]

I called this morning, it will not. I did get insurance, including a Covid rider but it only covers medical and food.

What kind of room are you staying in? Same HGVC room as before, or something else?

 

[jestme]

What kind of room are you staying in? Same HGVC room as before, or something else?

Same room fortunately. Have to check back with hgvc in couple of days. May have to move then.

 

[letsgobobby]

Same room fortunately. Have to check back with hgvc in couple of days. May have to move then.

How are they charging you?

 

[Tamaradarann]

Same room fortunately. Have to check back with hgvc in couple of days. May have to move then.

I would think that you couldn't move if you had to quarantine. Doesn't health take precedence over the HGVC rules about room occupancy. If there are alternate accomodations for you then there must be alternate accomodations for whoever is scheduled to come into your unit. We usually stay in the Lagoon Tower when in Honolulu, however, due to the need to share laundry faciliies we would stay in a different tower now. However, if we were going to stay in the Lagoon Tower I certainly wouldn't want to move into your present accommodations if you were required to quarantine. See a Resort Manager of the Director of the front desk and plead your case and see if you can/should stay in your current accommodations.

 

[jestme]

How are they charging you?

Open Season.

 

[jestme]

I would think that you couldn't move if you had to quarantine. Doesn't health take precedence over the HGVC rules about room occupancy. If there are alternate accomodations for you then there must be alternate accomodations for whoever is scheduled to come into your unit. We usually stay in the Lagoon Tower when in Honolulu, however, due to the need to share laundry faciliies we would stay in a different tower now. However, if we were going to stay in the Lagoon Tower I certainly wouldn't want to move into your present accommodations if you were required to quarantine. See a Resort Manager of the Director of the front desk and plead your case and see if you can/should stay in your current accommodations.

I will be seeing them today or tomorrow. The test was done in the village, so they may already know someone is positive, but not who. I'm also positive we are not the first, and they have processes for it.
Wife is asymptomatic. If it wasnt for Canadian Customs entry requirements, we wouldn't even have known. As my OP said, we have been here for 3 weeks, and we have no idea when or where she got it.
I understand your concern. But realistically, you never know who was in a room last. It could have been a hotel stay, a local doing quarantine, or someone who also didn't know. I am cleaning / disinfecting everything as we go so that I dont get it, so the unit is probably safer now than a normal cleaning. Most of her time is spent on the lanai. There isnt much else we can do.

 

[djyamyam]

I called this morning, it will not. I did get insurance, including a Covid rider but it only covers medical and food.

Sorry to hear that! For a future trip, you may want to consider Manulife's Covid 19 travel insurance for CDNs. https://www.manulife.ca/personal/insurance/our-products/travel-insurance/travelling-canadians.html. This is what we're using for some upcoming trips.

 

[letsgobobby]

I will be seeing them today or tomorrow. The test was done in the village, so they may already know someone is positive, but not who. I'm also positive we are not the first, and they have processes for it.
Wife is asymptomatic. If it wasnt for Canadian Customs entry requirements, we wouldn't even have known. As my OP said, we have been here for 3 weeks, and we have no idea when or where she got it.
I understand your concern. But realistically, you never know who was in a room last. It could have been a hotel stay, a local doing quarantine, or someone who also didn't know. I am cleaning / disinfecting everything as we go so that I dont get it, so the unit is probably safer now than a normal cleaning. Most of her time is spent on the lanai. There isnt much else we can do.

What about the folks next to you or below you on their lanais?

 

[jestme]

What about the folks next to you or below you on their lanais?

Rare those folks are out, she comes in if they are. The lanais are 25 feet apart, and about 15 feet up or down, separeted by concrete. Not many people come nere to sit on their lanais during the day. Trust me, we are taking all precautions. FYI, I tested again today. Negative. So we must be doing some things right.

 

[CalGalTraveler]

What floor are you on? They should not move you given risk of exposure in hallways, elevators and rooms. If there are elderly, immuno-compromised near they could be at risk.

It is also possible to test negative because it is too early. Please take precautions and quarantine as well until you know for sure. Take care.