Wrong COVID-19 tests, missing vaccine info and wristband envy: Don't make these Hawaii travel mistakes
Navigating Hawaii's extensive entry requirements before a late June trip should have been a cinch.
I've boarded more than two dozen flights during the pandemic, including a quick overnight trip to Honolulu last fall, and written countless stories about COVID-19 travel rules and restrictions.
Yet I still found myself slightly stressed when completing the many steps required to bypass the state's mandatory 10-day quarantine, the strictest in the country.
Take Hawaii's COVID-19 testing requirement. I was well aware I couldn't walk into the urgent care center I used for so many precautionary pre-travel tests because Hawaii only accepts certain tests from a lineup of trusted testing and travel partners. (The state began accepting vaccine proof as an alternative to testing a week after my trip.)
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