Recent content by deroque49

I just returned from my first trip to the Dominican Republic. It was an amazing 12 days and was a great way for my wife and I to celebrate our 5th anniversary. We picked the Dominican Republic because of the cheap price of the flights from the U.S. and because of the great mixture of history...

My wife and I are going to the DR for the first time from August 11th to the 23rd. We are going to be in Santo Domingo on Restauration Day, which I read is the day that the new president with be sworn in. Will there be anything special going on that day because of the inaguration/Restauration...

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...