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Despite stating he’d make the change just weeks ago, Governor David Ige now says no booster requirement for Hawaii Safe Travels. In fact, the entire program is at risk of shutting down prematurely. The roughly year-old Hawaii Safe Travels program is a contentious topic. Cautious locals see the program as a way to help protect […]
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Yesterday, the State of Hawaii announced adjustments to its pandemic travel control measures. One of these changes halves the mandatory quarantine period. Plus, Hawaii Safe Travels eliminates its pesky questionnaire, easing the pre-departure process. As I’ve said before, the Hawaii Safe Travels program isn’t a challenging program to use. What it is, however, is unnecessarily […]
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Yesterday, the State of Hawaii announced adjustments to its pandemic travel control measures. One of these changes halves the mandatory quarantine period. Plus, Hawaii Safe Travels eliminates its pesky questionnaire, easing the pre-departure process. As I’ve said before, the Hawaii Safe Travels program isn’t a challenging program to use. What it is, however, is unnecessarily […]
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Yup. That’s right. Hawaii Safe Travels is staying until Spring 2022, at minimum. Of course, this means that vaccine requirements or pre-travel testing will remain in place for anyone entering Hawaii that wants to avoid our 10-day mandatory quarantine. And, yes, the requirement continues to apply to both visitors and residents alike. Today, Hawaii is […]
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Yesterday, Governor David Ige finally went over the Hawaii international traveler entry requirements. Additionally, Ige covered changes to both the Hawaii Safe Travels program and COVID-19 emergency orders too. But don’t get your hopes up; Hawaii Safe Travels is here to stay for the time being. On November 8, entry requirements for international travel go […]
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Hawaii is in a much better place than we were a few weeks ago. However, we’re still doing pretty bad compared to before the Delta variant. As a result, Hawaii extends emergency orders for 2 months. The months of August and September were terrible here in Hawaii. In fact, things were getting downright scarry. At […]
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Recently, I came back from my first trip off-island in over two years. And while you can expect a trip report soon, I want to talk about my Hawaii Safe Travels experience. After all, the program continues to be a bit, uh, ambiguous. As a recap, the Hawaii Safe Travels program is for all travelers […]
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Two weeks ago, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced Hawaii’s first internal vaccine pass program. However, he pushed implementation off for a bit to give people time to vaccinate. Well, implementation is now here, and Safe Access Oahu begins today. As I covered previously, Safe Access Oahu is a vaccine pass or testing program for “high-risk” […]
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A while back, the State of Hawaii began allowing vaccine passes from companies like CommonPass and CLEAR. Initially, though, at least, you couldn’t get CLEAR to link to Safe Travels. That seems to no longer be the case, though, as CLEAR finally works with Hawaii Safe Travels. Back in mid-July, I wrote about how Hawaii […]
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People can be incredibly stupid. Case in point, a recent incident in which Floridians try to dupe Hawaii Safe Travels and failed at it miserably. And the reason why they failed couldn’t be better. But, hey, their plan worked for a little while. Hawaii’s vaccine passport, part of our Safe Travels screening program, kicked off […]
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Hawaii Lieutenant Governor Josh Green can’t seem to make up his mind. Two weeks ago, he implored Governor David Ige to fully reopen Hawaii, citing low risk and economic impact. However, just yesterday, Green says he thinks Hawaii Safe Travels is to stay in place through 2021, thanks to the Delta variant. There’s no doubt […]
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About two weeks ago, Hawaii expanded its vaccine passport program to everyone in the US. However, the initial process to set up the passport leaves a lot to be desired. However, there is an easier option now since the CLEAR Health Pass is now valid in Hawaii. Not only is the State of Hawaii-run Safe […]
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The moment so many has been waiting for is finally here – the Hawaii vaccine passport begins today! Along with the vaccine passport program, though, comes a number of other changes that impact both visitors and residents alike. Unfortunately, Hawaii didn’t fully vaccinate 60% of its population by July 4th as was originally projected. Vaccination […]
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A little over a week ago, Governor David Ige announced the criteria Hawaii had to meet to finally do away with the Safe Travels program. Since then, one question has been at the top of many peoples’ minds – how long will Hawaii take to reach 70% vaccinated? As you’ll recall, Hawaii has a stepped […]
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Though vaccinations are occurring at a slower rate than officials had hoped, they’re still progressing at a decent rate here in Hawaii. As a result, Hawaii will open vaccine passports in days. And not just to residents – who already qualify – but to anyone vaccinated in the U.S. As you’ll recall, Hawaii’s plan to […]
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Following last week’s surprise announcement about the end of Hawaii’s Safe Travels program, the Hawaii Goverener announces more changes. These changes don’t impact current plans but may provide so much-needed relief for businesses, locals, and visitors alike. Hawaii Governor Announces More Changes On Monday, Hawaii Governor David Ige announced a stepped approach to relaxing capacity […]
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During an announcement on Friday, Governor David Ige set the course for our return to normal – the end of Hawaii Safe Travels is in sight. To get there, though, Hawaii needs to hit certain vaccination goals. Plus, the process has different thresholds along the way. Let’s discuss. The End of Hawaii Safe Travels is […]
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As officials still work out a way to launch a vaccine passport for trans-Pacific travelers, those traveling to Hawaii still need to obtain a pre-travel test to avoid the state’s mandatory quarantine. But, as with so many other things these days, you need to beware of Hawaii Safe Travels scams. If there’s one constant in […]
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Though Hawaii is working towards launching a vaccine passport, it’s still adding new partners to its Safe Travels program. In the latest round of addition, Hawaii adds Taiwan to the Safe Travels program. Though, this is probably one of the most useless additions yet. The vast majority of visitors that take advantage of Hawaii’s Safe […]
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Though Hawaii County is thinking of terminating its traveler testing program due to mounting costs. However, due to increasing rates of infection, another county is grasping for ways to bring things under control. As a result, Maui plans to implement post-arrival testing. It’s no secret that Oahu has the highest rates of infection in all […]
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