Blue Heaven Is A Place On Earth

When I was a teenager I visited Maui for the first time and to this day it is still a favorite “go to” for me and my family.  We enjoy staying at the newly renovated Hyatt on Kaanapali Beach with it’s prime beachfront location, multiple pools, slides, amazing luau, and beautiful sunsets.  It is impressive to see all that is being done to keep guest and staff socially distanced and safe.  

The top question I am asked is the entry requirements and testing to avoid the mandatory 10 day quarantine upon arrival:

Register for the Safe Travels online program on travel.Hawaii.gov to upload all your required travel documents.

Individuals fully vaccinated in the United States or its Territories may enter Hawaii without pre-travel testing/quarantine starting the 15th day after the completion of their vaccination. The vaccination record document must be uploaded onto Safe Travels and printed out prior to departure and the traveler must have a hard copy in hand when arriving in Hawaii. The State of Hawaii will also accept vaccine records that are digitally validated by Digital Health Pass Partners (AZOVA, CLEAR and CommonPass). Travelers who use one of the State’s partners to link their digitally validated vaccine records with Safe Travels may enjoy expedited processing at the airport (no secondary visual inspection of paper vaccine records).

The pre-travel testing program remains available for all travelers NOT vaccinated in the United States.  All travelers, (beginning August 7), who board a plane on the final leg of their trip to the Hawaiian Islands must secure a negative test within 72 hours before departure from a Trusted Testing and Travel Partner to avoid the mandatory quarantine.  The state of Hawaii 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, and Digital Health Pass Partners AZOVA, CLEAR and CommonPass. Travelers will not be able to obtain a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) upon arrival at any Hawaii airport.

The negative test result must be uploaded to Safe Travels or printed out prior to departure and a hard copy in hand when arriving in Hawaii.

Having now gone through it, the process is less daunting than expected and I am happy that Hawaii has taken such a safe approach to tourism.  Let me know if you have any other questions. Aloha!