What might happen when the Hawaii legislature returns on January 20 that could change current travel policies.
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I am hoping they can all work together… my family has a vacation scheduled for July…. i would really like to go and enjoy the beauty if the islands.
Thank you
The problem I see is that the test needs to be within 72 hours, but the results take 72 hours to receive. So if I do not have the results prior to departure, I am not getting on the flight. But the hotel reservation would need to be canceled days before the arrival date. It is a perfect catch 22 scenario.
You are absolutely correct!
It is confusing, and the underlying message is a feeling that mainland is not really that welcome. I understand the concerns but, like us, we’ve made other plans to travel elsewhere this year.
Lawmakers from Oahu cannot be permitted to make the tradeoff between safety and the economy for each island. Oahu already has significant spread of coronavirus and has little to lose by loosening restrictions. Kauai County, on the other hand, has the lowest level of Coronavirus (on a per capita basis) of any county in the United States.
I don’t know what the right tradeoff is here, but it should be up to the citizens of Kauai or their elected leaders to make those choices for Kauai.
I’m hoping before we travel that LAS has rapid testing and is approved by Hawaii. Our dilemma is we are traveling on Monday at 2pm, layover in Oakland, leaving at 5:40pm. If I understand the requirement, we cannot get our tests until 5:40 pm on Friday. That’s going to be pretty much impossible unless there is rapid testing. Rapid testing is not done in our town. What a mess!
Aloha-As long as they choose to have county by county differing rules that you can’t count on staying the same for very long, you will never get people to seriously consider Hawaii for travel
“Saiki may introduce another legislation to permit passengers to obtain COVID testing at Honolulu Airport if they do not have a negative test to present on landing. Those passengers testing negative would not need to quarantine.”
I like the idea about requiring a rapid test, but it should be done at the point of DEPARTURE, not arrival. Otherwise, there is always the possibility that an infected person who doesn’t have symptoms will get on the plane and infect others. it makes sense to identify those people if at all possible.
People who get infected on the plane may not realize they are infected for up to a week or more and could contribute to community spread on the island. Why take that risk?
My wife and I have a tripped planned for early February 2021. By then we will have received both of our COVID vaccinations. Moving forward is there any plan to exempt people that have been vaccinated from having to get tested?
Good Afternoon.
Can you tell me how is it handled in Hawaii (Kona) if I’ve had both of my Covid -19 shots and have proof of the vaccinations. Do I still have to do a pre travel Covid test?
Of course, masks will be worn and distancing respected, as well as other sanitary measures (hand washing, etc).
Thank you for an interesting and informative forum
Hi Sharon.
We are awaiting news from the state on vaccination travel that was supposed to start in early February.
Aloha.
Well unfortunately I’ve had to cancel my January 31st trip to Kona. This trip was planned for March of last year, rescheduled to September, then November then late January. I’m now negotiating with Hilton to allow me to change locations for my travel package, as I just don’t see Hawaii being easy to plan anytime soon