

If you need assistance with login or technical issues, call the Safe Travels Program: 1-800-GOHAWAII or (1-80) 10 a.m. Visit Safe Travels Hawaii Help for answers to questions about the online application form. “Pack your patience and plan on everything being busy,” Cote says. It is important to get the correct test and upload the correct form. state or territory are no longer required to fill out the State of Hawai’i Travel and Health Form as part of the state’s Safe Travels program, according to Hawaii’s Covid-19 website. Last Updated: March 26, 2022According to Governor Ige, the state of Hawaii will drop the current Safe Travels program for domestic U.S. Kennedy to Honolulu beginning December 17.īut even with added airline capacity and plenty of hotels to choose from, tourists should still expect crowds. As of the beginning of January 2022, travelers heading to Hawaii from another U.S. Most recently Delta announced last month three new Hawaii routes to launch at the end of the year, with Atlanta to Maui and Detroit to Honolulu, both starting on November 19, and New York's John F.

In anticipation of the increased interest, airlines are also adding more flights to Hawaii. “Dining reservations are a must, with some of the most popular and desired dining spots filling up six months in advance.” It's also a good idea, according to Cote, to plan well ahead (now for fall and winter travel) in order to secure spots on tours and score better rates on hotels. She suggests working with a Hawaii travel expert to help navigate the demand. Sign the online legal attestations on Safe Travels. While things are under control now, the loosening of restrictions will draw even more visitors to the islands. Hawaii launched a quarantine exemption for fully vaccinated travelers back in July 2021, enabling certain travelers to visit Hawaii without having to quarantine by following a few pre-arrival steps: Upload documentation proving vaccination to the state’s Safe Travels portal prior to travel. Travelers came in such droves last summer that Ige issued a plea in August 2021 for them to not visit as the state's hospitals and ICUs were filling up. “But we believe that it would be better to have the mandate or drop the mandate.”Įven during its strictest measures, travelers saw Hawaii as a pandemic-era paradise, perhaps because of its outdoor offerings. “We are aware that we could make a spot decision and try and decide in a situation-by-situation basis,” Ige told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Friday. The Hawaiian islands are now open and the weather is great, but the State has new requirements all visitors must follow while in Hawaii for access to key visitor locations. state to announce plans to drop its mask mandate. “Given how strict they have been and how seriously they have taken COVID, I think people trust that they've done all they could to protect the people coming to the islands.”Īnother protective measure that will end on March 25 is indoor masking requirements: On Tuesday Hawaii became the last U.S.

“People feel comfortable going to Hawaii because of the increased precautions they've taken,” travel specialist Hannah Cote of Legacy Travel, Inc. Travelers have long been drawn to the islands' approach to the pandemic.
