WALK-THROUGH - HAWAII'S NEW TRAVEL POLICY: My experience traveling to Hawaii

[pedro47]

This is some great information on this thread IMHO. We have delayed any pre planning for a vacation to the Big Island until 2022.
I just pray, I am alive and physical able to travel. Two (2) weeks or maybe three (3) week is a mandatory stay in Hawaii and we must fly First Class both ways to The Big Island; with a couple of days in my favorite City of San Diego; going and coming on this trip..

 

[csodjd]

The discussion at the moment is on inter-island travel. Last week we had 3 "breakthru" cases are (vaccinated individuals that then become infected) from residents that traveled to the mainland.

Vaccines could lead to lifting of Hawaii’s travel restrictions | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

The state might loosen interisland travel restrictions as early as next month, with similar adjustments under consideration for trans-Pacific travel, if vaccine distribution supports the plan.

www.staradvertiser.com

The breakthru cases, which are inevitable and certain (that's the difference between 94% and 100% effective) are double edged swords, but I believe will prove to support relaxing restrictions. First, they are asymptomatic -- these are people that are being tested for job reasons and discovering they are positive. Second, to my knowledge, there is not yet any evidence any breakthru case has led to infection of another person. This supports the data found in Israel, where breakthru patients were shown to have viral loads in their nasopharynx that were insufficient to infect another person.

So the data is accumulating that vaccines prevent illness and spread, even if they do not prevent infection 100%. In basketball terminology, the breakthru's will be shown to be "harmless fouls" that require no regulatory/legislative response.

 

[rickandcindy23]

Our kids and grandkids passed their Covid tests and are heading here to Maui tomorrow. Excited to take the older grandkids to the beach. They have a fantastic unit at MMO. Too bad check-in was Saturday and they delayed their trip to tomorrow. They are visiting a friend in Seattle.

 

[VacationForever]

We completed our COVID tests at Walgreens at no cost to us, and got our negative results in email in less than an hour. We have uploaded the results to the Safe Travels website and our records have been updated as Covid Negative. Now we will wait for another 2 days to complete the questionaire. We don't see a request for a selfie picture.

The stress was in trying to get to Walgreens this morning for a 11:45am appointment. When we went into the garage at 11am, the car's hatch was opened and car was beeping at us, and the battery was dead/flat. We think my husband had accidentally bumped the car key fob and opened the hatch since yesterday and it drained the battery. These appointments have to be made 3 days before and if we had missed the appointments, we would have to look for other non-Walgreens options. I looked through my phone directory for friends who live close to us and in town. It was frantic but our realtor who lives a few houses down from us came to our rescue. She is usually in California for her husband's cancer treatment or busy with closings.

 

[Olienh]

We got up this morning to make the hour and twenty minute drive to a Walgreens with ID now. By the tome we got home, we had five negative results and we are ready to go to Maui! We uploaded the PDFs and got the immediate update that the result was confirmed COVId Negative.
To add you picture, you use the same “upload Files” option you use to upload Covid results, but there is an option in the first drop down to add a recent photo. 36 hours to takeoff!!!

 

[VacationForever]

We got up this morning to make the hour and twenty minute drive to a Walgreens with ID now. By the tome we got home, we had five negative results and we are ready to go to Maui! We uploaded the PDFs and got the immediate update that the result was confirmed COVId Negative.
To add you picture, you use the same “upload Files” option you use to upload Covid results, but there is an option in the first drop down to add a recent photo. 36 hours to takeoff!!!

I don't even see that they ask for a photo.

 

[Lv2Trvl]

It's there. Take a selfie!

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[klpca]

We got up this morning to make the hour and twenty minute drive to a Walgreens with ID now. By the tome we got home, we had five negative results and we are ready to go to Maui! We uploaded the PDFs and got the immediate update that the result was confirmed COVId Negative.
To add you picture, you use the same “upload Files” option you use to upload Covid results, but there is an option in the first drop down to add a recent photo. 36 hours to takeoff!!!

So glad that you mentioned the photo - that is new since we visited in November. I just uploaded mine and have scheduled my test for next week. Fingers crossed for this trip.

