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Help! Is there Refund for Maui Fires ?!!

The ones that don’t want tourists are the same ones that didn’t want tourists before the fire and like a lot of other situations in every part of the country they are the vocal minority and is what you hear on the media. Maui and every other island depends largely on tourists for their livelihood. Go to Maui as soon as it opens up and is safe to do so. Those folks desperately need our expenditures during their struggles to get back to something close to normalcy.
 
I am hoping Maui will still welcome us in February-March for our 5 weeks and 5 days. Many people are cancelling their trips that far out. I know this because I have been watching for five nights starting 2/12 on RCI for months, and since this disaster, so many cancellations are showing in RCI Points that I had my pick of places to stay and chose Hono Koa, our home resort.

I worry that the residents of Maui are not going to be happy to have us there. The resorts will welcome us, but not sure that the people will want us there. I just saw @Luanne say that she is conflicted. I am too.
I canceled our March week. We were booked at WKORVN. I wouldn't be able to relax and enjoy the trip, primarily because of the devastation but the sentiments of some local folks are troubling as well. We're headed to Whistler in Sept instead.
 
I would focus on looking in the Kihei area.
 
And that assessment is completely wrong. Maui has a land area of 735 square miles, is 48 miles long and 26 miles wide. The area of devastation in Lahaina is 3.5 square miles. Exactly how do you think the 164,00 people that live on Maui are going to pay their bills when 80% of the islands income is tourism related either directly or indirectly?
I am in a rather unique position to have experienced devastating hurricanes while living in the gulf area for many years. There is an immense federal response particularly through FEMA and many others that fill lost wages, housing, etc…yes it is a stopgap measure but people are taken care of. Generally tourists immediately shy away from disasters and there is nothing wrong with this depending on the damage it eventually returns. There will be areas aside from Lahaina, which of course was not the sole city affected, that is inaccessible while local as are rerouted with other crews imported from out of island. As a tourist many features inaccessible to the island coupled with drainage of local resources is plenty enough to allow some recovery then re-evaluate.
Just one example:

 
I am hoping Maui will still welcome us in February-March for our 5 weeks and 5 days. Many people are cancelling their trips that far out. I know this because I have been watching for five nights starting 2/12 on RCI for months, and since this disaster, so many cancellations are showing in RCI Points that I had my pick of places to stay and chose Hono Koa, our home resort.

I worry that the residents of Maui are not going to be happy to have us there. The resorts will welcome us, but not sure that the people will want us there. I just saw @Luanne say that she is conflicted. I am too.
A few people will NEVER want you there. The rest would like to keep their job. I wouldn't worry about that, If West Maui is not functioning soon ... most all businesses in West Maui will be Pau,
 
As part of the governor’s proclamation today, “Governor Green’s sixth emergency proclamation, issued on August 19, remains in place, with
“All nonessential travel to West Maui being strongly discouraged for the duration of the proclamation (through October 17, 2023).”
strongly discouraged semantics allow The Gov to get his way without having to actually pass "executive order" or legislature to pass a law
btw, when anyone reads strongly discouraged they should understand The Gov is talking mainly to the hotels/resorts, and not to you. If he cuts off room supply, The Gov doesn't really have to care what the potential "guest" thinks about it. but people read this stuff and continue Thinking With Their Timeshare
 
This was for the Westin in Maui Marriott vacation club
I am trying to pick a fight with the resort over the matter as they have been compensated from the electric company for the fires I. Maui that drove us off and had losses and the state gave them money too, but the resort gave nothing to the people that stayed there. Or was effected by this nightmare. I would like to speak with you on the phone if that works for you. Michael Paxton 503-367-4556
 
You are misinformed:
- Marriott timeshare owners got an Interval International credit.
- Westin timeshare owners got a StarOption Credit.
- If you rented directly from the Marriott or Westin, they give refunds.
 
I am trying to pick a fight with the resort over the matter as they have been compensated from the electric company for the fires I. Maui that drove us off and had losses and the state gave them money too, but the resort gave nothing to the people that stayed there. Or was effected by this nightmare. I would like to speak with you on the phone if that works for you. Michael Paxton 503-367-4556

It seems like you are unsettled to the point of escalating matters that are better left alone, imo. I doubt you had any serious loss in the fire. To me, you come off like an ambulance chaser, lol.

Bill
 
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