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We had put in an offer which was accepted on a 12,600 point contract at KL. We are getting a bit worried about the volcano eruption. We realize it’s 100 miles away from the resort but one of our littles has respiratory issues (if our travel were booked for today we’d likely have to cancel). How would others feel in this situation? Thanks!
The nice thing about HGVC is that you can book somewhere else during club season (<276 days {~9 months} before checkout). So I wouldn't worry. KL with 12,600 is a nice number of points. I actually picked up a resale 14,400 point deed last year at KL.
We had put in an offer which was accepted on a 12,600 point contract at KL. We are getting a bit worried about the volcano eruption. We realize it’s 100 miles away from the resort but one of our littles has respiratory issues (if our travel were booked for today we’d likely have to cancel). How would others feel in this situation? Thanks!
The 12,600 point contract at KL is a lot of points. The HGVC system is very flexible. If you can't go to BI due to a health issue you can go to Honolulu or one of the other great HGVC resorts using Club Reservations booking as soon as 9 months out
I agree with those who have replied thus far. If you are willing to travel elsewhere within the HGVC system, if BI isn’t appealing at the time you seek to travel, you can still benefit from those points!
Plus it is very important to note that the breathing issues at Waikoloa are likely to be minimal to non-existent. According to the Hawaii Volcano Observatory web site, the sulfur dioxide emissions from the Halemaumau summit of Kilauea are now only about half of what they had been running in the months and years prior to the current eruption phase. This is because much of the magma is draining out of the summit, traveling downslope underground, and coming out of the ground in new vents way down in lower Puna. One of those vents now has a new cone over 170 feet high. That is where most of the bad air is concentrated. There will be haze in Kona from time to time in certain wind conditions, but that has been the case on the Big Island for many, many decades.
As others have mentioned the resort is pretty far away, and from what i have read online the air quality is pretty good in Waikaloa. Its often windy there, and that probably helps to keep the air good.
A bigger question may be what sort of activities would you plan for a trip to the Big Island? Sometimes we go all over the island, and that might take you into areas with some issues. Other trips we mostly hang out at the resort, or Kohala coast beaches.
I'm here right now and from a visual perspective the air quality is frankly awful. Last week the webcam views looked great, so it varies according to the wind conditions. We've had one nice day since Saturday unfortunately. We are here to visit family in Kohala so it hasn't ruined our week but has been much worse than expected.
Yesterday (great in the morning) and today. It looks even worse now. It all depends on the tradewinds.
We just back from Maui and Oahu. We got some heavy relatively vog for a few days on Maui. That coincided with the days that we were on the southeastern side.
I have asthma and had a great deal of trouble breathing. My wife and I had throat irritation as well, but that was not a big deal. I typically don’t have to use the rescue inhaler, but I was using it twice a day, and still having more shortness of breath than I have had in a very long time.
Once the wind shifted, it was much better.
I have a weather radar app and figured out that you can see the plume and wind direction and use it to predict the vog to some extent.
Long term, it should not be an issue. Short term, it is challenging some days.
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