I'll be in the DR for the first time for two weeks in August and was wondering what people do for money while they are there. I've heard that most people just use ATM's, but don't they get a bad exchange rate? I've read that the casas de cambio get a much better exchange rate. I'm not sure if I want to use those though because I'll be lugging around loads of cash everywhere I go and would prefer to not get robbed (not saying that the DR is super dangerous, I just want to be smart. I wouldn't want to carry around a ton of money while traveling anywhere really). Should I just use the ATM's? Is the difference in the exchange rate that much? Advice please, thanks.
One word answer.................. No