I guess that begs the question. Let's assume that Monica808 wasn't a Hawaii resident, she was just someone who had cleared the 14-day quarantine and was in Hawaii, and would be thrilled if she could stay another week if someone had an unusable place and didn't mind her using it. Is it the fact that she's a Hawaii resident, and therefore it is "her Government" that imposed the quarantine that makes a difference?
We have 5 or 6 certificates so it is possible .I wouldnt want to do it, but am just surprised to see them posted. We are hoping to visit in Jan and Feb but have all refundable reservations in case.
Furloughs are not off the table. It would be tragic for many families, especially those where one parent working in tourism or other services had already lost the job.
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That's a discouraging and troubling comment by the Governor. He's inclined to allow non-American tourism before American. But there is huge variation in the US, even among Counties. There are 10 counties in California, for instance, with a combined total of 31 cases at all, and 25 counties with zero new cases and 9 more with 2 or 1 new case reported. And the "economic perspective" is very interesting, because that seems to suggest there's room to compromise risk for money. I'm biased, but I think a US State should find a way to allow Americans in first."Gov. David Ige is expected to announce the lifting of the interisland quarantine this afternoon, he said on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s COVID-19 Care Conversation. Interisland travelers, however, will undergo health screenings, a temperature scan and paperwork on their travel history, residence, and where they will be staying on the island “so we can know where you came from and where you traveled to” and make sure that “no one has traveled to out of state and visited any of the other communities where the virus has actively been circulated.”
"On reopening trans-Pacific travel, Ige said authorities will focus on communities with low virus incidence first, including New Zealand and Australia “as first candidates that we would be interested in,” and “obviously from an economic perspective, Japan and South Korea.”
Gov. David Ige to lift 14-day interisland travel quarantine on June 16 | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Gov. David Ige is lifting the 14-day interisland travel quarantine for Hawaii residents on June 16 to allow families to “reconnect with one another” and restore the local economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.www.staradvertiser.com
All it takes is one person to decide your ads are offensive or just plain competition for their properties. Surprisingly, a lot of the Hawaii residents have rental homes and condos they rent until paid for, then they move into that property after many years of paying that mortgage down or off completely.
I don't necessarily disagree with your premise, but as a practical matter, raising taxes on the ones that cannot afford it or pay it isn't very productive, or a path to reelection. Taxing things like flights into Hawaii, as they do in London, would be more effective and less controversial to voters, even if viewed by TS owners as unfair.
That's the model that seems best. And on the backend they shore up their ability to trace and isolate any new infection that slips through.In potential model for Hawaii, Alaska won’t require quarantine for visitors who get tested
They’ll be asked to provide the results when they land.www.hawaiinewsnow.com
Lt. Gov. Josh Green : “Right now I’m still waiting on some of the details like how they’re going to get testing."
It's always nice when you can see what's working well and what's not, and not having to reinvent the wheel on the details. While the testing before flying is seemingly pretty straight forward (though there may be detail issues, like does it matter the test method used, or who performed it, or what if you have two tests and get different results, do you have to disclose ALL tests taken, etc.), testing upon arrival requires some infrastructure, and enforcing a quarantine also has challenges once tourists are allowed in.
It is also possible that the Lt. Gov. cannot convince others without first showing them proof that it is a viable solution.
True. Hopefully it goes well, or he may convince them of the wrong thing.
I'm not sure I see much distinction between taxing flights and taxing the location the people flying stay in. Flights tax each visitor a single amount irrespective of length of stay. Taxing hotels and timeshares taxes each family/visitor unit based on length of stay, or, in the case of timeshares, since that goes into MF, based on ownership type. That's all more form than substance.