If you’re visiting Hawaii in the near future, or at the holidays, this news is critical.
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If you’re visiting Hawaii in the near future, or at the holidays, this news is critical.
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Folks, please I think with this news and the Mayor of Kaua’i asking to opt out, requiring a 14 day QURANTINE as of December 1. I really hate to say it that this news from here and Dr Fauci’s pleading for people to stay home means we need to hunker down again. Not like before but close.
This is going to be devastating to our Kaua’i economy but we had our first death. 9 ICU beds on our little island. 70k people. 2 degrees of separation.
As you consider and weigh your options think of this:
If you come to the island and get sick (you can go 3 or 4 days before symptoms or not at all) you will not leave the island sick!
The Hawaiian Islands are the most remote archipelago in the world. We will be here. Happy Thanksgiving everyone
That’s all well and good. How about making it manditory to refund all money for reservations made prior to this! Or park reservations until next year. We saved for years for this trip and that money is gone! And we are Covid free with a test from a major hospital but not one who has signed some back door agreement with Hawaii. Paid more money to test at CVS (recommended/trusted partner). Results not back in time. If Visitors were not allowed to come, with no fault of thier own, their money should be returned. Simple as that.
Aloha thank you for keeping us up to date.
Do you have latest information on Alaska Airlines testing?
They originally said testing would be available at San Jose airport on November 1st.
Thank you
Hi Krista.
No we are not finding any update on that.
Aloha.
My family was supposed to travel to Hawaii on the 24 of Nov. We had negative test results from our university hospital in Augusta Ga on Sunday the 22. However that hospital was not a “trusted partner”. So we went to CVS when we found out our initial test was not valid. Of course CVS did not get our results back before our flight departed. The Total cost of the new policy cost is over $5000. Thiis policy is insane and the cost to common people immense.
Most of those test sites are only in the west coast.Now that CVS has pulled out and Walgreens no appointments where on their list in New England / Massachusetts is an approved test site?
Walgreens has 2 tests. The Rapid POC ID Now test in 24 hours.
walgreens.com/findcare/covid19/testing?ban=covid_vanity_testing#!
I’m traveling to Hawaii from the lower 48 states. What do I need to do?
The state of Hawaii requires visitors to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival or provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test, taken within 72 hours of departure. You must schedule an appointment with Walgreens to ensure your documentation is accepted by the state. The Rapid Point-of-Care (POC) Test (ID NOW) and RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel provided by Walgreens are nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT). Both types are approved by the state of Hawaii, however the turnaround results time may vary. If you do not receive your results before your trip, follow the pre-travel requirements on the Hawaii Department of Health website: hawaiicovid19.com/travel/getting-to-hawaii/ to understand quarantine requirements. For additional information about Walgreens as a trusted testing partner visit: hawaiicovid19.com/travel-partners/.
I forgot to add Mahslo. Great site and informative.
Hi Burgess.
Thank you. Back to your question, probably the best and safest answer we can provide is to refer you here. The State of Hawaii maintains a travel helpline that can be reached at 1-855-599-0888. Let us know how that goes.
Aloha.
Thanks for your reply. My error. I cut and pasted from the Walgreens site (FAQ) and it was posed as a question . I should have edited it out. I appreciate your swift follow up. This is a stressful issue for many folks.
What date/time is shown on proof of the COVID test results to be given to airlines to board? Is it time of actual test appt or time the testing on the sample is performed?
My husband and both used CVS, however we could not book appointment together. We tested at 2 different locations on the same day within 2 hours. My husband got his result in 48 hours. I have not received my results from CVS, therefore I spent another $200. And 5 hours in line for a test at AFC. Results were back in 15 minutes. We have loaded all our information and results into the Hawaii travel.gov site. Hopefully we won’t have any additional issues tomorrow am for our flight…
What is AFC?
We’ve traveled to Kahului and beautiful Maui for the last ten years, but this one. We wanted to experience our first Kalikimaka island style, but with all the confusion, the constant changes, the ever evolution of the requirements we’ve opted out. Our condo has expressed concern about how many cancelations they’ve had in just the last few weeks, many are not even attempting to reschedule next year. We understand safety, we understand that islanders want to be healthy. We also understand that many of our acquaintances and friends on the island are very sad, getting poorer and some are plain exasperated at where their next meal will come from. We hope that by next year, all will be perfected and eventually things will go smoother. Our motto for 2020 now is: Maybe next year. Aloha to all our friends and be safe.
We are a family of 8 plus inviting 3 friends joining us in Hawaii 2 days after Thanksgiving. It has been an absolute nightmare trying to get tested. With TG in the middle of our 3-day window, all mail-in and 72-hour tests were ruled out. The only provider anywhere near 3 of us was Walgreens. So we had to figure out the exact moment when the new appointments opened up 3 days prior to our flight and hope we could get in there to book them. My daughter has to drive 90 minutes for her appointment which is exactly 24 hours before her flight leaves to hopefully get a 24-hour-results test. All other appointments were already booked after we realized CVS was not going to work for her which was down the street. I had to book her a hotel then to await her results before her flight takes off early the next day. My husband and I are traveling 30 miles tomorrow to the only location in our entire locale of 350,000 to offer a timely test. I hope this all works. Most of us have already had covid so from a scientific standpoint this is a complete waste of time. We have immunity and so not only can we not get it again, we can’t infect others either. At this point you have to be very determined to go to Hawaii. Most people I know cancelled their Hawaii vacation plans due to the complexity of jumping through all these hoops.
Glad to hear your have recovered from your first bout of Covid and sincerely hoping your aren’t on of the people you get re-infected!
Maybe all of the trouble finding a testing site for your large group should have been a tip off that you should have joined the the rest of the people you know and canceling your trip to Hawaii for 2020! Also, I hope that the COVID tiers stay the same on the island your are visiting because if not your group of 11 could be in violation of some county’s COVID emergencies rules….
Best of Luck with your travels!
I’m on a plane to Hawaii. Vault didn’t answer any calls or emails for three days. $600 for 4 tests arrived 2 on time and two after our original flight took off. We stayed at the airport with our little kids until finally 4 hours later and 1 hour away from original touchdown Our two other tests arrived. We had to cancel long planed lower fare tickets, cancel hotels , car rentals and buy expensive last minute tickets to a different island. Whoever made that policy should even run a lemonade stand. We did everything as we were told to, all negative and still got hurt from this not to mention all the business that lost our $$