Travel Guidance
Protect yourself and others from COVID-19
- Be up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines before travel.
- Consider getting tested before travel
- Check your destination’s COVID-19 situation before traveling.
- If you have a weakened immune system or are at increased risk for severe disease, take multiple prevention steps to provide additional layers of protection from COVID-19 even if you are up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines.
- Talk to your healthcare provider about your risk before travel and consider delaying travel to areas with high COVID-19 Community levels. Even if you are up to date, you should know what precautions to take.
- If you are sick or tested positive for COVID-19
- Do NOT travel.
- Follow recommendations for isolation.
- If you had close contact with a person with COVID-19 and are recommended to quarantine:
- Follow CDC guidance, including getting tested at least 5 full days after your last exposure.
- Do not travel on public transportation such as airplanes, buses, and trains if you will not be able to wear a high-quality mask or respirator when around others indoors for the full duration of your trip.
- If you travel, wear a high-quality mask or respirator the entire time you are around others indoors.
- Traveling by private vehicle (if possible) can lower the chances of spreading COVID-19 to others.
International Travel
Travel requirements have changed. Please visit CDC site for the most updated information.
Make sure to plan ahead:
- Countries may have their own entry and exit requirements.
- For updated CDC guidance on current travel advisories, visit the CDC’s Travel Health page and the U.S. State Department’s travel advisories.
Airport Updates: Tri-Cities Airport; Sea-Tac Airport
CDC: Cruise Ship Travel
U.S. Dept. of State: International Travel Guidance; US Passport Operations; COVID-19 FAQs
Hawaiian Islands: There are no COVID-related requirements for arriving domestic passengers. Travelers arriving in Hawai‘i directly from an international airport must still comply with U.S. federal requirements. For updates on international travel, visit CDC.gov. For up-to-date information visit Hawaii Covid-19