 

[VacationForever]

It's there. Take a selfie!

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Found the verbiage on the first page. Done!

 

[csodjd]

We got up this morning to make the hour and twenty minute drive to a Walgreens with ID now. By the tome we got home, we had five negative results and we are ready to go to Maui! We uploaded the PDFs and got the immediate update that the result was confirmed COVId Negative.
To add you picture, you use the same “upload Files” option you use to upload Covid results, but there is an option in the first drop down to add a recent photo. 36 hours to takeoff!!!

Just be sure to make dinner reservations NOW, before you go.

 

[VacationForever]

Just be sure to make dinner reservations NOW, before you go.

We have reservations at Michels in Honolulu, Oahu. Looking forward to it.

 

[Olienh]

Just be sure to make dinner reservations NOW, before you go.

We are coming for two weeks and have reservations every other night. I made the Mama’s Rez 3 months ago because a good friend that lives in that part of Maui recommended it. Being an over-anxious, over-planner paid off this year!

 

[melissy123]

Ugh. We are getting the “verification in progress” after test results were uploaded. Called the help desk and left a message. Hopefully someone can do a manual over-ride instead of waiting at the airport for it to get verified

 

[dmelcher13]

Ugh. We are getting the “verification in progress” after test results were uploaded. Called the help desk and left a message. Hopefully someone can do a manual over-ride instead of waiting at the airport for it to get verified

Recheck the instructions on the site. Are you uploading just the first page and selecting the correct test type? It should show negative almost immediately.


Dave

 

[csodjd]

Ugh. We are getting the “verification in progress” after test results were uploaded. Called the help desk and left a message. Hopefully someone can do a manual over-ride instead of waiting at the airport for it to get verified

Disregard that and do it over, but choose the OTHER form from the drop down. If you do it right you’ll get an almost instant NEGATIVE. If it says verification in progress you probably chose the wrong form. I always choose the Hawaii Standard or Standard Hawaii (don’t recall the exactly wording) form.

 

[melissy123]

Recheck the instructions on the site. Are you uploading just the first page and selecting the correct test type? It should show negative almost immediately.


Dave

There’s only one page for the report from Walgreens

 

[melissy123]

Disregard that and do it over, but choose the OTHER form from the drop down. If you do it right you’ll get an almost instant NEGATIVE. If it says verification in progress you probably chose the wrong form. I always choose the Hawaii Standard or Standard Hawaii (don’t recall the exactly wording) form.

I tried that now. Still shows Verification in Progress

 

[dmelcher13]

Does the name on the test result exactly match the name you used on the Hawaii website?


Dave

 

[melissy123]

Does the name on the test result exactly match the name you used on the Hawaii website?


Dave

Yes, it does match. Husband’s results are the same.

 

[klpca]

I tried that now. Still shows Verification in Progress

Are you uploading a pdf or a screenshot? You need the actual pdf. A screenshot doesn't have the right resolution. You are probably doing it right but I know that this is one of the unexpected issues.

 

[melissy123]

Are you uploading a pdf or a screenshot? You need the actual pdf. A screenshot doesn't have the right resolution. You are probably doing it right but I know that this is one of the unexpected issues.

I am using a pdf

 

[klpca]

I am using a pdf

Well then that is a stressful way to start your trip! So sorry that you are going through this.

 

[melissy123]

I read something on one site that said that for Walgreens (some labs) the lab name doesn’t match so it will ask for verification of results. While we did the test at Walgreens, the top of our form says the results are issued by Aegis Labs

 

[melissy123]

Just spoke to Southwest. I won’t be able to use their “Pre-clear” process and skip the line at the airport in Hawaii without a “negative” test in the Safe Travels portal. I can’t show the Southwest gate agent the printout of the test, I have to do that in Hawaii.
I’ve emailed IT support for Safe Travels and called. No response. Supposedly they can manually clear the results once they see the PDF that’s online

 

[melissy123]

Tech support came through! I got an email that our tests should now read Covid Negative and they do! We had made printouts anyway to show for car rental and check in at Marriott. But this will make life so much easier (hopefully) with getting the Pre-Clear bracelets from Southwest and skipping the long lines in Hawaii.