Makemake ʻoe e pakele?
"ʻO kēia paha ka manawa maikaʻi loa e huakaʻi ai," wahi a Roger Dow, ka pelekikena a me Luna Nui o ka US Travel Association.
Ma nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui, ua hoʻohana nā hōkele i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai lumi. Noho ma Las Vegas, New York a me Honolulu i emi iho ma ka liʻiliʻi he 20 pakeneka, e like me Travelocity.com. Ma ka ʻāina, e uku ʻia ka lumi maʻamau iā ʻoe he $142 i kēia kauwela, mai ka $165 i ka makahiki i hala. ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō.
"Ua ʻike ʻoe he nui nā hōkele e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻaina kakahiaka manuahi, ʻo kekahi o nā hōkele nani aʻu i ʻike ai e hāʻawi ana i $200 no ka spa a kolepa paha," wahi a Dow. "Ua ʻike au i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi ana i ʻekolu pō no ke kumu kūʻai ʻelua - no laila maikaʻi ke kūʻai aku."
Maikaʻi nā ʻoihana, no ka mea ʻino ka ʻoihana, hōʻike ka mea kākau moʻolelo CBS News ʻo Michelle Miller. Mai loko mai o 4.5 miliona mau lumi hōkele ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, manaʻo ʻia e emi iho ka nui o ka noho ʻana ma lalo o 56 pakeneka i kēia makahiki, mai ka 60 pakeneka i ka makahiki 2008.
Ua hana ʻo Beverly Banton i nā lumi ma Sheraton New York no 14 mau makahiki a ʻaʻole i ʻike i nā manawa paʻakikī loa.
"ʻEkolu mau kahu lumi ma kēlā me kēia papahele, i kēia manawa hoʻokahi wale nō mākou," wahi a Banton.
Ua koi ʻia kāna luna ʻo Dan King e haʻalele a hōʻemi paha i nā hola no kahi o 300 mau limahana i kēia makahiki.
"Ua emi kā mākou ʻoihana i ka 25 pakeneka," wahi a King. “Pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hopena ripple. ʻAʻole wale kā mākou mau hoa i loko o kēia hōkele, akā e nānā a puni - nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa a me nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā hale kūʻai.
He ʻumikūmāhiku miliona ʻAmelika e ola nei mai ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, e hana ana i 2.4 miliona mau hana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka recession, ua nalowale kekahi mau hana 400,000.
ʻO ka hapakolu o nā kālā mākaʻikaʻi e hele mai mai ka huakaʻi ʻoihana, a ke hoʻihoʻi nei nā ʻoihana, ke kāpae nei i nā hālāwai liʻiliʻi i nā hālāwai kūkā nui - nā mea a pau i manaʻo ʻia he mea nui i ka manawa e hoʻokuʻu ana nā ʻoihana i nā limahana.
ʻAʻole ʻike hou ʻia nā retreats maikaʻi ma South Florida, kahi i emi ai nā hōkele hōkele ma kahi o 12 pakeneka mai kēia manawa i ka makahiki i hala.
"He manuahi ka lā a maikaʻi loa, akā manaʻo wau ua aneane hewa ka poʻe i ka iho ʻana i lalo a hoʻolimalima i ʻelua mau hola ma kahakai," wahi a Jim Mauer, ka luna nui o Marriott's Harbour Beach Resort.
ʻAʻole paha e hala kēlā mau kuʻikahi ma kahakai ma mua o ke kauwela. Ke manaʻo nei ka ʻoihana hōkele i ka rebound haʻahaʻa i nā puke i kēia hāʻule.
