227 thoughts on “No Recovery Yet For Hawaii Travel. Here’s Why.”
Pam W.
I always went to Hawaii every winter. Since Covid the government of Canada has told us not to travel even within our country. Also I used to fly from Victoria to Seattle and then Seattle to Hawaii using Alaska but Victoria is not an international airport right now. I would have to go to Vancouver and wait in a hotel there for preflight testing. I would also have to quarantine in a hotel in Vancouver for at least 3 days when I arrive back.
Canada wants to prevent Canadians from travelling because travel brought Covid to us and also brought the variants. Neither Canada nor Hawaii have exemptions for vaccinated people.
All of this is why Canadians aren’t going to Hawaii.
Stacey M
I would love to hear anyone’s experience island hopping. I am booked for Maui in April. I land on a Monday morning. But leaving that night for Oahu for a quick trip. Back to Maui 16 hours later. I have been vaccinated and am planning to do the testing before I leave home anyways.
Comments, suggestions welcome.
Katherine M
I am coming to visit the Big Island, Maui and Oahu in June. Finding where. and when to get a test was not difficult. Booking Airbnb’s were not difficult nor getting rental cars.
Diane t
A Family of four has a trip planned for April 3-9, expensies are already paid. I am having trouble with what you want from us and especially the 72 hours, things run a bit slow here and I have a Lot of concern for getting the result back in time. We only have one approved place to get the test, if they can’t do it we have to drive 100 miles to get it done, Please please get this together. P.S. won’t be able to get all our money back
Debbie B
Aloha! Please tell me what the Big Island wants in terms of travel requirements. I go to the Big Island and stay in a private home so I can certainly quarantine there–and I will have been vaccinated. Getting a pre-travel COVID test where I come from will be nightmare to find acceptable partner within 72 hours but I can try and do it. What else do I need to do/know? Mahalo!
The bottom line is you need to follow the state’s exact pre-travel testing procedures and the test needs to take place within 72 hours of your mainland to Hawaii departure. Otherwise, you will be in quarantine for 10-days. Vaccination does not count thus far.
Aloha.
Debbie B
What about transfers between islands. I usually have to fly to Hilo through Maui or Honolulu. Thanks for any guidance!
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Debbie.
If you are connecting (no stopover), then you just need to test within 72 hours of your mainland to Hawaii departure.
Aloha.
Debbie B
Thank you so much! Hopefully next year I can come to Hilo and see my sister from another mother! Aloha!
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Debbie.
That sounds great. We can’t help but think things will be very different then.
Aloha.
Lanell
BOH, thank you for all your articles and insights. I read your newsletter every time it pops into my inbox.
We have a condo on Maui, had planned to be there now, but we’ve decided we do not feel comfortable traveling anywhere. We can stay home in the comfort of our home, yes we’re cold, yes we miss the blue sky, but we’re fine. We’re not willing to take the risk to travel yet. My heart goes out to the locals who are suffering, but at least the numbers are low. Meanwhile 500,000 people in the U.S. are dead.
Lanell
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Lanell.
Thank you. We appreciate your more than 50 comments to date. That makes a lot of sense. Hopefully, we can get to some new kind of normalcy sooner than later.
Aloha.
Frances A
We had to cancel AGAIN this year,all the Covid mess continues to control people,we lost our flight money and our our room on hold,we had planned on a 3 week trip,disappointing to say the least!
Judy S.
Testing with trusted partners is much more difficult especially on the east coast. Very few non-stop direct flights (if any at this point) so airlines aren’t helping. We are scheduled for Maui and Kauai in June and hoping things are easier. Our daughter and family in MD will likely have to travel an hour to a trusted partner for testing – finding places that test kids is harder than adults. And someplace that will meet the 72 hour window. Not to mention the added cost burden when tests are running $150-200 apiece, and then needing to test again to go from Maui to Kauai. If we wouldn’t lose tons of time share points and 2 weeks in our home resort, we would have cancelled (for the 4th time since last year). The hoops are so tricky to jump thru, in the right sequence and timing, I’m sure it discourages a lot of people.
ThomA
Yep! Worry about testing..and having it back in time, coupled with two nights in an Oakland hotel hoping test results would be back by 5pm on Monday…it was to much.
We look forward to 2022!
Bruce C.
Travelling from Canada is a problem because we are required to spend 3 nights at an approved hotel upon return at a cost $2,000 per person if we fly back. This cost includes a COVID-19 test, even if we have one in Hawaii before we border the plane. If we cross the land border this is not a requirement although we still need to quarantine at home for 10 days. So can take a bus or train or walk across the land border to save $3,500 per couple – fly back to Seattle and take bus or train from their.
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I always went to Hawaii every winter. Since Covid the government of Canada has told us not to travel even within our country. Also I used to fly from Victoria to Seattle and then Seattle to Hawaii using Alaska but Victoria is not an international airport right now. I would have to go to Vancouver and wait in a hotel there for preflight testing. I would also have to quarantine in a hotel in Vancouver for at least 3 days when I arrive back.
Canada wants to prevent Canadians from travelling because travel brought Covid to us and also brought the variants. Neither Canada nor Hawaii have exemptions for vaccinated people.
All of this is why Canadians aren’t going to Hawaii.
I would love to hear anyone’s experience island hopping. I am booked for Maui in April. I land on a Monday morning. But leaving that night for Oahu for a quick trip. Back to Maui 16 hours later. I have been vaccinated and am planning to do the testing before I leave home anyways.
Comments, suggestions welcome.
I am coming to visit the Big Island, Maui and Oahu in June. Finding where. and when to get a test was not difficult. Booking Airbnb’s were not difficult nor getting rental cars.
A Family of four has a trip planned for April 3-9, expensies are already paid. I am having trouble with what you want from us and especially the 72 hours, things run a bit slow here and I have a Lot of concern for getting the result back in time. We only have one approved place to get the test, if they can’t do it we have to drive 100 miles to get it done, Please please get this together. P.S. won’t be able to get all our money back
Aloha! Please tell me what the Big Island wants in terms of travel requirements. I go to the Big Island and stay in a private home so I can certainly quarantine there–and I will have been vaccinated. Getting a pre-travel COVID test where I come from will be nightmare to find acceptable partner within 72 hours but I can try and do it. What else do I need to do/know? Mahalo!
Hi Debbie.
We synthesized the current rules here: https://beatofhawaii.com/ultimate-guide-to-hawaii-travel-during-covid/. Also see the state’s website here: https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel/travel-overview/.
The bottom line is you need to follow the state’s exact pre-travel testing procedures and the test needs to take place within 72 hours of your mainland to Hawaii departure. Otherwise, you will be in quarantine for 10-days. Vaccination does not count thus far.
Aloha.
What about transfers between islands. I usually have to fly to Hilo through Maui or Honolulu. Thanks for any guidance!
Hi Debbie.
If you are connecting (no stopover), then you just need to test within 72 hours of your mainland to Hawaii departure.
Aloha.
Thank you so much! Hopefully next year I can come to Hilo and see my sister from another mother! Aloha!
Hi Debbie.
That sounds great. We can’t help but think things will be very different then.
Aloha.
BOH, thank you for all your articles and insights. I read your newsletter every time it pops into my inbox.
We have a condo on Maui, had planned to be there now, but we’ve decided we do not feel comfortable traveling anywhere. We can stay home in the comfort of our home, yes we’re cold, yes we miss the blue sky, but we’re fine. We’re not willing to take the risk to travel yet. My heart goes out to the locals who are suffering, but at least the numbers are low. Meanwhile 500,000 people in the U.S. are dead.
Lanell
Hi Lanell.
Thank you. We appreciate your more than 50 comments to date. That makes a lot of sense. Hopefully, we can get to some new kind of normalcy sooner than later.
Aloha.
We had to cancel AGAIN this year,all the Covid mess continues to control people,we lost our flight money and our our room on hold,we had planned on a 3 week trip,disappointing to say the least!
Testing with trusted partners is much more difficult especially on the east coast. Very few non-stop direct flights (if any at this point) so airlines aren’t helping. We are scheduled for Maui and Kauai in June and hoping things are easier. Our daughter and family in MD will likely have to travel an hour to a trusted partner for testing – finding places that test kids is harder than adults. And someplace that will meet the 72 hour window. Not to mention the added cost burden when tests are running $150-200 apiece, and then needing to test again to go from Maui to Kauai. If we wouldn’t lose tons of time share points and 2 weeks in our home resort, we would have cancelled (for the 4th time since last year). The hoops are so tricky to jump thru, in the right sequence and timing, I’m sure it discourages a lot of people.
Yep! Worry about testing..and having it back in time, coupled with two nights in an Oakland hotel hoping test results would be back by 5pm on Monday…it was to much.
We look forward to 2022!
Travelling from Canada is a problem because we are required to spend 3 nights at an approved hotel upon return at a cost $2,000 per person if we fly back. This cost includes a COVID-19 test, even if we have one in Hawaii before we border the plane. If we cross the land border this is not a requirement although we still need to quarantine at home for 10 days. So can take a bus or train or walk across the land border to save $3,500 per couple – fly back to Seattle and take bus or train from their.