50 thoughts on “Hawaii Travel During COVID | Essentials To Reduce Stress”
Dean H.
Aloha! We aren’t ready yet to take another trip to the Islands, but I wanted to thank you for your great website and all of the advice and insight you give! I look forward to receiving it in my inbox and appreciate the great service you provide! I look forward to returning the paradise some day.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Dean.
Thanks. We appreciate your being part of this.
Aloha.
Kathryn B
Do you have any inside information if the new lab Governor Newsom built in partnership with Perkin-Elmer which opened October 31 in CA to process 150,000 labs a day might be added to the trusted partner list for HI?
Stephane
Aloha,
We postponed our spring break trip to this Christmas.
We scheduled 3 islands.
Maui 4 days, Kauai 5days, Big Island 6days and 1 day to finish again at Maui and come back to our East Coast.
Do we (family of 4) need to do a test between each island ?
It seems more and more complicate to us to visit Hawaii …
Thank you
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Stephane.
You will need to have had a test within 72 hours of each leg, starting with trans-Pacific, and then each interisland flight.
Aloha.
Stephane
Thanks for the information.
Are those test quick to do in each island?
Do I have to pay these test ?
Is saliva test available?
We are a family of 4 and my 2 little kids will not like the nose test 😓…
Thanks
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Stephane.
To not provide incorrect information, please refer to the state’s official testing partners page: https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel-partners/. You may need to contact test providers.
Aloha.
Stephane
Thanks for you help…
We are seeing states in the mainland with more and more closing. There are also states like California which reinstalled the 2 weeks quarantine…
What is your feeling about Hawaii islands for next month ? My feeling is 50/50 so far …
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Stephane.
We don’t have a sense of that yet. It depends on how things progress in the next 1-2 weeks.
Aloha.
Tony
We plan on spending a few days in Oahu, then flying to Kauai. Will we need another COVID test to go to Kauai? I cannot find this information on any of the Hawaii travel sites.
Mahalo
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Tony.
Yes, you will. At both Oahu and Kauai, the test will need to have been taken within 72 hours of departure.
Aloha.
Bert C
My wife and and took the vault test on Friday 11/7 and we had our results by Saturday 11/8 in the evening. Our flight was a Monday 11/9 at 7:50 from Sacramento to Oahu and then another flight to Kauai. In Sacramento we were told we needed a QR code for each flight which no one on our flight was aware of. We had to go back to the Safe Travel site and get another QR code for our flight from Oahu to Kauai. At the airport in Oahu if was seamless. We were through the screener quickly. A lot of passengers were held up in Kauai because they did not get the connecting flight QR code and those passenger were doing that on their phones trying to get through the screening. All things considered I thought it went smoothly and I would not let the requirements for testing stop themselves from traveling.
Alice T
We flew home on the on October 29th on Hawaiian from HNL to SFO. The middle seat was already full then. It was a bit of a surprise. Three seats on each side.
Overall, a great trip. Looking forward to our next! Aloha
Joan H
Are we limited to carry on luggage only?
James M.
That was only a recommendation.
Wendy M.
No, you aren’t, Joan. It’s just faster and more sanitary if you limit yourself to carry-on only.
Jacob M
We’re currently visiting Kauai from the San Francisco area. Unfortunately we leave tomorrow. It’s been a great trip and honestly hasn’t been too different from our normal Hawaii visits. We scheduled COVID testing with Kaiser at the 72 hour mark before our departure flight to Hawaii and got our results 28 and 36 hours after testing. Landing in Lihue was easy; we just had to show our QR code that included our travel info and negative COVID results. Everyone on the shuttle to the car rental location was obviously wearing a mask so no issues there. Mask wearing has been consistent with that of the Bay Area. People wear them 100% of the time indoors and whenever you can’t maintain social distancing outside. Walking to/from the beach, most people haven’t worn them (we stayed three nights in Princeville and three nights in Poipu) but that isn’t an issue since you’re able to maintain distance from everyone. Our experience with locals has been the same as usual; friendly and good. While we’ve been here we booked another trip to Maui in January and can’t wait to return.
Howard S
Aloha,
I am planning to fly on a 10am Sunday flight from LAX. The covid-19 test needs to be within 72 hours, but the Vault mail-in test needs to be at UPS by 10am, 3 days prior. So my test time would likely be 73 hours before the flight. Do you think this will subject me to quarantine?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Howard
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Howard.
Others have commented that the Vault tests do not list the time, only the date. We can’t confirm that. Just wondering why would it need to be there at 10am? Most UPS locations can do priority overnight much later in the day and no matter what time you get it there, as long as it is before the cutoff, it still arrives the next day. Even here on Kauai, we can drop as late as 1pm for next day to the mainland.
Aloha.
Howard S
Hi,
Thanks for your quick reply. Not knowing what level of shipping service is used by Vault for returning the sample to the lab, I was going by the chart on the Hawaiian Airlines site for when to order and submit the Vault test to UPS. I would guess you are correct, but will check with a local UPS office.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Howard.
Please let us know how it works out. Thanks.
Aloha.
Stephanie E
We did the vault test on Monday – got the results on Tuesday night and flew to Hawaii on Thursday. There was not a time stamp at all on our results only the day the test was taken. Make sure you bring a printed copy as our results did not upload to the online system properly. But as soon as we should the paper copy we were all set.
George S
I suggest that you add lavatory etiquette to your list. Wear gloves throughout flight, except when eating, but especially in the lav. Bring your wipes, sanitizer, & paper towels on each trip to the lav.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi George.
