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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Mahalo again for your excellent coverage of COVID travel to Hawaii. Is there currently any approved inter-island partner (that provides testing on the Big Island) who can provide results in hours rather than a day or more? Planning to stay on Big Island (for more than 3 days) prior to going to Kauai in May.
Hi Peter.
We aren’t sure of the answer. Perhaps someone else can who’s tested on the Big Island can lend a hand. Otherwise, it will take checking with the test providers.
Aloha.
Thank you so much for all the latest info! I am booked for a trip to Maui in March and hoping to make by following all the rules. I am still a bit unclear on the connecting flight rules. In order to get to Maui from Las Vegas on Hawaiian Airlines, they have you fly from Las Vegas to Honolulu and then get on another smaller plane to Maui. Is the 72 hours requirement from the departure time of the Las Vegas flight or from the departure time of the flight from Honolulu to Maui? They were not booked separately, it was booked as one itinerary. Please advise!
Hi Lisa.
You need to test within 72 hours of flight from LAS to HNL.
Aloha.
Thanks so much! I asked this previously and saw the response wound up in my junk folder! Sorry for the extra email but mahalo for the answer! FYI , I asked this on a chat with Hawaiian Airlines and the rep said they did not want to interpret the DOH guides. The flight from Las Vegas to Honolulu and then to Maui goes every day… One would think that they know the answer! However I understand. It’s so confusing for us all. If not for the information that I get here at BOH I wouldn’t be traveling. Aloha!
Hi Lisa.
Thanks. Safe travels.
Aloha.
No other state has confusion about their mandates and laws other than hawaii. They set them and notify the public in most states. Then it is either enforced or not. And it does not usually change more than once every few months.
Hawaii changes its mind and laws daily and has poor communication and organization issues all the time 24/7. It unfairly and strictly applies these random laws it creates through emergency proclamations. It marches to its own drumbeat. Hawaii does not follow what other states are doing. It does not give enough notice to the public and sends wishy washy mixed messages to everyone. Corruption is rampant in hawaii.
Thank you for compiling all the essential information in one post! We’re hoping for the best outcome, following the guidelines, of course, for our annual trip to Maui in March. Have a good week, thanks!
Hi Angie.
Thanks. Let us know how your Maui trip goes.
Aloha.
I thought CVS opted out of Safe Travel Partner program. Are they back in?
CVS Health, on their “Voluntary COVID-19 testing” web page, currently posts the following text next to a yellow warning symbol, with the last part in bold text:
“We cannot guarantee a specific turnaround time on the lab tests accepted by Hawaii – travelers to Hawaii should make other testing plans.”
So, the initial CVS Health legal agreement with the State of Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) to be a “trusted testing partner” might still be in effect, so the DOH still lists CVS as a partner.
But CVS Health apparently has chosen, based on their reported challenges providing timely test results, to continue to offer the service, but also warn Hawaii travlers to obtain the service elsewhere.
“Violation of quarantine requirements can result in a fine of up to $5,000 or up to now a year in jail”
Don’t be this guy:
thegardenisland.com/2021/01/14/hawaii-news/judge-denies-bail-decrease-for-utah-man/
We are traveling to Hawaii, the big island, next month. My family all had Covid this month so we are going to opt out of testing, following all of the rules that Hawaii has set up. I know you need to show a positive test result and a note from your dr showing you are recovered. I know you need the note from your dr 2 weeks before your departure and it will take 1 week for the approval to happen. What I don’t know is if the positive test needs to come from a trusted testing partner or if it just needs to be a CLIA lab? Online, it just says a CLIA lab but the last thing I need is to not get the approval for my trip 1 week before we go. And then trying to get the test and approval in 1 week. Thank you for your help!!
Hi Katiemarie.
Our read of it is the same as yours, that the positive test can be from any CLIA lab. You can always contact the state if you want further clarification.
ALoha.
Thank you so much! Is there a specific website or phone number I should use to contact the state?
Hi Katiemarie.
There used to be a special number, but now their website says “For additional assistance, please contact 1-800-GOHAWAII.”
Aloha.
How does the Hawaii 10-day quarantine work?
If I am a returning local….can I quarantine at home?
If our intention is to quarantine at our home on kauai, do we still need to test neg prior to departure from the mainland?
Thank you for this concise list of CURRENT rules & regulations. Have you considered a job within the government of Hawaii? We all would be better off if you did! (But you would still need to maintain your essential website.)
I’m flying from California to Maui then to Lanai on January 27th. Had to cancel two previous trips to get back to my home. Keeping my fingers crossed for uneventful travel.
Hi Betsy.
Thanks (blushing)! Hope your trip goes great. We appreciate all of your comments over the post 5 years.
Aloha.
I have had the vaccine..2 doses…do I still need to take the COVID test 72 hours before I go to Maui?