Mar 22, 2020, 4:26 am
Last edit by: FlyinHawaiian
Comprehensive Overview, With Questions and Answers:
https://www.gohawaii.com/travel-requirements
CURRENT POLICIES
List of Hotels that are currently closed:
https://www.gohawaii.com/special-alerts-information
For interisland travel:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hawaii/2041823-interisland-travel-unrestricted-starting-june-15th.html
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https://www.gohawaii.com/travel-requirements
CURRENT POLICIES
- JULY 8 - Fully vaccinated U.S. travelers flying domestically — including island residents returning home — will be allowed to bypass Hawaii’s quarantine and pre-travel restrictions, as long as they upload their vaccination records to the state’s Safe Travels website and arrive with a hard copy of their vaccinations records. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hawaii/2044877-those-fully-vaccinated-anywhere-us-eligible-bypass-quarantine-july-8th-new-post.html
- JUNE 15 - Fully vaccinated travelers who received the vaccine in Hawaii are now exempt from Safe Travels
- JUNE 15 - Regardless of their vaccination status, travelers are allowed to fly between islands without having to take a COVID test or quarantine.
- AFTER JANUARY 3, 2022 The mandatory 5-day quarantine is required for all unvaccinated passengers (visitors and returning residents) arriving into the state of Hawaii.
- Additionally, operations, including peer-to-peer platforms or sharing services, may not rent vehicles to any person who is subject to a 5-day traveler quarantine order unless an exemption is granted.
- Travelers flying into Hawaii are required to register personal information into the Safe Travels application; the information will be used to aid officials in contacting travelers via phone, email, and SMS. It does *not* currently enable GPS-tracking of travelers via their mobile devices.
- Travelers are exempt from the mandatory 5-day quarantine if testing is completed no more than 72 hours before the departure time of the final leg of your flight to Hawai‘i with proof of a negative result.
- The state of Hawai‘i will ONLY accept Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) from a certified Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) lab test results from TRUSTED TESTING AND TRAVEL PARTNERS. A negative COVID-19 test result is required prior to departure to avoid quarantine in Hawai‘i.
- If results are not available by time of arrival, quarantine necessary until test results received.
- All travelers (returning residents and visitors) of all ages subject to pre-test requirement.
- Individuals are responsible for testing costs.
- Travelers (returning residents and visitors) are not able to test upon arrival in Hawaii because this is a pre-travel testing program.
- No commercial COVID-19 NAAT testing will be provided upon arrival at the airport. Travelers without the pre-test will be in quarantine.
- https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel-partners/
List of Hotels that are currently closed:
https://www.gohawaii.com/special-alerts-information
For interisland travel:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hawaii/2041823-interisland-travel-unrestricted-starting-june-15th.html
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State of Hawaii "Safe Travels" Program 5-Day Quarantine (Ends March 25, 2022)
Apr 28, 2020, 6:05 am
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I'm here on Maui and haven't seen much in the way of protesting and the general sense I get is that locals support keeping outsiders off the island for now. It's worth noting, though, that I haven't been out much other than the grocery store 1-2X a week so I may not be the best barometer. Someone a few posts up pointed out there had been some protests (on Oahu I think).
Maui is largely made up of two populations.... folks with a lot of money who are retired and don't care if tourists ever come back, and service industry workers who NEED to work. I have to think the workers are going to start getting restless. IMO, this is bordering on ridiculous at this point to extend for an entire other month.
I heard/read somewhere that the first step will be to lift the stay-at-home order (June 1st now???) and then phase in things like lifting the 14-day quarantine for arrivals. At this point it's looking like the quarantine for arrivals is going to be in effect far into June. The economy here is going to be absolutely devastated.
Maui is largely made up of two populations.... folks with a lot of money who are retired and don't care if tourists ever come back, and service industry workers who NEED to work. I have to think the workers are going to start getting restless. IMO, this is bordering on ridiculous at this point to extend for an entire other month.
I heard/read somewhere that the first step will be to lift the stay-at-home order (June 1st now???) and then phase in things like lifting the 14-day quarantine for arrivals. At this point it's looking like the quarantine for arrivals is going to be in effect far into June. The economy here is going to be absolutely devastated.
Apr 28, 2020, 7:17 am
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Apr 28, 2020, 7:19 am
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I realize my vacation should be the least of everyones concerns but from the look of it, I will 99% have to cancel our July trip to Maui (July 2 - 10). My flights are refundable and hotel has a 2 week cancellation notice so will hold on as long as I can. Hope everyone is safe and we come out of this ok.
Apr 28, 2020, 10:54 am
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From experience. My wife has an online retail business. Since the stimulus checks were out, she has hundreds of order waiting to ship. People are spending their money from the checks. The problem is that warehouses in California and Florida can't get all their workers back. The owner raises the wages by 25% and still most people don't want to come back as they are safer at home and many of them got more money from unemployment paid. I think safer at home is the primary motive and the money doesn't hurt.
Apr 28, 2020, 2:21 pm
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I realize my vacation should be the least of everyones concerns but from the look of it, I will 99% have to cancel our July trip to Maui (July 2 - 10). My flights are refundable and hotel has a 2 week cancellation notice so will hold on as long as I can. Hope everyone is safe and we come out of this ok.
Apr 28, 2020, 2:42 pm
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probably both but I actually think the opposite maybe the main driver given throngs of ppl shopping at warehouse home improvement stores now and wondering around the beaches...
