Hawaii’s Safe Travels program is ending
This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page.
As of March 26, domestic travelers to Hawaii will no longer have to comply with the state’s Safe Travels program, ending testing and vaccination requirements for those arriving in Hawaii from within the U.S.
For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.
Come 12:01 a.m. GMT March 26, passengers arriving in Hawaii on domestic flights will no longer need to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or submit negative results of a pre-travel COVID-19 test to the Safe Travels Hawaiʻi portal. Additionally, the mandatory five-day quarantine for travelers who possess neither will be dropped.
International arrivals to Hawaii will remain subject to U.S. law requiring all air travelers age two and older to show a negative COVID-19 test taken within one day of departure to the U.S. Additionally, these travelers age 18 and older must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter the country by air.
“We started the Safe Travels program to protect the health, lives, and livelihoods of the people of Hawaiʻi. The program put in place safety protocols that included a multi-layered screening and testing approach that kept our communities safe during the COVID-19 surges that endangered the most vulnerable of our citizens,” Hawaii Gov. David Ige said in a statement on March 1. “Right now, we are seeing lower case counts, and hospitalizations are coming down.”
Despite removing nearly all COVID-19-related protocols, Ige will keep the state’s mask mandate in place for now, which he said was in line with individual counties who have continued mask mandates despite the removal of state-wide mandates by governors.
Read more: Update: Proof of vaccination or recent test no longer required to access indoor spaces in Maui
From now through March 25, incoming travelers to Hawaii are subject to Safe Travels requirements, which include uploading proof of vaccination or results of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of departure or quarantine for five days.
Across the state, most individual counties, including Maui, have also dropped previous COVID-19 requirements prohibiting unvaccinated individuals from accessing indoor spaces such as restaurants and bars.
Featured photo by Clint Henderson/The Points Guy.
Sign-up Successful!
Welcome to The Points Guy!
Receive 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Plus, earn an additional Free Night Award after you spend $60K in purchases on your Card in a calendar year. Awards can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at hotels participating in the Marriott Bonvoy program.
- Limited Time Offer: Earn 125,000 Marriott Bonvoy Bonus Points after spending $5,000 in purchases on your new Card in your first 3 months of Card Membership. Offer expires 8/31/22.
- 6x points at hotels participating in the Marriott Bonvoy™ program.
- 4x points for purchases made at restaurants worldwide, at U.S. gas stations, on wireless telephone services purchased directly from U.S. service providers and on U.S. purchases for shipping.
- 2x points on all other eligible purchases.
- Receive a 7% discount off standard rates for reservations of standard guest rooms at hotels that participate in the Marriott Bonvoy program when you book directly. Terms and Conditions Apply.
- Receive 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card renewal month. Plus, earn an additional Free Night Award after you spend $60K in purchases on your Card in a calendar year. Awards can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at a participating hotel. Certain hotels have resort fees.
- Enjoy Complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite Status with your Card.
- Terms apply.
- See Rates & Fees
Disclaimer: The responses below are not provided or commissioned by the bank advertiser. Responses have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by the bank advertiser. It is not the bank advertiser’s responsibility to ensure all posts and/or questions are answered.
Editorial Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are the author’s alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, airlines or hotel chain, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities.