Save Your Hawaii Vacation With This Video + These Still Overlooked Tips

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  1. Ellit S

    Thank you for this very informative post. Here’s a question for which I cannot find an answer:

    When applying for exemption from quarantine for a trip to HI, how do we upload the California Digital Vaccination SMART card info? There aren’t any explicit instructions for this scenario. We do not have the little cards that came with each vaccination course, so we rely on using the SMART California Vaccination digital record from ca.gov (with QR Code).

    Thanks!

    1. Beat of Hawaii

      Hi Ellit.

      We don’t know the answer but perhaps someone else from California in the same circumstances will lend a hand.

      Aloha.

  2. Roy H

    Yes its not to difficult to fill out the Hawaii Safe Travels info that is mandatory for travel to Hawaii. Just follow the instructions on the website. Make sure all your info is correct. It’s best to get your wristband at your airport of departure rather than waiting to get to Hawaii.
    Aloha Guys, we had a wonderful trip to Maui.

  3. Betty D.

    Thanks for keeping us all up to speed with travel requirements in these ever changing times. To clarify, Hawaii is accepting vaccinations from all WHO approved vaccines. Foreign vaccination is allowed. The CDC website lists all of the WHO accepted vaccines.

  4. Jim I.

    Aloha, BOH,
    It’s been 2 months since we’ve returned from Kauai and I can’t thank (mahalo) BOH enough for the incredibly valuable pre-trip information regarding Safe Travels and the requirements for Hawaii travel. As your reader Linda commented, we also flew Alaska Air although to Kauai. We did all the preprep, although had a couple of very small glitches, with the help of AK airline staff at SJC, we were able to secure the valuable wristband which also saved us time when landing in Lihue.

    1. Beat of Hawaii

      Hi Jim.

      Thank you! We’re so glad everything worked well for you and appreciate you letting us know.

      Aloha.

  5. Kimberly

    Have an upcoming trip to HNL (first time since Covid). My kids will not be fully vaccinated by our trip so I’ll have to apply for a testing exemption for them. I’m worried our results won’t arrive in time for our flight, any tips to avoid that?

  7. DebraM

    I definitely recommend doing the steps for the wristband. Give yourself a week before your flight so that you can fully understand the steps to get your Safe Travels questionnaire completed. Took me a few tries.once you get the green check mark you are good to go. Also take a picture of your QR barcode on your phone and a picture of your boarding pass barcode before you board. It saves time. Also make yourself a sandwich or bring snacks as the sandwich on Hawaiian Airlines is not very good. Chee

  8. Margaret P

    If you travel at a busy time (like between now and mid-Jan), allow at least 30 minutes extra time at your departure airport for the airline pre-screening where you get the wristband. When you check in, ask an airline rep where the Hawaii pre-clearance center is and go there right after getting thru security. Also have your vaccination certificate or copy of your negative Covid test with you – you may be asked by the pre-clear staff for this documentation. (Advice based on Dec 6 experience).

  9. Kathi E.

    I recently heard that Denver has done away with the pre-clear because they don’t have enough employees to do it at the Denver airport.

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    1. Ron P.

      We just went to Oahu a month ago from Portland and that’s what they told us. They said they didn’t have enough staff to go through all the names to provide the wristbands. Fortunately there was almost no line when we got there so it was maybe a 5min delay. Will find out again in March if it’s the same story as we’re heading back.

  10. Fran C

    Aloha,
    What if I choose self quarantine instead of the PCR test as an unvaccinated person? Do I get a different wristband or do I wait in line for my next step. I live on the Big Island and I’m planning a trip to the mainland.
    Mahalo

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