Tag: Hawaii Safe Travels

In a major action anticipated by many Hawaii tourism officials, businesses, adjacent industries, and aspiring Hawaii vacationers, Governor David Ige has announced the end of the Hawaii Safe Travels Program. The program’s attendant vaccination/testing/quarantine requirements for most Hawaii overseas arrivals will be lifted on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Hawaii vacations are on again, in full. […]

On Monday, August 23, Hawaii Governor David Ige issued a statement urging Hawaii residents and visitors to voluntarily “curtail nonessential travel as hospitals across state reach capacity” amid a record spike in COVID numbers due to community spread of the Delta variant. It was alarming for the people of Hawaii, as it surely is for […]

The long-awaited date of July 8, 2021 has arrived and with it the official launch of the Hawaii Safe Travels Program’s “vaccine passport”. It allows domestic trans-Pacific travelers to avoid mandatory COVID testing and quarantine rules with verified documentation of receiving a COVID vaccination in the United States 14 days prior to arrival. It sounds […]

The October 15 start date of the Hawaii Safe Travels program is fast approaching, and there are some important things for Hawaii visitors planning to take advantage of the program to know. The program will allow visitors who test negative for COVID-19 72-hours prior to arrival to avoid the current mandatory 14-day quarantine that has […]

UPDATE: APRIL 1, 2021 As Hawaii reopens to tourism and visitor numbers rise, the Aloha State’s economic recovery is looking brighter. However, the Hawaii Safe Travels Program and a mandatory 10-day quarantine for visitors without a negative COVID-19 remain in place. The past two weeks have seen a spike in new cases in Hawaii, climbing […]