Thanks. Added.
Aloha.
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Aloha! We aren’t ready yet to take another trip to the Islands, but I wanted to thank you for your great website and all of the advice and insight you give! I look forward to receiving it in my inbox and appreciate the great service you provide! I look forward to returning the paradise some day.
Hi Dean.
Thanks. We appreciate your being part of this.
Aloha.
Do you have any inside information if the new lab Governor Newsom built in partnership with Perkin-Elmer which opened October 31 in CA to process 150,000 labs a day might be added to the trusted partner list for HI?
Aloha,
We postponed our spring break trip to this Christmas.
We scheduled 3 islands.
Maui 4 days, Kauai 5days, Big Island 6days and 1 day to finish again at Maui and come back to our East Coast.
Do we (family of 4) need to do a test between each island ?
It seems more and more complicate to us to visit Hawaii …
Thank you
Hi Stephane.
You will need to have had a test within 72 hours of each leg, starting with trans-Pacific, and then each interisland flight.
Aloha.
Thanks for the information.
Are those test quick to do in each island?
Do I have to pay these test ?
Is saliva test available?
We are a family of 4 and my 2 little kids will not like the nose test 😓…
Thanks
Hi Stephane.
To not provide incorrect information, please refer to the state’s official testing partners page: https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel-partners/. You may need to contact test providers.
Aloha.
Thanks for you help…
We are seeing states in the mainland with more and more closing. There are also states like California which reinstalled the 2 weeks quarantine…
What is your feeling about Hawaii islands for next month ? My feeling is 50/50 so far …
Hi Stephane.
We don’t have a sense of that yet. It depends on how things progress in the next 1-2 weeks.
Aloha.
We plan on spending a few days in Oahu, then flying to Kauai. Will we need another COVID test to go to Kauai? I cannot find this information on any of the Hawaii travel sites.
Mahalo
Hi Tony.
Yes, you will. At both Oahu and Kauai, the test will need to have been taken within 72 hours of departure.
Aloha.
My wife and and took the vault test on Friday 11/7 and we had our results by Saturday 11/8 in the evening. Our flight was a Monday 11/9 at 7:50 from Sacramento to Oahu and then another flight to Kauai. In Sacramento we were told we needed a QR code for each flight which no one on our flight was aware of. We had to go back to the Safe Travel site and get another QR code for our flight from Oahu to Kauai. At the airport in Oahu if was seamless. We were through the screener quickly. A lot of passengers were held up in Kauai because they did not get the connecting flight QR code and those passenger were doing that on their phones trying to get through the screening. All things considered I thought it went smoothly and I would not let the requirements for testing stop themselves from traveling.
We flew home on the on October 29th on Hawaiian from HNL to SFO. The middle seat was already full then. It was a bit of a surprise. Three seats on each side.
Overall, a great trip. Looking forward to our next! Aloha
Are we limited to carry on luggage only?
That was only a recommendation.
No, you aren’t, Joan. It’s just faster and more sanitary if you limit yourself to carry-on only.
We’re currently visiting Kauai from the San Francisco area. Unfortunately we leave tomorrow. It’s been a great trip and honestly hasn’t been too different from our normal Hawaii visits. We scheduled COVID testing with Kaiser at the 72 hour mark before our departure flight to Hawaii and got our results 28 and 36 hours after testing. Landing in Lihue was easy; we just had to show our QR code that included our travel info and negative COVID results. Everyone on the shuttle to the car rental location was obviously wearing a mask so no issues there. Mask wearing has been consistent with that of the Bay Area. People wear them 100% of the time indoors and whenever you can’t maintain social distancing outside. Walking to/from the beach, most people haven’t worn them (we stayed three nights in Princeville and three nights in Poipu) but that isn’t an issue since you’re able to maintain distance from everyone. Our experience with locals has been the same as usual; friendly and good. While we’ve been here we booked another trip to Maui in January and can’t wait to return.
Aloha,
I am planning to fly on a 10am Sunday flight from LAX. The covid-19 test needs to be within 72 hours, but the Vault mail-in test needs to be at UPS by 10am, 3 days prior. So my test time would likely be 73 hours before the flight. Do you think this will subject me to quarantine?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Howard
Hi Howard.
Others have commented that the Vault tests do not list the time, only the date. We can’t confirm that. Just wondering why would it need to be there at 10am? Most UPS locations can do priority overnight much later in the day and no matter what time you get it there, as long as it is before the cutoff, it still arrives the next day. Even here on Kauai, we can drop as late as 1pm for next day to the mainland.
Aloha.
Hi,
Thanks for your quick reply. Not knowing what level of shipping service is used by Vault for returning the sample to the lab, I was going by the chart on the Hawaiian Airlines site for when to order and submit the Vault test to UPS. I would guess you are correct, but will check with a local UPS office.
Hi Howard.
Please let us know how it works out. Thanks.
Aloha.
We did the vault test on Monday – got the results on Tuesday night and flew to Hawaii on Thursday. There was not a time stamp at all on our results only the day the test was taken. Make sure you bring a printed copy as our results did not upload to the online system properly. But as soon as we should the paper copy we were all set.
I suggest that you add lavatory etiquette to your list. Wear gloves throughout flight, except when eating, but especially in the lav. Bring your wipes, sanitizer, & paper towels on each trip to the lav.
Hi George.
Thanks. Added.
Aloha.