Be careful when signing credit card slips giving RD$ only and not $US dollars. Upon returning home from our fifth stay at a Coral Resort (Marien) I checked, on line, my Citi bank credit card statement. I found a charge to Coral Marien for $572.83 US. Coral Resorts have an All Inclusive fee of $35.00 US per person, per day, that would be $490.00 US! After repeated calls and numerous emails I was informed that the hotel uses an exchange rate of $RD 26.00 = $ 1.00 US. When we checked in on 2/22/03 on the check in counter was a clear sign posted giving the exchange rate of 22 = 1.00 US. What they are doing is in my opinion a deceptive business practice and should be illegal. However if I had checked the slip and did my own exchange calculation this could have been avoided. ?Ounce Burnt Twice Shy?. I should also mention that in five wonderful trips to my ?second home? this is the only time that I have had a problem using a credit card.
John
John