CUBA advise

Hi.
We are going to Cuba in a few weeks from the UK.
Just wondered whats the best form of currency
or travelers cheques to take ?
And should we take small gifts as tips or money ?
Ant advise welcomed.
Cheers
Jeff

Forget the travellers cheques, they are difficult to cash and when you do
cash them, they charge you a hefty fee.

Take Sterling or the Euro.

Make sure that your credit card is not associated with a US bank. Visa and
Mastercard. What I do before visiting Cuba is deposit money into the Visa
card and withdraw money as needed.

Forget ATM's in Cuba. 95% of the ATM's are for Cuban use.
Very few for tourist use. They also have a habit of swallowing your card.
A




"MR Freeze" <jjeff@jfrost9.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi.
> We are going to Cuba in a few weeks from the UK.
> Just wondered whats the best form of currency
> or travelers cheques to take ?
> And should we take small gifts as tips or money ?
> Ant advise welcomed.
> Cheers
> Jeff
>
>

MR Freeze wrote:

>Hi.
>We are going to Cuba in a few weeks from the UK.
>Just wondered whats the best form of currency
>or travelers cheques to take ?
>And should we take small gifts as tips or money ?
>Ant advise welcomed.
>Cheers
>Jeff
>
>
>
>
Take plenty of cash. Your hotel will give a fair rate.

We had both US & Cndn $ & hotel changed them.

We did have trouble with the ATM's in Varadero
& bank line-ups were terrible.

Take soap, shampoo, toothpaste to give hotel employees
as well as leaving some money.

> We are going to Cuba in a few weeks from the UK.

They take everything!

> And should we take small gifts as tips or money ?

Yes, do so, they want and need everything. They must live in a poor
dictatorship, they have no internet, no free press, no satellite TV, lots of
secret police, no freedom and so on.
And don´t stay at the hotel Inglaterra in Havana. There are thiefs and steal
your money from the luggage.

Cheers
Othmar