Tips, essential Rules, latest changes. Save Time and avoid Worry. What to know before traveling to Hawaii.
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Tips, essential Rules, latest changes. Save Time and avoid Worry. What to know before traveling to Hawaii.
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Aloha,
Traveling from Tampa to Maui on United through Denver,May3rd. We plan to test 3 days before at Walgreens Rapid test, and post on the Hawaii safe travel site. Am I forgetting anything?
My wife and I are traveling to the Big Island in early May. We have both been vaccinated. Her card has a QR code on is; mine doesn’t. Is that a problem?
Aloha my flight to Kona from Honolulu is May 1st departing at 1:10pm. When do I need to take my testing in order to make the 72 hours restriction for it to count? Any help will be appreciated.
Mahalo
Hi Jody.
There is no testing required when flying interisland from Kona to Honolulu.
Aloha.
What about from Honolulu to Kona?
Okay I need some help with my Safe Travels trip information. Here are my trip details:
6/19 – LAS to HNL (1 hour layover), HNL to OGG
6/22 – OGG to HNL
6/27 – HNL to LAS
I understand I need to create two different trip – one for my layover in HNL and one for my flight to Maui. My question is about the return flight information. Do I need to enter it for my layover trip? And for my Maui trip would I put the day I leave Maui (6/22) or the day I leave Hawaii (6/27).
And just to double check, I don’t need to create a trip for when I fly to Oahu from Maui correct?
So we got tested at 11am pacific time on Tuesday, our flight leaves at 10:55 from San Francisco to Honolulu. We made it into the 72hrs by 5 minutes. The results will be accepted correct? We will be on plane all boarded and headed to Honolulu by the the 72 hrs. Wondering if that will be an issue ? Everyone says we should be ok since it is indeed within the 72 hrs. We saw on the Hawaii travel restrictions to test on a Tuesday after 1055am if our flight left at 1055 on a Friday. Any thoughts ?
Need clarification, I’m flying from Chicago (10am cst departure) with a layover in Honolulu before departing to Kauai at 4pm Hawaii time. Everything I read says take the test 72 hours before your flight departs from the mainland. However the way I’m reading United’s website regarding my flight, my 72 hr starts on the flight from HNL to Kauai. If that’s the case the. I lose a full day of testing availability due to time difference. Since My first flight is straight into Hawaii can anyone confirm when my 72 hrs starts. Is it the Chicago departure to HNL or the HNL departure to Kauai
I wanted to post an update. Leaving NJ for California tomorrow; flying to Maui Thursday. We went to Walgreens for our required COVID NAAT PCR ID Now test and we received the test results back in 90 minutes!!! We just need to do the online Questionnaire to get our QR codes and then we good to go! Mahalo BOH and Aloha from NJ!!
Hi Steven.
Thanks for that update. We appreciate you letting us know. 90 minutes is great.
Aloha.
Hello, I want to know if my proof of negative test from within 72 hours of departure has to be within 72 hours of the test or within 72 hours of within the time I get the results? Thank you.
Hi Janice.
The test needs to be taken within 72 hours of scheduled departure on the last flight between the mainland and Hawaii.
Aloha.
If you depart the mainland at 10:00 am PDT on Thursday, you need to TAKE the NAAT PCR test at or after 10:00 am PDT on Monday so that’s 72 hours ahead of time. If you are taking the test outside the Pacific Time Zone, adjust the time accordingly. For example, 10:00 am PDT = 1:00 pm EDT.
Hello!
Me and my boyfriend are traveling to Honolulu this Friday from Denver colorado. We have schedule our appointments at Walgreens for the pcr covid test. The lab that they use has up on their web that results come in 1-2 days after collecting sample. They say 3-5 days but the lab states that only 1-2 days. I am stressing this so much, there is also an option to do the rapid test that Walgreens also offers, it comes in 24 hrs or less. The thing is that only appts available for rapid test are weds. Meaning that we would not meet the 72 hrs, it will now be less than 72. Our last leg of departure is San Fran, at 10:55am, 11:55am Denver time. That is why we scheduled for tomorrow Tuesday at 12pm, so we could meet that 72 hr timeframe required by Hawaii. Now the debate is trusting that the results from pcr test will indeed come on time or if we should do rapid test on weds, but what if Hawaii doesn’t accept because is less time than the 72 hr timeframe?? Please help!
Hi Angie.
We recommend you not deviate from the “within 72 hours of scheduled departure” rule under any circumstances.
Aloha.
It’s “within” 72 hours of departing. If you leave Friday at noon but take the test Tuesday at 11:59 am that’s more than 72 hours and they will not accept the results. But if you take the test Wednesday it is within the 72 hours and you’ll be just fine
Thanks for your reply! We leave at 10:55 from San Francisco, San Fran is an hour less than Denver time that is why on Tuesday after 12 pm (mnt). Ended up getting swabbed at 12:45 bc of the long line. Will they literally not accept our results ? The web said to get tested any time after 11:55…. will those 5 mnts matter?
I am def overthinking this. My boyfriend and I leave to Honolulu on Friday, last leg of departure is San Fran our flight leaves at 10:55 am. 11:55 Denver time. We scheduled our appts for tomorrow Tuesday at 12 pm. We did end up doing the pcr, the lab says the average time to rerun the results is 1-2 days. I don’t know if we should trust it…. I am freaking out that they won’t come in on time. We also have the option to do the rapid test that has results within 24 hrs that is provided by Walgreens as well, but appts are not available till Wednesday… meaning is less than the 3 day (72) hour timeframe… if we get tested on weds instead of Tuesday will we need to be quarantined? Should I just stick to our Tuesday’s appt??
PLEASE HELP HAHAHA
Angie again, we are doing the pcr covid test at Walgreens! Didn’t include that in
Hi Angie.
Good luck with all that. Not sure what kind of help you need that we can offer assistance with. Please let us know how it all goes.
Aloha.
Hi Annie. My experience with the Walgreen’s rapid ID test is a 24 hour turnaround or faster, and it is accepted. As long as it is within 72 hours from your departure from SFO, you’ll be fine. To clarify, it doesn’t have to be exactly 72 hours, just no longer than 72 hours – and uploaded to your device before leaving mainland.
Hope this helps! Have tons of fun <3
Aloha, C
I’ve had both the PCR/RT-PCR and the Rapid Diagnostic Test or ID Now Test done at Walgreens. They are both NAAT tests and accepted by Hawaii. It was difficult to get the Rapid Test. I had to book it 2 weeks in advance. I booked the OCR Test one day in advance. The results to the Rapid Test came in 2 hours and the PCR/RT-PCR came in 26 hours later. The correct time is the time from San Francisco which is 10:55. Your test is at 12:00pm which is 11am SFO time. Do not get your test done any earlier than 11:00. I had my test done at 1pm and the person that gave me the test reported it at 1245pm which was 15 minutes earlier than I was really there. 15 minutes earlier can cause a problem for you as it would be too. Just make sure you get the right time. I have read this has been a problem at Walgreens and people have had to have it corrected. 15 minutes fir me was nothing because I scheduled it at 71 hours before my flight, you have it scheduled at 71 hours and 55 minutes which could be a problem if not reported exactly. I would wait in line at the right time and tell the person that you want to make sure that the time reported is not before 11am. I would keep the Rapid appointment just in case. It comes back in less than 24 hours, usually within 2 hours. You can always cancel the Rapid if you receive your results the following day before your Rapid test. It will take at least 24 hours or longer. Both of mine were at 26 hours. Hope that helps. Thanks fir allowing me to reply.
Hi Evelyn.
Thanks for sharing your testing experience.
Aloha.