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Apr 29, 2020, 5:39 am
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Apr 29, 2020, 2:53 pm
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Understood. I was hoping to go in early-mid June and still am but that might be a bit early. Let's just see what happens. Fingers crossed that Hawaii decides to reopen by then.
Apr 29, 2020, 6:32 pm
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A few days ago when they announced the stay-at-home order was extended through May 31st I was concerned but it sounds like some low-risk businesses might start getting opened up towards the beginning/middle of May.
This is total speculation but I'd guess restaurants open (with strict guidelines about distancing, etc.) on June 1 and the 14-day quarantine ends on June 15th. This is assuming no uptick in the cases and again is just my wild-arse guess.... since I have nothing else to do but sit around and think about these things
This is total speculation but I'd guess restaurants open (with strict guidelines about distancing, etc.) on June 1 and the 14-day quarantine ends on June 15th. This is assuming no uptick in the cases and again is just my wild-arse guess.... since I have nothing else to do but sit around and think about these things
Apr 29, 2020, 7:34 pm
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Well, I'd put my family on a plane to anywhere right now if things were open. I might be on the lunatic fringe, then again I might actually represent the vast majority of people (there's really no way to tell). I think our society has DRASTICALLY overreacted to this virus, and feel a much better approach would have been to quarantine those actually at high risk rather than bring society to a complete halt. So as soon as travel/tourism is an option again, I will be traveling. In fact, I already had to cancel travel plans twice this summer--a European cruise and a two-week visit to Japan. We've now got almost three weeks booked across three islands in Hawaii starting in late June, but are of course waiting to see if that will even be possible. But if the islands are open, we'll be there, bringing our tourist money with us.
Apr 29, 2020, 7:56 pm
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Well, I'd put my family on a plane to anywhere right now if things were open. I might be on the lunatic fringe, then again I might actually represent the vast majority of people (there's really no way to tell). I think our society has DRASTICALLY overreacted to this virus, and feel a much better approach would have been to quarantine those actually at high risk rather than bring society to a complete halt. So as soon as travel/tourism is an option again, I will be traveling. In fact, I already had to cancel travel plans twice this summer--a European cruise and a two-week visit to Japan. We've now got almost three weeks booked across three islands in Hawaii starting in late June, but are of course waiting to see if that will even be possible. But if the islands are open, we'll be there, bringing our tourist money with us.
Apr 29, 2020, 8:06 pm
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Apr 29, 2020, 9:11 pm
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Well, I'd put my family on a plane to anywhere right now if things were open. I might be on the lunatic fringe, then again I might actually represent the vast majority of people (there's really no way to tell). I think our society has DRASTICALLY overreacted to this virus, and feel a much better approach would have been to quarantine those actually at high risk rather than bring society to a complete halt. So as soon as travel/tourism is an option again, I will be traveling. In fact, I already had to cancel travel plans twice this summer--a European cruise and a two-week visit to Japan. We've now got almost three weeks booked across three islands in Hawaii starting in late June, but are of course waiting to see if that will even be possible. But if the islands are open, we'll be there, bringing our tourist money with us.
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Apr 29, 2020, 11:41 pm
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Well, I'd put my family on a plane to anywhere right now if things were open. I might be on the lunatic fringe, then again I might actually represent the vast majority of people (there's really no way to tell). I think our society has DRASTICALLY overreacted to this virus, and feel a much better approach would have been to quarantine those actually at high risk rather than bring society to a complete halt. So as soon as travel/tourism is an option again, I will be traveling. In fact, I already had to cancel travel plans twice this summer--a European cruise and a two-week visit to Japan. We've now got almost three weeks booked across three islands in Hawaii starting in late June, but are of course waiting to see if that will even be possible. But if the islands are open, we'll be there, bringing our tourist money with us.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politic...open-poll-says
The above-cited poll is pretty consistent with earlier polls conducted by other organizations.
ETA: It is fascinating--and for me--frightening, to the wide variety of behaviors exhibited in response to this pandemic. As an example, when my wife and I go walking, we make sure to bring a mask in case we will be in close proximity with other walkers. And, we go through all sorts of maneuvers to make sure we are far away from other people. In contrast, many, many people we see out and about fail to wear or even carry a mask, nor do they try to maintain social distance.
Last edited by 747FC; Apr 29, 2020 at 11:49 pm Reason: ETA information
Apr 30, 2020, 12:34 am
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ETA: It is fascinating--and for me--frightening, to the wide variety of behaviors exhibited in response to this pandemic. As an example, when my wife and I go walking, we make sure to bring a mask in case we will be in close proximity with other walkers. And, we go through all sorts of maneuvers to make sure we are far away from other people. In contrast, many, many people we see out and about fail to wear or even carry a mask, nor do they try to maintain social distance.
”The chance of catching COVID-19 from someone coughing as they walk past you in a park is "infinitesimally small," B.C.'s provincial health officer said Wednesday.
During her daily briefing on the pandemic, Dr. Bonnie Henry said people should still feel comfortable spending time outside, as long as they stick with members of their household and keep a two-metre distance from others.
"We always say 'never say never' in medicine, but the risk would be infinitesimally small if somebody walks by you, runs by you — even if they are within six feet," Henry said.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...UPEW-IRya4xq9w