It’s not smooth sailing when you arrive without these. Our latest update on travel to Hawaii includes comments from readers and their experience.
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It’s not smooth sailing when you arrive without these. Our latest update on travel to Hawaii includes comments from readers and their experience.
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Please if you can confirm, I just read on Hawaii’s safe travels site that “both” PCR and Rapid Point of Care tests from Walgreens are approved. I don’t remember reading that before. If this is true, it would make life so much easier. Can you confirm this please?
Hi Patricia.
Confirmation regarding testing should come from the state. You can contact the state’s help desk at 1-855-599-0888. Others may share their experience.
Aloha.
Called the number and after many many tries finally got a person who then told me to look at the website, because they didn’t know!
I traveled SFO-Honolulu-Maui on Oct 17th. My test result (from a non recognized lab) did not arrive until landing in Honolulu. I also had trouble getting negatice result as it was encrypted..but got it. Then two regular travelers during Covid explained I needed to fill out online form for each stage of my visit. So needed QR codes from Hawaii for the San Fran-Honolulu leg and also a second one for Honolulu- Maui. I have to say the health/airport workers were awesome. One lady filled out the 2nd online form for me. THEN in Maui, oddly my Covid test was accepted BUT I was only given a white letter from the Mayor of Maui letterhead saying I was exempt from quarantine – this apparently applied to inter-island travel. So I get to hotel check-in and they ask for pink slip. I dont have one. So they werent going to let me stay. Finally, managers looked at Maui paperwork and were like it’s fine. The rest of the vacay was delightful. NOTE: On the way home to the mainland all precautions abandoned – Hawaiian Air did not take pre-board temps as they had coming to the Islands, their flight was completely filled with no spaced seating to the mainland the way it had been heading to Hawaii. Anyway it was a bit of an ordeal especially the State of Hawaii health form needs a save button for info…as I had to restart multiple times. Annoying and stressful. Still, thank you Maui!
Seems like Hawaii is enforcing a police state over these policies. If they were being scientific about it they’d realize the test they are specifying is the least accurate test available.
Hi–My husband & I plan on getting Covid-19 vaccine(by being part of trial) in November. Do you have any thoughts as to how this will affect our travel in February? Will vaccine be accepted or will testing have changed by then? Your thoughts?
It may not. To be safe contact the state website.
Aloha!
Do you guys know if the Sheraton Poipu is open? I was told at one point they were waiting until January 1 but it appears now that you can book rooms there earlier than that.
Thanks
Hi Jon.
You might want to give them a call to confirm. We thought they were planning to reopen December 1.
Aloha.
Hello,
It is best if you dont fly to Hawaii until 2021. Hotel personnel are acting like Fascists and the good hotels do not know how to handle essential workers. The govt of hawaii is asleep on the weekends
Thanks for showcasing the BEST OF Hawaii.
I traveled Hnl to Koa and cleared quarantine after uploading my negative Covid test results to the Safe Travels website.
No issues.
Hi Robie.
Thanks for letting us know it all worked for you.
Aloha.
Friends arrived in Maui this week with negative covid tests in hand that cost then $850. Because the tests were done in a Canadian lab (Life Labs) they were rejected and have to quarantine for 2 weeks. Crazy!
The response by Trey to his leaving a message. Is typical of all of the state of Hawaii responses to pandemic responses to tourists and residence alike. Since this crisis began there has been no serious effort to make sure that communication is timely. Long wait times and busy signals are typical and leaving a message is next to useless. This after several announcements by the powers that be that they have increased staffing to correct the problem.
Does anyone know if there is an approved test in Seattle if flying Delta where you can get your results back quickly?