Four policy changes are coming that could impact your Hawaii vacation to keep everyone safer.
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Four policy changes are coming that could impact your Hawaii vacation to keep everyone safer.
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Aloha and thank you for all the info!! Lets save lives together!! See you soon Mahalo!!
Hi Diane.
Thanks. It sounds like you have a trip to the islands upcoming. We hope it goes great.
Aloha.
Hello i am flying nov 28 can i do the test Wednesday 25 at 4:45. My fly is out seattle Saturday at 5 arriving kuawau at 9.
Thanks
Hi Maria.
Technically it should be after 5pm, not at 445pm to be within the 72 hours. We don’t know (and comments have reported differently) about how much that exact time matters. To be safe, we’d stick with 5pm.
Aloha.
Unfortunately I cancelled my California to Hilo trip. CVS has no location that does travel testing and Kaiser never responded. Unless there’s a quick test at the airport prior to departure, I’m unlikely to travel.
You get more safety when testing just before departure. United airlines foes it at SFO for $250. Should be cheaper and offered at all Hawaii bound airports.Thank you!
Al in San Diego
Hi Al.
Vault testing by mail is available without regard to location and other comments say it has worked almost universally well.
Aloha.
Vault worked for us, but it was a little nerve-wracking, because we couldn’t communicate with them once we shipped the test kits. You can try, but they’ll get back to you a week later and still not answer your question. And the Vault test results email does not include a time-stamp indicating what hour the test was taken. They just have the calendar date. HI apparently is fine with that, because our test results were accepted. (We took the tests about 71 hours before our departure time).
At the advice of the Vault Zoom lady that supervises your test, we wrote “STAT Hawaii” with a big Sharpie pen all over the test envelop and other packaging, including the outside of the large UPS envelop. I don’t know if that made a difference, but we did get the results email late day after we sent the UPS overnight.
The Vault Zoom lady said that around half of the test takers she was handling were doing it for travel to Hawaii. At $150 per test, Vault is cleaning up. They won’t want to get a reputation for not coming through. We were lucky because Wyoming paid for our Vault tests using federal government cheese, I mean, CARES Act money.
Hello-does anyone know if vault works within the 72 hour window if sent from Hawaii-Maui to be exact?? I’m thinking it might be easiest to order vault tests, take them to Maui and use them within 72 hours of our trip to the Big Island. It also appears there are Walgreens locations on Maui, however when I try to make an appointment for curiosity sake, only Oahu locations pop up. Anyone have any insight on these issues. Thanks again! Stay well.
Hi Cherie.
As far as we know, Vault works from any US address. You should double-check with them, and perhaps others with experience can add to this discussion.
Aloha.
What matters is whether the UPS overnight shipping will get your tests to Piscataway NJ “overnight”. If so, then would be same as mainland.
Check UPS “overnight” shipping from Maui. And locate a UPS Store on Maui.
Thank you! That’s a great idea. Much appreciated.
Are the results of the pre-travel test acceptable in email or is a hardcopy needed?
Great Covid safety program ideas. Implementation will be challenging. Fines & penalties should be a state mandate with some bite. Does Mufi Hanneman have a team of trackers who are asking people on the street if they are locals or visitors? If not, his statement is bogus.
Mahalo.
You nee to have them uploaded and accepted on your “trip” on your Safe Travels web site account. You also need the health questions answered (cannot be done until one day before your flight) and get your QR code.
You upload via a one page pdf of the email with your results.
Have both. Better safe than sorry.
The best option is to upload an electronic copy to the Safe Travels website before you go through the check-in post flight.
Email isn’t acceptable. Once you get your negative result emailed to you, you must create a one page PDF of the negative result, then log in to the Safe Travels website (where you have already created an entry for your trip) and upload the PDF. Print two copies of your negative result in case of problems upon arrival.
Then, no more than 24 hours before the last leg of you’re of your trip, log back in to the Safe Travels website and complete the health questionnaire. You will then receive an email with a QR code that you must save a small either an image and/or text to yourself so it can be scanned upon arrival (I did both). Print two copies of the QR code as well. Once you land, you will be required to do three things: show your photo I.D., show the QR code from your photos or messaging app to be scanned, and open and log in to the Safe Travels website and show your negative result under the “My Trips” tab. If you’re phone isn’t working or has lost it’s charge, you’re printed copies may be used for verification.
Sound practices, Dr Green, mahalo. A few steps further are necessary. Assigning masks worn above the nose not masks pulled below the noses as commonly seen today. And talking on cellphones with masks worn, not hanging off an ear, or stay inside your car and talk on your phone. These are daily occurrences seen everyday by many people, and it’s scary.
Would you please check into University if California Hospital system to become a Trusted Partner??? Many California’s are members across the entire State. Also. CVS and Walgreens won’t allow appointments more than 3 days before. That makes it almost certain to cause a late response. Please ask them to make appointments earlier. There is no good reason not to. I’d appreciate a response if possible. Thank you.
Hi Joyce.
The state has said there will be a list of new partners released by next week. We don’t have any information as to who will be on it. Stay tuned.
Aloha.
We are leaving tomorrow for the big island there is no way to make sure your test is Uploaded before you leave considering you can only do it 72 hours before and it has been taking 2 to 4 days to get your results back because of the surge of covid at testing locations that would not be fair at all they might as well just go back to banning travelers if they’re going to do that!
Such a sad time when tourists are seen a lot more than locals complying with wearing a mask, especially in Waikiki. I’ve seen this with my own eyes, and have passed a few groups of locals saying ignorant things and some swearing that’s thrown in to our visitors about their masks not on, and the local people don’t have one on themselves. Locals, wake up! This is our island to protect and preserve with Aloha. Our officials here do need to strengthen language in our mask mandate. That doesn’t mean locals get off the hook. Wake up!
Please please please do not mandate mask wearing. Some people can’t breathe with it on. I personally don’t know if I will set foot on the islands I love so much, ever again as long as mask wearing is mandated. I have a trip possible for January, & I most likely won’t go now.
We’ll miss you .. ..
Don’t be such a wus. I wear masks for 12-15 hours a day at work, as do my colleagues. To say you can’t breathe is ridiculous. Yes, they can be uncomfortable and sometimes life is. Stay home but you still should be wearing your mask.
No issue at all except with 14 day quarantine if you don’t get results in time. No provider is guaranteeing 72 hour results. Even more difficult if you are traveling early in the week and need to test on the weekends. I felt the current situation was reasonable. I see both sides though-what happens if one arrives and ultimately is positive. Maybe a combo of the rapid and PCR test could allow reasonable assurance that the person is negative yet allow time for the PCR.