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Hawaii travel experts unpack the state's confusing rules on Covid-era travel, plus ways to manage tourism on the islands; demand and rates; and favorite new travel programs.
United's Safe Travels screening at San Francisco Airport. Hawaii's Safe Travels Covid-19 screening program has had its hiccups. Rules were in flux right up to the Oct. 15 launch and continued to change in the weeks that followed. The first few days included long lines at airports and bouts of confusion. Kauai was in, then out, then back in again as of April 5. Now, more than five months into Safe Travels, the early tumult has dissipated, and infection levels -- which never skyrocketed in the state -- continue to fall. Hawaii specialists like Gail Stringer of HGS Travel in Seattle say trave...
Industry experts predict what travel will look like in 2021 and beyond Brendan Kiley Seattle — Ask a few people in the travel business how their industry is doing, and you’ll start to hear some common refrains: Travel took a beating in 2020. The market is bursting with pent-up demand. Great deals are everywhere, but the terrain keeps shifting, so consider the help of travel agents. Beaches and parks are in — so, apparently, is littering. Between vaccine distribution hiccups and the new coronavirus variants, nobody knows when the floodgates will truly open. That last point draws a littl...