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)
May 16, 2020, 7:30 pm
#196
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May 16, 2020, 7:44 pm
#197
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May 17, 2020, 9:29 am
#198
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Yeah, that makes absolutely no sense. It just shows that they are just trying to keep tourists away and the stay at home for people who live there is just for show. Otherwise, they would force them to quarantine isolated from anybody else who is not also quarantined. If they brought the virus back with them, they would likely pass it on to you and you can move freely - makes no sense. (I believe the whole mandatory quarantine is silly at this point with the knowledge that we have. Just protect the vulernable and let the rest of the world get back to normal.)
May 17, 2020, 12:33 pm
#199
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Yeah, that makes absolutely no sense. It just shows that they are just trying to keep tourists away and the stay at home for people who live there is just for show. Otherwise, they would force them to quarantine isolated from anybody else who is not also quarantined. If they brought the virus back with them, they would likely pass it on to you and you can move freely - makes no sense. (I believe the whole mandatory quarantine is silly at this point with the knowledge that we have. Just protect the vulernable and let the rest of the world get back to normal.)
What is your plan to protect the vulnerable when 3-year-olds, 30-year-olds, and 103-year-olds are all dying from this disease, and they may all live in the same multigenerational household?
May 17, 2020, 12:38 pm
#200
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What it shows is that Hawaii is not an effective police state as is China. It shows ineptitude.
What is your plan to protect the vulnerable when 3-year-olds, 30-year-olds, and 103-year-olds are all dying from this disease, and they may all live in the same multigenerational household?
What is your plan to protect the vulnerable when 3-year-olds, 30-year-olds, and 103-year-olds are all dying from this disease, and they may all live in the same multigenerational household?
May 17, 2020, 1:19 pm
#201
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What it shows is that Hawaii is not an effective police state as is China. It shows ineptitude.
What is your plan to protect the vulnerable when 3-year-olds, 30-year-olds, and 103-year-olds are all dying from this disease, and they may all live in the same multigenerational household?
What is your plan to protect the vulnerable when 3-year-olds, 30-year-olds, and 103-year-olds are all dying from this disease, and they may all live in the same multigenerational household?
May 17, 2020, 1:54 pm
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May 17, 2020, 2:51 pm
#203
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Not sure if it really saves any time, but yes this is at https://safetravels.hawaii.gov.
May 18, 2020, 1:22 am
#204
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The online form was worthless, she still had to fill out a document and verify her cell number. I’m glad she brought a copy of our lease as they made her life easy.
May 18, 2020, 9:40 am
#205
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Don’t be too quick to book those flights. Ige has extended the order to June 30.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/...rough-june-30/
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/...rough-june-30/
Also, is the 14 day quarantine the shorter of 14 days or when when the order ends?
May 18, 2020, 9:49 am
#206
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It hasn’t been announced but logic would indicate that it would be when the order ends, as otherwise you could just re-enter the state to end your quarantine. Granted, that’s harder and more expensive than from any other state to do though. Also at least 14 days notice of its upcoming end is likely for some of the industry to plan and gear up for arrivals. Also likely that the inter island quarantine is dropped first.
Last edited by HawaiiSailor; May 18, 2020 at 2:42 pm
May 18, 2020, 3:36 pm
#207
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It's in the 7th emergency proclamation from last week:
https://governor.hawaii.gov/wp-conte...n-signed-1.pdf
https://governor.hawaii.gov/wp-conte...n-signed-1.pdf
May 18, 2020, 7:20 pm
#208
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It's in the 7th emergency proclamation from last week:
https://governor.hawaii.gov/wp-conte...n-signed-1.pdf
https://governor.hawaii.gov/wp-conte...n-signed-1.pdf
May 20, 2020, 6:56 pm
#209
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https://governor.hawaii.gov/wp-conte...ion-signed.pdf
May 21, 2020, 1:39 pm
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Just an update for everyone,
Wife and kids are going a little stir crazy and it’s only day 4. Thankfully my house is large and plenty of space for the kids to do their own thing, but they hang out on the lanai and catch some sun and read often.
Daily call in of course, and she was called yesterday to make sure she was home.
Wife and kids are going a little stir crazy and it’s only day 4. Thankfully my house is large and plenty of space for the kids to do their own thing, but they hang out on the lanai and catch some sun and read often.
Daily call in of course, and she was called yesterday to make sure she was home.